[Plugin Beta] Animator - v4.4a - 01 Jun 25

ntxdave

I have been rebuilding my Pendulum animation (preparing for Twilight Render) and I have not seen a problem. I thought I did once but went back and redid my sequence and all worked well for me.

pilou

@unknownuser said:

Is there a bug there?

Yes same than Chris!
Rotation must be from a point outside the object, but result gives from a point inside the object!

ntxdave

@pilou said:

@unknownuser said:

Is there a bug there?

Yes same than Chris!
Rotation must be from a point outside the object, but result gives from a point inside the object!

OK - I understand. My rotations were from inside the object.

fredo6

@pilou said:

@unknownuser said:

Is there a bug there?

Yes same than Chris!
Rotation must be from a point outside the object, but result gives from a point inside the object!

When you pick the pivot, the reference component containing the pivot is highlighted in orange. If you wish a pivot at top of model, then right click and select the option.

chri

@fredo6 said:

When you pick the pivot, the reference component containing the pivot is highlighted in orange. If you wish a pivot at top of model, then right click and select the option.

OK
Thanks Fredo

right click.gif

fredo6

In the current version, there is a bug when you capture the Rotation movement, but the transformation is actually created correctly.

Fredo

pilou

@unknownuser said:

When you pick the pivot, the reference component containing the pivot is highlighted in orange. If you wish a pivot at top of model, then right click and select the option.

Better indeed!

Falstaff

The camera tracking is not working for me - in particular object selection and playback. I am running on a MAC. Video attached.

Camera_test_small.mov

ntxdave

This is my first render with Animator using Twilight Render 2.5.

I used the lowest quality settings because of the render time. This one took about 1.5 hours. When I looked at a higher quality setting, the render time was MUCH longer.

At least it is a start.

fredo6

New Release: Animator - v1.0y - 11 Jul 16

This is a maintenance release fixing bugs in

Tracking cameras
edition of rotation with orbiting

See main post for RBZ files

fredo6

There seems to be a bug when playing it.
Could you please open the Ruby console and see what it is.

EDIT: don't bother. I think I fixed it in v1.0y

Thanks

Fredo

faust07

@ntxdave: Did you try the twilight render settings 4) Animation 01. Low+ObjectAnimation or 02. Medium+...? The usually give much smoother and faster animation results. I can't test it because I have only twilight hobby.

ntxdave

@faust07 said:

@ntxdave: Did you try the twilight render settings 4) Animation 01. Low+ObjectAnimation or 02. Medium+...? The usually give much smoother and faster animation results. I can't test it because I have only twilight hobby.

I am trying another one now. I am trying the Animation 00 Preview Object Animation. That is going to take around 7hrs. We will see how that goes. When I looked at Easy 01 Low+ it I got the feedback that it would be a LONG time.

On the Twilight Render Forum, I go feedback that they are working on some presets that are the settings they used to produce the forklift sample they posted.

I am trying to remain optimistic that they/we will find a solution that produces some satisfactory results (both quality & time).

I just upgraded my license from Hobby to Pro specifically for this reason so I want to help (if I am capable ) to find a solution that melds Animator and Twilight Render successfully.

faust07

As a late Beta-tester - I must say: great!
Very well thought out. Very comprehensive feature set.
Very stable and easy to handle. Detailed Video Tutorials.
It is recommended to study the video before or better parallel to the first Animation.
And the timeline is the hit - Incredible work has gone into the user interface.
So far, only a few small questions and comments:

Positioner: How can I delete or overwrite Positions?
Generation of videos: Is it possible to define start and end position with frame numbers? (In addition to the time indication)
Tracking camera: In my understanding, it seems more like a following camera (the camera moves with the target).
Rendering: Export to Indigo (RT) would be cool...

Here a small first example. The formula for the rotation of wheels is a good help especially in curves...

AnimatorTest_02.skp

Rich O Brien

The black YouTube embeds are an issue related to Chrome Browsers.

fredo6

New Release: Animator - v1.1a - 15 Aug 16

This is a maintenance release fixing bugs with small evolutions

New Circular method for interpolating cameras, closer to what Sketchup does between Scene (see video below)
History covers all actions and is common to all films and clips