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Tenemos los materiales disponibles, como el cromo y otros materiales metálicos. Estos materiales se incluyen como valores predeterminados en el programa. También puede exportar todos los objetos que se crean en proanimator a otros programas de 3D ​​como 3D Studio, o MAX.

Mejor,
Edward

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It sounds like the Material Presets did not load properly. To reset the Presets, go into the ProAnimator Preferences, then click the “Restore” button. This will reset the ProAnimator Presets back to the factory defaults.

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Edward

I have the Proanimator 5.0.7 everything works as your tutorials eccept the object materials.
I know they are there in the right folder but not showing in the templete. who i bring them for use

thank you

Which browser are you using? Try using Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari, and it should work without any problems. If you are still having issues, be sure you have Flash Player installed.

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Edward

Thanks for the feedback. We had to compress the audio so that the video loads up faster. We may look into other compression methods in the future to improve the audio quality.

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Edward

For Joe’s tutorial, he entered values to avoid moving the objects around and constantly tweaking the objects to see how the objects are positioned. Those are just the final values after tweaking. The idea is to create all the pieces of the Virtual Set, and move them into the appropriate position. If you use the setting “Drag using Object’s Axes”, it will be easier to position your objects.

Hope this helps.

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Edward

To fix the colors applied on the sides, either apply a separate material on the side, or select the material in the Material Docks. This expands the Material Docks section. Go into the Mapping controls, and select the option “Planar Front+” and this will apply the gradient like a cookie cutter effect throughout the text.

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Edward

Fascinating though…

Would love to see another tut like this that deals with practical application.

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If you get the “There are no usable vector paths” error message, this means you may be saving the Illustrator file with compression, or are using pixel elements within the Illustrator file.

To fix this, uncheck the “Use Compression” checkbox when saving the Illustrator file. Or, to be safe, you can save the Illustrator file as a Illustrator 8 or Illustrator 10 format. Next, be sure you are not using any pixel elements such as including a JPEG image as a background, or use effects such as drop shadows or blends.

Hope this helps. If you’re still running into issues, please let me know.

Best,
Edward

what should I do to avoid warning???????

HELP ME?

If the video isn’t playing right away, you may have to wait a little while for the video to stream. Then the video will start playing. The video is quite lengthy, and which is why it may take a while to load.

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Edward

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We converted our tutorials so that they are in Flash format.

If you wish to download a specific tutorial, please let me know your e-mail address, and which tutorials you are interested in downloading. I’ll send you the link for the .mov files.

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Edward

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I sent the Illustrator file to you through e-mail. Please check your e-mail and you should be able to download the file.

If you need anything else, just let me know.

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Edward

Right click on the link, and use the command “Save Linked File As”. This will let you save the Illustrator file. If you’re on a Mac, instead of right clicking, “Control + Click” the link.

Best,
Edward

Thanks so much for a great tutorial. I also viewed a little of the other great ones and will go back to them once I’m up to speed on the basics. Now it’s time to animate my logo.
Thanks Again.
Gary

If you are working with Invigorator or ProAnimator as a plug-in, you would click the “OK” button and it will render out your animation into the After Effects composition window.

Then you can use the RAM Preview command to watch your animation play back with all your other After Effects elements.

The great thing is that the project is kept live, so you can keep going into Invigorator or ProAnimator and making edits without re-rendering!

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Edward

Great Tutorial!

At the moment, the 3D Warps plug-in is not yet available for After Effects CS5. This is why the plug-in is not showing up in the Effects menu.

If you are interested in working with warping effects, the newest version of 3D Invigorator PRO and also ProAnimator have 3D Warps integrated into the program. This lets you perform object deformations on both your 3D Text, logos, or planes.

For more information, please visit the product pages below:

http://zaxwerks.com/invigorator_pro/index.shtml

http://zaxwerks.com/proanimator/index.shtml

We are finishing up the CS5 version of 3D Warps and expect the plug-in to be released within the next few months.

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Edward

Please help!!!

Cheers josh

First create a camera track. Then, double click on the timeline to create a Pose. Be sure the yellow time marker is pointing to a Camera Pose. Then, change the camera position from one Pose to the next, and when you drag the yellow time marker across the timeline, you will be able to see your camera animation.

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Edward

We’re working on more video tutorials. We split up the video tutorials so you can go through the features one at a time. This is for users who don’t have the time to watch one long tutorial.

Sorry for the confusion on upgrades. To upgrade, go to the Store > Price List page, and under the ProAnimator section, select the option “Upgrade from ProAnimator AE”. This will let you upgrade from version 4 to version 5.

If you have any questions, let me know.

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Edward

To render the animation with a transparent background, click the Camera button to go to “Camera Mode”. Then, enable the checkbox for “Alpha Channel”. Once you have the Alpha Channel checked, you can render the animation using the Render Movie button.

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Edward

Sure, you’ll be able to create the same styles and animation once ProAnimator version 5 is released.

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Edward

We accept the following formats for importing and exporting models:

Maya OBJ
3D Studio
Lightwave 1 and 2
Cinema 4D
ElectricImage
DXF

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Edward

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Edward

Sure. Any object you create can be animated in After Effects by using keyframes.

This is version 5. So, if you are a current user of version 4, you would need to upgrade to version 5 in order to get the authorization code for version 5.

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Edward

Is the audio not coming out well for you? We did compress the audio to make the file size smaller, but it should still sound pretty good. Please let us know if you are having any issues.

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Edward

Great to hear!

I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

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Edward

Thank for the advice! I got it to work after trying for several hours myself! Did it the way you told me just now!

Thanks for the compliment by the way! I’ll post the ending result when it’s done!

Cheers!

Great looking project! To get the backfacing to work, you may be running into an issue where the “Best Geometric Detail” is set too low. Try increasing the value of “Best Geometric Detail” to “400×400″. See if that helps. If you have set your layer to Draft Quality, change the “Draft Geometric Detail” to “400×400″.’

Let me know if you are still having any issues.

Best,
Edward

Thanks for the quick reaction!

The thing I mean is how to get the backfacing color map to be a layer of my choice. Now it is a mirror of the front facing map or it is white of color (when I apply my back facing color map)

http://pjfilm.nl/preview.zip (examples)

Hope you can tell me what to do!

You can also email me in reply.

Thnx!

I’m not sure what you mean when you mentioned that you cannot get the color map to appear on the background. Do you mean applying a background for After Effects? Since 3D Warps has an alpha channel, anything you place behind that layer will show up as a background.

Please elaborate and let me know what you mean.

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Edward

Anyone who can tell me how to put a color map on the background of a page? I put the layer (page) I want on the bg in my comp, shut of the eye, but it will not show as background on my page…

Looking forward to the great advice!

Thnx!

Sure, you can use ProAnimator and use Layer Maps to achieve the same results. ProAnimator and 3D Invigorator have the same abilities in object creation and also in terms of coloring and mapping materials.

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Edward

Sure, you can apply the same techniques to both 3D Invigorator Pro, as well as ProAnimator.

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Edward

These techniques are going to save me lots of time! Thanks for the excellent tutorial, and for using a very familiar logo!

Go Cavs!

can you do this staff in pro animator?

it looks very real

thanks

cheers

When you are in the Scene Preview window, you may not be able to see the transparency. To do a test render of what your objects look like, you can hold down the “Ctrl/Cmd” key, and this will cause “Render Movie” (“OK” button if you are using the plug-in inside of After Effects) to turn into the “Test” button. Once you click on the Test button, you will see a render preview of your scene, and you should be able to see your transparent material.

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Edward

Wish we had more of these tutorials for Pro Animator!

Great Job!

You can either ungroup the layers in Illustrator by using the “Ungroup” command, or ungroup the objects in ProAnimator by using the “Dismantle Incoming Groups” option when importing the Illustrator file.

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Edward

saw wen you bring it to proanimator

can you ungroup

the layers before

in illustrator

or do you do it in pro animator?

thansk

michael

You can’t use the same techniques in Photoshop because Photoshop and Illustrator work differently with their vector tools. In Photoshop, you would need to draw the vector paths with your Pen tool, so you would need to use the Work Paths instead.

If you need great Photoshop techniques, check out the Digital Juice Fonts in ProAnimator tutorials. Those tutorials will give you great pointers to obtain paths from just a picture in Photoshop.

Hope this helps.

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Edward

it looks like a cool technique

can you do that in photoshop?

with the layers cause Im trying to do the same Idea but I have problems

if its a picture

but is not vector can you still do it?

thansk

Keep up the great work!

The images are from a free stock photography website listed below:

http://www.sxc.hu/

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Edward

do you know the website of

were you got the image from

thanks.

all try

mike

A texture map is just an image that you want to load onto a material. You can load textures, bumpiness, reflections, etc all onto one material. You can then apply a material onto an object.

To create a texture map, simply save an image as a PSD or a JPEG.

Then, in ProAnimator, create a new material, and load the image as a texture map. After applying the material onto your object, you will be able to see your image applied on your object.

Best,
Edward

I will try it

but wath kind of format do I save it on

ai or PSD?

and do you take the texture off?

and the paths

off?

or all together

thanks

mike

The only way to use a gradient color from Illustrator is to save the gradient color as an image file. Then, import the image file as a texture map into ProAnimator as a texture map.

The “Use Illustrator Colors” option only uses solid colors from Illustrator.

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Edward

send a gradient from illustrator

to

pro animator?

insted of using the materials?

cause I nodest that evrytime you send it it comes gray

and the color goes off

thansk

michael

ProAnimator is currently not compatible with After Effects CS5. We are working on the conversion at the moment, and the new version is expected to be released by the end of Fall. The new version will include numerous features and will also be 64-bit compatible with After Effects CS5.

In the mean time, you can still work with ProAnimator as a standalone and render out the movie with an alpha channel.

When the new version is released, we will be sending out notices to all of our users.

Sorry for any inconveniences.

Best,
Edward