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by Peteroid
Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:49 am
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: binding layers
Replies: 2
Views: 765

binding layers

I'm having difficulties with binding layers. For one thing, I see no way to confirm a layer has been bound to a particular bone. Or to unbind a layer from a bone. Or what the rules are for binding GROUP layers (do you have to bind all the sub-layers... what if you do.... what if you don't?). Where i...
by Peteroid
Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:35 am
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Converting line width to screen length?
Replies: 10
Views: 842

:lol: haha! :lol: I don't know how to respond without making you sound retentive... ;) You really can't envision a situation where if you aren't precise it will look bad? There is a line in an old Daniel Boone TV episode, that goes something like this. A Macintosh clan man is asked to move a fence ...
by Peteroid
Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:07 am
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Converting line width to screen length?
Replies: 10
Views: 842

lol what are you going on about?! and why would you need such pinpoint precision on border size in relation to screen size?? sounds like you need a CAD program, not anime studio ;) Because it need to be precise or it looks terrible.... I'm trying to think of how to respond to you with accusing you ...
by Peteroid
Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:34 am
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Converting line width to screen length?
Replies: 10
Views: 842

Converting line width to screen length?

I want to make a black rectangle that is EXACTLY of dimensions 2.0 x 2.0. So, I set the rectangle endpoint coords to (-1,0), (1,0), (-1,-1), (1,1). And then I set the border width to zero.... wait what?... it resets it to .25!!! Apparently you HAVE to have a border of some thickness (why?)... Now, d...
by Peteroid
Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:29 pm
Forum: General Moho Discussion
Topic: Layer Masking
Replies: 14
Views: 2617

I too found the manual to be seriously lacking and/or confusing on the topic of masking. I have been collecting tips from the forum to help me get a handle on it. Start here: http://www.lostmarble.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12755 Here is some more stuff on masking: Masking Notes Best Masking Tutoria...
by Peteroid
Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:01 pm
Forum: General Moho Discussion
Topic: Layer Masking
Replies: 14
Views: 2617

Masking seems to be a very powerful feature. But I'll ask once again: WHERE IS THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION FOR HOW TO USE MASKING? The User's Manual only has a few examples. These examples do not even mention any of the following topics, and so doesn't even touch what I'm guessing is the full power ...
by Peteroid
Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:58 pm
Forum: Bug Discussions
Topic: Exports with some black frames
Replies: 0
Views: 974

Exports with some black frames

This is not a terrible problem since I have a video editor and can remove the bad frames. But this is what is happening: I have a somewhat complex mouth structure (my animation, not me personally). It has an 'upper switch layer' that can choose between a mouth that does lip syncing based on either v...
by Peteroid
Tue Sep 07, 2010 4:43 am
Forum: General Moho Discussion
Topic: Starting to 'get it'...
Replies: 5
Views: 864

Starting to 'get it'...

OK. Been studying and playing around with and doing tutorials for AS7PRO for about a month now. And I'm starting to feel like I'm 'getting it'! It is beginning to feel natural to use. There is a lot going on here, and I am in no way kidding myself that I understand even a fraction of everything poss...
by Peteroid
Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:34 am
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Changing the parent/child of a bone
Replies: 2
Views: 1786

Changing the parent/child of a bone

Is it possible to: (1) DISCONNECT: Make a child bone an orphan (without deleting the parent bone)? (2) LATE CONNECTION: Make an orphan bone the child of an existing bone (any restrictions)? (3) MASTER TO THE MASTER: Make a new/orphan bone the parent of a parent bone. (4) NEW-FOUND GRANDFATHER: Make ...
by Peteroid
Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:40 pm
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: My first project
Replies: 4
Views: 802

Nicely done! A LOT of work, and it does flow very smoothly. Also very close to the source-material cartoon style... I also noticed a cool thing. Though there are no vocals (for obvious reasons, the children provided that), I can tell where the choruses are because this is where the animation repeats...
by Peteroid
Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:32 am
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: Something I'm working on...
Replies: 8
Views: 1106

by Peteroid
Fri Aug 27, 2010 8:02 am
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: Something I'm working on...
Replies: 8
Views: 1106

i think you could probably add more characterisation without over complicating the style... make the eyes open really slowly, squinting at the light, play with the size of the pupil as the eye opens to give the character some personality/motivation/spirit - animation isn't about complicating things...
by Peteroid
Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:33 am
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: Something I'm working on...
Replies: 8
Views: 1106

Ha! that's quite the teaser! I'm quite glad you managed to get the size down as it might have got less favourable reactions to the extreme minimalism had it been 190meg download! You've got quite a good voice for this, and with the quite descriptive soundtrack i think it works as a teaser now down ...
by Peteroid
Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:34 am
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: Pictogram walk
Replies: 9
Views: 1558

very nice! I'm starting to realize how hard walking is to animate, especially getting the rest of the body to be natural with it :)
by Peteroid
Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:13 am
Forum: Share Your Work
Topic: Something I'm working on...
Replies: 8
Views: 1106

OK.... this one is REALLY download friendly... I posted it to YouTube (HD)! First off, this is a work in progress. And it is only the first minute and a half or so of what will be a lot longer. Also, it will also get far more animation intensive. I'm going for a minimalistic approach at first... als...