3D Animation Q/A

[BuddyB309]

Originally Posted by Damelvin

Just clearifying on rendering, if I have teh camera just moving and nothing else important or text I dont have to set up teh safe mode or is that just a guideline? I am going to render these into tga format and use premier to put together. And then from tehre do I compress it and format it to quicktime and dv-ntsc?

Dont use permier it will turn out crappy. Download and use Avid free dv

[Damelvin]

Quick question had problem with this last year, how would I have a tire spin if its part of the robot and the whole robot is already rotated? I mean taht makes the wheel spin really weird. Any way to constarin it or make it spin in place?

[Capt.ArD]

ok, animate the wheel on it's own, before the robot is animated. then, link it to the robot, and then animate the robot.

if the robot is already animated, use the curve editor to adjust the rotation of the wheel. curve editor is accessed by a button at the top that looks like a graph with lines on it. you only want the wheel to have movement in one direction, so that means set all the graphs to 0, except for one.

[abroerman]

I've got a quick question...

In the rules, it goes about describing the 5 second slate that is to appear at the beginning of the animation. The bullet just after that states, "Credits may follow that still frame..."

I interpreted this as saying that the credits should go after the slate (not after the animation itself), but every other team I've seen has put the credits at the end. Can someone clear this up (and if I was wrong, what possible effect may this have on the judging process)?

Thanks and good luck teams,
-alex

[Capt.ArD]

i have never seen the credits go between the splash and the animation. the credits get cut out of ther animation at the competition, so i think they want it at the end. It's easier to cut the end off an animation than the middle.

[stevek]

Originally Posted by abroerman

I've got a quick question...

In the rules, it goes about describing the 5 second slate that is to appear at the beginning of the animation. The bullet just after that states, "Credits may follow that still frame..."

-alex

Unless they messed up in the wording- (i didn't double check) The still frame they are refering to for the credits to folow- is the Black still- Remember- they want slate- black-anim-black-credits.

[Damelvin]

Just wondering if someone can get me a video of scrolling numbers like in the matrix?

[Damelvin]

I guess no one could find one o well I just finsihing up everything. Mad though taht is looks really nice adn then since I was rushed teh end doesnt look good oh well 1 guy animating I think I did better than last year so whatever I probably post it later tonight.

[animator1]

um, i don't have a video of it, but you can use this .gif i found on the matrix website of it, and in turn make it into a video. or even this screensaver (i'm sure you would know how to do that)

[Damelvin]

THats katakana and kanji. Thanks for help Ill look for a gif.

[animator1]

i've also found this, http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorial...e-vision/10234 and this http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorial...e-vision/10234 not sure how much this will help, but can't wait to see your animation.

[Tyr]

Can you have still images in your 5-second slate?

[animator1]

whoa, double post. oh well, i will say it again too i guess lol. yes, i know i do, and i have seen many teams have it. especially in past years too.

[darkstar]

Holy freaking A! My team has the only rookie animation entry for my regional!

[greenstriker]

Yeah, I have a question.

Are there any initiation files, or files we must fill out specifically for the animation that our team must submit for the competition?

Sorry, I was browsing all of the sites, and I couldn't find anything.