Thanks for the advice Slowtiger. I'll up the contact a frame or two.

Probably too late now but what I did with the animation below was to position mouse and guitar in the same bone layer, animate with the 'neck arm' behind the neck. Then, once I had it moving with the music, I duplicated the neck arm, delete all but the hand, then move that amended layer above the gu...

This is the first of four promotional 'very-shorts' for a book due out in the early part of next year. The style is stained glass in keeping with the book cover. I'm guessing this is how the stained-glass makers of centuries past would have animated! The four will illustrate the first four short sec...

I've tried the suggested particle settings, and adjusted the angle of exit, and it is looking much better, thanks Vern!

Grey

Vern

Thanks for the 'small thing' and the numbers. I'll give them a try.

Also thanks for the compliment. Working in a circle of one it means SO much to hear such things.

Grey

The full anme file and a movie is now posted here. http://web.me.com/richardhookway/Site/Anime_Studio_stuff.html There appears to be no problem at the beginning of the project. The point when it becomes possible to view the problem is around 600 frames, as the mice are leaving. It is during faster a...

Do you know if the freezing is an AS problem, or is it my set up somewhere?

Thanks for your time and suggestions. I'd not thought of attaching bones to a particle.

Grey

They do look both fine. They are both fine. The problem is, when I set the particles to be 'wavy', as on the left, I sometimes get them being produced intermittently, as a sort of dash of particle dots. You can see the effect on the screen grab above the movie on… http://web.me.com/richardhookway/Si...

DK

There's a video on the same site that shows what I was trying to describe.

The original anme file is also there.


http://web.me.com/richardhookway/Site/A ... stuff.html

Grey

Thanks for that DK That does get rid of the 'dashes' but I lose the flowing back and forth of sparks I'd wanted. It could be I'll have to forfeit that. However, it still doesn't explain why the particles work as I would like at the beginning of the project, but goes all 'dashy' come the end! Odd! I ...

DK

Hopefully it's here!

http://web.me.com/richardhookway/Site/A ... stuff.html

Thanks again.

Thanks DK

I've tried decreasing lifetime and increasing velocity but it makes no difference.

Here is a mouse + jet pack, I hope. I've not needed to attach a file before! I'll see if these work.

jet pack.anme.zip
jet pack.anme

No. I'll try again.

This as a problem relating to particles. I've seen topics on LM that offer suggestions but nothing that has helped. I have five mice, each with a jet pack fired by particles of tiny coloured spots. Earlier in the project, the particles work fine but later on they start to fire 'dashes' of spots rath...

Dale

Thanks for that.

The effect of the shifting layers of snow looks good – apart from an orderly 'queue' that appears a few second in.

Richard

Yes.

It's something I often experience. I apply an effect from the menu, then when I return to it, the menu has reverted to 'plain' although the effect is still there when I render.

I took it as normal, and perhaps a minor bug!