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Is there an upgrade for Animate plus to Work in Studio 4?

VenatorVenator Posts: 20
edited December 1969 in Daz Studio Discussion

Or will I have to purchase Animate 2?. I noticed a few glitches with the ani blocks when importing a scene from Studio 3.

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  • JimmyC_2009JimmyC_2009 Posts: 8,891
    edited December 1969

    There was never an upgrade path from (free) Animate Lite that comes with DAZ Studio.

    I had the original version (Animate) I think, and got a slight reduction for upgrading to Animate 2, but I also bought it when it was on sale, so that helped a lot :)

    I see it is on sale at the moment, it sometimes goes to 50% off, but that would usually only be once or twice a year I think.

  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    I have AniMate Plus, I moved up to AniMate2 as soon as I could afford it. I do not remember any errors before I upgraded. What are you seeing that you where not seeing before?

  • VenatorVenator Posts: 20
    edited December 1969

    JimmyC Thanks for your reply. Animate plus wasn't free but it's nice to know that you can get Animate 2 at reduced rates. I'll keep my eyes peeled. :)

    Jaderail Thanks for your reply. Some of the blocks act weird especially when one block joins over to another. The arms and or legs twist out of proportion yet in studio 3 they are fine. When using the free Dynamic clothes software in conjunction with animate the figure freezes during the draping process.

  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Hmm... Which figures are you using in AniMate Plus and If I may ask which AniBlocks cause the error?
    I have a rather large Collection of AniBlocks, if you can tell me the Set name and Block that errors I'll check the settings and see if I can figure out a work around for you.

  • Dream CutterDream Cutter Posts: 1,224
    edited December 1969

    Speaking of Animate2, I am keyframing a "slime-cycle" for the Slimebeast at the moment. I find it easiest to manually enter param values,each affected node, on pivotol key-frames and then clean up interpolation mistakes afterwards. However Animating in Poser and Carrara with a Graph curve editor is preferred.
    I have Graphmate, but have never been able to get the Graph module to fully work with DAZ, have either of you had success with it? My plugin installs and serial activated but Its display only shows keyframes but no node parameter levels. I get a vertical line (keyframe data), no horizontal levels (param data) when I select an isolated node. I wish there was a user manual for it and I have not picked up what I am missing in the few tutorial vids out there.

  • VenatorVenator Posts: 20
    edited December 1969

    Thanks Jaderail. I'm using Victoria 4 Ultimate and Sk Amotions Catwalk blocks. The problem occurs after the 180 degree turn block.

  • VenatorVenator Posts: 20
    edited December 1969

    Thanks for all the responses on this one but I think I've solved it. I was using the time line as opposed to the animate lite control and that seems to have been where the problem arose. Working fine now though. :)

  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited May 2014

    Dream Cutter said:
    I get a vertical line (keyframe data), no horizontal levels (param data) when I select an isolated node.
    Hmm.. I use GraphMate very often for clean up once I burn to the Timeline. So with a Node selected your not getting the Timeline at all? Just the Node info graph? Can you drop a Screen cap in here with a Figure node selected?

    EDIT @ Pebbly glad you worked it out.
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  • Dream CutterDream Cutter Posts: 1,224
    edited May 2014

    Jaderail said:
    Dream Cutter said:
    I get a vertical line (keyframe data), no horizontal levels (param data) when I select an isolated node.
    Hmm.. I use GraphMate very often for clean up once I burn to the Timeline. So with a Node selected your not getting the Timeline at all? Just the Node info graph? Can you drop a Screen cap in here with a Figure node selected?

    EDIT @ Pebbly glad you worked it out.
    Thanks Jaderail,
    The circled area is the keyframe indicator that does track animation - however no values appear to graph. Note the keyframe carots indicator in timeline showing rotational values for the node exist.
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  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    I had to sleep but here you go... SEE Image Below.
    And this is the best short TUT on both GraphMate and KeyMate...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryUgvapGUG0

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  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited May 2014

    Please Note I keep my GraphMate on the Left Dock and Parameters on my Right. (Not Shown Above as I wanted to show it Centered) That allows me fast access to all Nodes as I select from the Scene Tab. You may wish to edit your layout for your own work flow. I did.

    EDIT: I have thought of making a Room TAB in DAZ just for GraphMate, KeyMate , Parameters and the Timeline. That would give much more room to work in. I will do so Soon I think.

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