[Alex Dow]

Hi Kevin,

What Zaxwerks product are you using?

Whichever plug-in you use, all of these objects will need to be inside the same instance of the plug-in. 3D Invigorator PRO uses object sets and 3D ProAnimator uses tracks. Do not pickwhip AE layers to other AE layers.

Once I know which software you are using, I can tell you how to move the pivot point to get the hinge to work properly.

Cheers,
Alex Dow
Zaxwerks Tech Support
support(at)zaxwerks.com

[Alex Dow]

Hi Les,

Here are the compatible systems:
Macintosh
Intel Mac Only
Mac OS X 10.9 or higher.

Windows
Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10

After Effects
CS6 – CC2017

Graphics Cards:
– Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or better recommended
– ATI/AMD R7 Series or better recommended
– Minimum of 512mb of VRAM (but we recommend 1GB)

Less capable graphics cards may still work but these are our recommendations.

Cheers,
Alex Dow
Zaxwerks Tech Support
support(at)zaxwerks.com

[Alex Dow]

Hey Neftali,

When you say nothing works what does that mean? Do you see an error message when you render? Does the program run at all for you?

Cheers,
Alex Dow
Zaxweks | Tech Support

[Alex Dow]

Hi Wreaford,

You can revolve text around a sphere, by following these steps:

1. Create the sphere and text and make sure they are on the same track
2. Select the text and in the “Object Controls” panel open the “Info” twirly and change the x position to move the text apart from the sphere
3. Select both the text and the sphere and group them (Cmd+g on mac and Cntl+g on windows)
4. Now make sure the pose is selected and go to the “Animation Controls” panel
5. On the right side in Pose Actions select the menu and select spin y
6. Change rotation to 360(or any amount of rotation you want) and click the checkbox next to “Use Common Center”

That’s it. Now you can change how long your pose lasts in the Animation Timeline which will change how long the spinning lasts.

Cheers,
Alex Dow
Zaxwerks | Tech Support

[Alex Dow]

Hey James,
Unfortunately there’s not a way for you to download the tutorial videos from our site. However, you can use a site like https://www.clipconverter.cc/ to download the youtube videos.

Cheers,
Alex Dow
Zaxwerks Tech Support

[Alex Dow]

Hi Cliff,

Thanks for the info. What specific steps are you doing when the program crashes? Are you just simply applying the plug-in and it crashes?

Thanks,
Alex Dow
Tech Support / Customer Service
Zaxweks
alex(at)zaxwerks.com

[Alex Dow]

Hi Don,

No problem at all. The bottom black rim is just a rectangle that I drew at the bottom of the crown in the Object Drawing panel. In the resource files that you can download with this tutorial is a project that already has the rim setup for you. Please take a look at that.

Resource files: https://zaxwerks.com/tutorials/Tutorial124-ResourceFiles.zip

Cheers,
Alex
Zaxwerks
Tech Support/Customer Service
alex (at) zaxwerks.com

[Alex Dow]

Hey Don,

The tutorial is done and up online! You can watch it here: https://zaxwerks.com/training/tutorial124

Since the program has changed so much over the years, we actually create this crown in a different way than Jon Okerstrom did. However this way is a lot easier now since Invigorator comes with more powerful tools.

If you have any questions be sure to let me know.

Cheers,
Alex Dow
Tech Support/Customer Service
Zaxwerks

[Alex Dow]

Hi Richard,

When exporting a model from 3D ProAnimator make sure to export it with the .zxo format. This is the Zaxwerks specific format that will keep material, bevel, and object data. Then when you import the object into 3D Invigorator it will remember everything for you so you don’t have to reapply the materials or bevels.

As of right now there isn’t any 3rd party material pack that is prepared specifically for Zaxwerks products. However there are several sites that offer material maps packs that you can use to create materials inside of Zaxwerks products. Our friends at Rampant have a great texture pack that has 78 different metals: https://rampantdesigntools.com/product/rampant-texture-toolkit-v1/

Cheers,
Alex Dow
Tech Support | Zaxwerks

[Alex Dow]

Hi Don,

Thanks for the suggestion. We’ll create a similar tutorial soon using the new v8.6!

Cheers,
Alex Dow
Zaxwerks
alex (at) zaxwerks.com