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Hello mr diggler,

I would love to see the clip you are talking about. Any chance you can send it to me?

jay

jdesign0@swbell.net

[Betty Boop2]

Can you be more spicific as to where they might be Justin?

-jay

[Betty Boop2]

Great! Thanks John.

Oh…what if you are using Invigorator Pro within AE (as a plug-in), not the stand alone. Still work the same?

-jay

[Betty Boop2]

Thanks! That was a lot of help.
-jay

[Betty Boop2]

Hi John,

They don’t have it listed on the Zaxwerks web site yet because they are still working on the documentation and some new presets. However…what you can do is order online the PA 3.0 online, complete the purchase but don’t download it. Call the number 1-800-549-0250 or 1-626-309-9102 and tell them what you have done and request the download link for the ProAnimator 4.0 version. They will send you the link and your on your way.

ProAnimator is a different product from Invigorator. The way to look at this would be Invig creates a great 3D object BUT it’s camera tools really suck. PA 4.0 does everything Invig Pro does AND has great camera and animation tools. Also (although I haven’t tried this yet) it will allow you to import camera settings into AE for use on any layers. You can also save sceens (the object your working on, is called a sceen). Say your ready to render out of AE your project, go for it. But, now you can open the ProAnimator stand alone app and load your sceen and make changes or further refinements. You don’t have to just stare at the rendering screen.

At $645 it’s not cheap. But for my money it’s the only way to go. All of Dickinson’s tutorials apply directly to ProAnimator 4.0 as well as Invig Pro

Hope this helps.

-jay

[Betty Boop2]

Hi John,
Ok…the project is totally created within Pro Animator 4.0 using the plug-in version and not the stand alone version.

There are three tracks (or layers). One holds the “create 3D type” Jessica Lynn with the object animation “Bug-Cascade-1” applied to that track. I messed with the preset a bit.

The second track holds the graphic boxes and movies. No object animation applied here. This is made up of 6 layers in Illustrator. 3 see-through boxes and 3 backs to the boxes, the backs have image maps applied to them. This is imported as a Illustrator file, with open as layers, use illustrator color and move objects to center selected. Now…within AE I imported the three movies that play on the box backs, make these layers in the AE timeline. Twirl down ProAnimator applied layer and then twirl down “layer maps.” Apply your three movies each to a layer map. Now…back to PA, you first select a graphic back layer and create a new material to apply to that layer and then apply the image map to that layer. Be sure to select absolute color. Do this for all three graphic back layers.

The third and final track is the “Camera Track” (selected from the camera animation drop down list. I selected “Orbit with push”. Again there was a bit of graphic dickage.

Well, that’s about it. Add a background in AE and render to taste.

The most complex thing here is the concept of layer mapping within Invigorator or Pro Animator. But this is completely explained by this excellent tutorial by John Dickinson…

https://www.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/page_wrapper.cgi?forumid=41&page=/articles/dickinson_john/invig_layermap/index.html

Hope this helps.

Jay Thompson

Thompson Visual Design & Storytelling
7 Marjean Ct.
Kirkwood, MO 63122

[Betty Boop2]

The way to do that would be to create your type in Illustrator and do your warping or bending there. Then save as AI 8.0 and import to Invig.

-jay

[Betty Boop2]

Thanks Steve.

I followed your instructions and the render problem went away.

[Betty Boop2]

Thanks Zak. I’ll update the drivers first.

[Betty Boop2]

An example would be most helpfull. Thank you.