[Edward Wu]

Hi Tim,

To move objects to the same object track, go to the Animation window, and on the top left, select “Track Commands” and “Move Selected Objects to”, then select the object track that you want to move the objects to.

Best,
Edward

[Edward Wu]

Hi Tim,

Great advice from Reuben. Aside from the “Open by Layers” command, you can also use the “Dismantle Incoming Groups” option. This option will ungroup all objects from Illustrator, and make them all into individual pieces in ProAnimator.

Best,
Edward

[Edward Wu]

Hi Tim,

Some of the key things to check is that you save the Illustrator File with compression turned OFF. In addition, be sure that you do not have any pixel elements within that file.

If you are still having issues, please send the file to me at ed@zaxwerks.com

I’ll take a look at your Illustrator file and see what you are running into.

Best,
Edward

[Edward Wu]

Hi David,

Right, the interface and integration in 3D Warps are similar to 3D Invigorator Pro, so you will be able to work with the After Effects camera and also apply rotations and position changes like you can in 3D Invigorator Pro. You can perform bends, folds, curls, twists, and more with the capabilities of 3D Warp.

In regards to exporting, you won’t be able to export the file as a .obj or .3ds file since you are actually working with just an After Effects 3D layer.

For more information on 3D Warps, please check the product page below:

https://zaxwerks.com/3dwarps/index.shtml

To try 3D Warps as a demo, please visit our download page, and download the product. Install the program into the “After Effects Plug-ins” folder, and apply the plug-in to a comp-sized Color Solid in After Effects. When you see the authorization window, click the “Demo” button.

Best,
Edward

[Edward Wu]

Hi David,

A texture map is automatically stretched to fit around your objects. So if you want to have want the texture map to fit perfectly around the edges, you may have to create a separate map for the edges than the front and back edges. The edge profile texture map will need to be a long strip so it does not get stretched vertically around the edges. If you setup the texture map as a Layer Map pre-comp, you can just play with your texture map in the After Effects pre-comp, and see how the edges are affected.

Best,
Edward

[Edward Wu]

Hi Mark,

Since I don’t have Corel x4, I can’t comment too much on its export capabilities. However, I am guessing that perhaps it’s not saving the file without compression, or not changing text into outlines.

With that said, since you don’t have Illustrator, another alternative is to use Adobe Photoshop. You can draw any of your paths by using the pen tool (with paths selected), or create a selection of your image in Photoshop, then under the Paths menu, choose “Make Work Path”. Enter a Tolerance value between “0.5” and “2.0” (the lower the value, the tighter the curve), and Photoshop will generate the vector paths.

After you finish creating the path in Photoshop, you can go into the “File” menu, and select “Export > Paths to Illustrator”. This will generate an Illustrator file that works without any issues in ProAnimator.

Hope this helps.

Best,
Edward

[Edward Wu]

Hi Harry,

What you may be running into is if your application lost the file extension. The application should have a file extension of “.app”. If your ProAnimator icon no longer has the file extension, you can try adding the “.app” file extension back.

However, since the standalone is not working, you may want to take this opportunity to upgrade to the newest version of the software. The newest version of ProAnimator released is version 4.5.1. The upgrade is free, so you can continue using your current authorization code. The latest version contains all the latest bug fixes and stability builds.

To download the latest version, please visit our download page below:

https://www.zaxwerks.com/download/

You should have no issues with the software after downloading version 4.5.1.

Best,
Edward

[Edward Wu]

Hi James,

Check to see if you are using Reflector version 1.5.0. This version contains bug fixes and stability builds, so if you are not using this version, please download it from our download page:

https://www.zaxwerks.com/download/

If you are already using Reflector version 1.5.0, and are still experiencing issues, please contact me at ed@zaxwerks.com with your project, and I’ll take a look at your project and see what ,ay be causing the issue.

Happy Holidays.

Best,
Edward

[Edward Wu]

No problem Jim.

Happy Holidays!

[Edward Wu]

Hi Jim,

In the newer versions of our software, all swatches are copied into the Documents folder to let users have access to a set of “User Swatches” while the “Master Swatches” are preserved. This way, if you ever need to reset your swatches, just delete the Invigorator Pro folder in the Documents folder, and the swatches will be rebuilt from the Master swatches.

Best,
Edward