Jon Okerstrom
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Hi Craig,
You might be able to accomplish it by adding one or more objects to an object track and making them transparent or invisible. These objects would cause ProAnimator to compute the location of what you might think of as a center or pivot point differently than if the object were not in the track.
The challenge would be figuring out the math involved so you could place the “invisible” object where it needs to be to put your point of rotation where you want it.
The beauty of ProAnimator is that all of the math (hard stuff) is hidden from the user.In this case it’s also the challenge.
Jon
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Hi td,
Invigorator’s 3D space mirrors but is not the same as AE’s 3D space, where the Trapcode plugins live. Depending on what you’re doing, you might try layermapping the Trapcode effects onto planes or other shapes in the Invigorator Universe. Doing so would make it possible for the elements to interact, to a limited degree in the same 3D space.
Does this help?
Jon
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Hi Adi,
I would strongly recommend going to the support portion of Zaxwerks.com and downloading the current versions of the software. My hunch is that will resolve your issues.
Jon
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Hi guys,
The term pivot point is more appropriate for Invigorator and Invigorator Pro. In these cases, the pivot point of a set (a set is an invisible container into which objects are placed) is determined by the first object or objects placed into the set. In some cases, people add a cube to an empty set to behave as a null object.. then add the other objects… move the null around inside the set until they get the pivot point where they want it, then turn off its visibility. From this set-up work, they move on to animating the set.
Instead of sets, ProAnimator uses object tracks into which objects are placed. The pose positioning tools can help you manipulate the starting and/or ending point of the objects, but there really isn’t a pivot point option that I know of.
What exactly are you trying to accomplish?
Jon
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Hi sharonism,
I think of 3D Layer Warp as being able to bend and twist a flexible sheet of paper. The ability to combine three distinct warps on the same “paper” gives you lots of options.
Having said that, it sounds like you have an image of a US map and want to give it thickness or depth. If this is the case, I believe you may want to use Invigorator or ProAnimator. Both can give thickness to an Illustrator-based map. The 3D Warp applications really aren’t designed to do this.
If I misunderstood your post, give us some more details and we’ll try to help out.
Jon
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Yes.
Invigorator is at 4.1.0. Go to the support area of http://www.zaxwerks.com.
I’ll bet the problem goes away with the current version.
Jon
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Are you using the latest, current version?
Jon
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John,
Which version number of Invigorator are you using?
Jon
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Bart,
You’re looking at draft mode. When you adjust the smoothness or look at best-quality rendering, it will smooth out. The depth slider controls the size of the frisbee.
Jon
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Bart,
The best way to make a frisbee is to create a custom edge and apply it to a very, very small circle from Illustrator. you can create exactly the edge profile you want, including the tiny ridges. Dig into custom edges in the manual or watch Serge’s recent tutorial for help.
The wobble you’re seeing is probably caused by the fact that you’ve rotated your object by an amount other than 90 degrees. To do it exactly, you can use the object stats controls in the set-up window.
Does this help?
Jon