[Serge Hamad]

[Darren Carcary] “There’s nothing that makes you jump out of your seat as much as when it goes off. It would definitely be nice to have some alternatives to choose from.”

Absolutely! On windows to get rid of the render-okay or render-fail sound all you need to do is place a wave file with the sound you like in the prefs folder.

You must name your wave files like this:
rnd_okay.wav (This will be your render ready sound)
rnd_fail.wav (This will replace the BAAAAA)

I forgot how to do it with ResEdit for MAC but I can have a look when I get time.

Salut,
Serge

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[Serge Hamad]

Hi,

The answer is two posts bellow: https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/41/858499#858499

Let us know if you still have problems.

Salut
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[Serge Hamad]

-Select your object (Sphere)
-Click on the Object tab. You will find a menu that says “Sphere”. When you open this menu you will find all the primitives listed.

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[Serge Hamad]

Hi,

I just had a look at your project. You couldn’t see any shadows as you didn’t have an object you could cast shadows on in your project.

The grid is not an object and can’t receive shadows. You need to create a primitive and change it from the default sphere to a plane. You then rotate your plane to 90 degrees and place it bellow your text.

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[Serge Hamad]

E-Mail me your project if you want.

serge (at) nyc-visual (dot com)

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[Serge Hamad]

Nate, are you trying to cast shadows on a AE layer? If so this doesn’t work.

Your plane needs to reside inside of Invigorator/ProAnimator.

Does this help?

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[Serge Hamad]

Hi NguyenCat Le,

Here is how you could create the ribbon:

-Trace the ribbon using the pentool.
-Select the path then go to Object>Path>Outline Stroke.
-You should have now a closed path with fill and no stroke.
-knowing that Invigorator/ProAnimator starts mapping objects at the bottom left you would need to rotate your artwork so the mapping starts at the left or right tip of your ribbon. (See provided artwork)
https://www.nyc-visual.com/CBL_Logo.zip

Now all you need to do is open the ai file in Invigorator, alter the depth of your object to taste and chose a wide angle camera to increase the deformation of your ribbon. The right lighting would also accentuate the look.

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[Serge Hamad]

Yes, Just switch to light mode (Sun button), select the light you want and check the “Shadow Casting” box. Be aware though that Shadows will slow down your renders especially if you increase the shadow softness and shadow quality that is located in the User Prefs menu.

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[Serge Hamad]

Hi,

[tim huggins] “I know Illustrator quite well. Is there a problem with ProAnimator and gradients?”

Yep! You can’t use gradients for Invigorator or ProAnimator.

Use texture or reflection maps to recreate the look.

In case you are simply giving some depth to your entire logo you could transform your artwork to a Jpeg or Tga file and map it to the front face of your object.

Just make sure you crop your artwork properly like in this example:
https://www.nyc-visual.com/CBL_2.jpg

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Serge

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[Serge Hamad]

Hi Michael,

Nice scene!

I would follow the great advices you already got from Daren & Lutz.

Personally I would add a DOP. This would get rid a bit of the too clean look and soften your windows in the BG.

Also showing a little more details on the crash wall looked quite nice when I tried it with your image.

Play with the Gamma/Pedestal/Gain effect it’s the mother of color grading;-)

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