Day 9 : Hw/Fix-It-All

*NOTE*: I wanted to get work on stuff put into the show by today but there were classes immediately after Animation for the next 3 hours and then I'm in class from 630 - 910 PM in the same room and I usually just want out. (Web Authoring isn't always fun)

10-6-10

1115 PM - 1230 AM

• I opened up the Relationship4.c4d file saved it as Relationship5.c4d > Oct > 10_6_fin
• Changed the timing of the head turn on the Parent object
• Edited the morphs
• Added two more morphs called RightRear_aUP and LeftRear_aUP
• Changed the names of the morphs so that they aren't anagrams anymore
• Tried to see if there were any easier methods than the one I know for morphs, but it's not quite panning out
• Changed the amount of space travelled over time in the timeline (position on the Z axis) for both Parent and Child
• Ran a test
• The head is now moving too slow so I'm shortening the timespan
• The two options I'm considering to fix the sliding issue is to: 1) add the bodies going up and down, or 2) make for pauses in the timeline which I will have to time for appropriate pace

1230 - 115 AM

• Checked out some bear motion animations on youtube
• Decided on having the bodies going up and down was my best bet (although it would be an all-around better animation if I did both)
• First I do the Parent's timeline positioning > found a pattern that worked for it
• Tried implementing parent's pattern on child = bad idea
• The child had its own pattern that I had to work out like I had to do with the parent
• I'm testing the two now

115 - 135 AM

• There was one fault with the child's movement > it was fixed
• Now I'm trying out HyperNURBs on them and its adding to the list of minor problems
• Cancelled HyperNURBs the parent and left it on the child
• Set up a stationary camera called fixed
• Set up a light with a color overhead (green)
• Set up a render (there is an effect on the render)
• Now waiting for render to finish

158 AM

• It finished rendering
• The parent bear kind of floats for a moment which is revealed by the lighting I need to go back and change the value of the height, but I can't do that here the school's about to close for the night and since i came here right after work I don't have my drive to store it on, I would be more than able to adjust the height at home and render it there too.