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CherubitCherubit Posts: 994
edited March 2018 in The Commons

Hi guys :) i'd like to make some animations myself and be able to save them.

All I need is this product? https://www.daz3d.com/animate2

Or is there anything else I need?

I'd love to know before the sale ends hehe

Thank you <3

Edit> I saw these at the store too, do i really need them or can i do everything with Animate2?

https://www.daz3d.com/keymate

https://www.daz3d.com/graphmate

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  • Sven DullahSven Dullah Posts: 7,621

    I don't have Animate2 so can't comment on that, but if you want to do animations in the timeline (not using aniblocks) you will need the keymate /graphmate plugins. Well you CAN do without them but they will save you a lot of headaches and time;)

  • CherubitCherubit Posts: 994
    Sven Dullah said:

    I don't have Animate2 so can't comment on that, but if you want to do animations in the timeline (not using aniblocks) you will need the keymate /graphmate plugins. Well you CAN do without them but they will save you a lot of headaches and time;)

    Thank you for your answer!

    I want to save aniblocks too :) for aniblocks I need animate2 then right?

  • Sven DullahSven Dullah Posts: 7,621

    I only have the animate light free version but IIRC you can save timeline animations as aniblocks which then can be loaded into animate. Frankly I very much prefer working with the timeline. Others that have more experience with working with aniblock and animate 2 may tell a different story;)

  • Kevin SandersonKevin Sanderson Posts: 1,643

    I have all 3 and it's best to get them if you want to do animation in DAZ Studio. You can't beat the price right now.

  • CherubitCherubit Posts: 994
    Sven Dullah said:

    I only have the animate light free version but IIRC you can save timeline animations as aniblocks which then can be loaded into animate. Frankly I very much prefer working with the timeline. Others that have more experience with working with aniblock and animate 2 may tell a different story;)

    Kevin Sanderson said:

    I have all 3 and it's best to get them if you want to do animation in DAZ Studio. You can't beat the price right now.

    Thank you for commenting, guys! :D i'm getting all 3 products ^_^ i can't wait to start animating!

  • Kevin SandersonKevin Sanderson Posts: 1,643

    You should bring Vivienne and Rachel to life! They look good! I think I might buy Vivienne this weekend.

  • 31415926543141592654 Posts: 975

    Good day, Yes you need Animate2 for the ability to save your own aniblocks. Keymate is very useful for subtle changes to the timing and positioning (very useful). Graphmate is more technical and needed when you have serious problems (yes it does happen - for me it is usually with camera movement). I would recommend all three if you are going to do animation.  As a side note: also learn to use the Puppeteer feature: it has helped me a lot along the way for custom posing. You can see a few samples of my works-in-progress at: http://www.zaqen.net/daz-wips/

  • IvyIvy Posts: 7,165
    edited March 2018

    You find most of us here that creat animations have all 3 of the Gofigure animate plugins to create keyframe animations & to use aniblocks with daz studio, it just makes it easier

    Make sure you share your animations when your done :)

    Heres one of many of my daz studo animations

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  • CherubitCherubit Posts: 994
    Kevin Sanderson said:

    You should bring Vivienne and Rachel to life! They look good! I think I might buy Vivienne this weekend.

    Thank you! :D yeah i'm thinking about animating them and making short videos! Let's see how it goes~ Hope you like Vivienne!

     

    3141592654 said:

    Good day, Yes you need Animate2 for the ability to save your own aniblocks. Keymate is very useful for subtle changes to the timing and positioning (very useful). Graphmate is more technical and needed when you have serious problems (yes it does happen - for me it is usually with camera movement). I would recommend all three if you are going to do animation.  As a side note: also learn to use the Puppeteer feature: it has helped me a lot along the way for custom posing. You can see a few samples of my works-in-progress at: http://www.zaqen.net/daz-wips/

    Good animations, it must be complex to animate a horse AND a knight at the same time! :O

     

    Ivy said:

    You find most of us here that creat animations have all 3 of the Gofigure animate plugins to create keyframe animations & to use aniblocks with daz studio, it just makes it easier

    Make sure you share your animations when your done :)

    Heres one of many of my daz studo animations

    So cute!!! How long did it take you to render the whole film? I tried a short rotation rendering (iray) and didn't let it finish cause it was taking a long time haha

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