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  • CriosCrios Posts: 2,671

    Mystiarra said:

    are there any tricks for pmd files?

     

    it time to bury my dual core poser pc in the closet.  not sure i converted all my pmd characters.  any tricks to make 7unzip work on pmd?

    Thanks 

    Maybe also using them another time in DAZ Studio, until 3.X all worked fine, now a lot of PMD don't load more.

     

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    thanks.

    found a binary editor on rendo.  dont understand how to use it yet

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited January 2021

    need a decent software to turn those sequenced pngs into a good quality mp4 or avi

     

    sony movie makin is a makin me crazy.  is degrading the heck out of my lovely secret lake clean renders  720 frames  took 2 weeks to render.

    Post edited by Mistara on
  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 37,814

    Mystiarra said:

    need a decent software to turn those sequenced pngs into a good quality mp4 or avi

     

    sony movie makin is a makin me crazy.  is degrading the heck out of my lovely secret lake clean renders  720 frames  took 2 weeks to render.

    I use Blender now for compositing 

  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 1,983
    edited January 2021

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    Mystiarra said:

    need a decent software to turn those sequenced pngs into a good quality mp4 or avi

     

    sony movie makin is a makin me crazy.  is degrading the heck out of my lovely secret lake clean renders  720 frames  took 2 weeks to render.

    I use Blender now for compositing 

    ~  You can use one of these Pro-Quality Video Editors _ several that have  Free versions   ~  If you have Mac use iMovie  _

    Post edited by ed3D on
  • magaremotomagaremoto Posts: 1,226

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,223

    Thanks magaremoto! I'm grabbing that one!

  • @Mystarria, I know PD Howler can load images and save as avi. It can also do transitions and some after effects. But, I'm not sure how many frames it can do. @Dartanbeck would know more about that, as I don't use it for videos/animation. I think there are a couple of YouTube videos about it on the PD Howler channel.

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,223

    tiffanie_gray_aceaa3bc71 said:

    @Mystarria, I know PD Howler can load images and save as avi. It can also do transitions and some after effects. But, I'm not sure how many frames it can do. @Dartanbeck would know more about that, as I don't use it for videos/animation. I think there are a couple of YouTube videos about it on the PD Howler channel.

    Oh... Howler ROCKS for animation work, but it's not Free (this is a Free Software channel ;) )

  • Dartanbeck said:

    rtanbeck would know more about that, as I don't use it for videos/animation. I think there are a couple of YouTube videos about it on the PD Howler channel.

    Oh... Howler ROCKS for animation work, but it's not Free (this is a Free Software channel ;) )

    Oh, duh, yeah, you're right! I forgot where I was! Sorry. 

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,223

    smiley Don't be sorry, Tiffanie!

    I Love Howler too! smiley

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 37,814
    edited February 2021

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/the-rocketbox-library-and-the-utility-of-freely-available-rigged-avatars-for-procedural-animation-of-virtual-humans-and-embodiment/?fbclid=IwAR0EnWjDxu2v2zeIUBwCLZV2j3Gz6a5QorAEvElJijWzJvRBNN3K8LjwQCA

    free FBX people

    load rigged and asks for and loads all the textures too

    animating them you may need other software for retargetting BVH motions such as CGspeed

    I use iClone 3DXchange but Danceforms may work or even Blender

    Mixamo works too   saying corrupted importing into all my apps, including Autodesk FBX converter

    Post edited by WendyLuvsCatz on
  • download version 7.4 in the FBX settings

  • rk66rk66 Posts: 433

    P3DO 2.9 Release  is coming

    More see here > http://www.senosoft.com/news/news290.php#290_5

  • rk66 said:

    P3DO 2.9 Release  is coming

    More see here > http://www.senosoft.com/news/news290.php#290_5

    Thanks for the heads-up. I have this and haven't really used it to any great degree - I should really save all my shaders and make thumbnails for them. It might save me time in the long run...

  • has a demo page

  • WendyLuvsCatz said:

    has a demo page

    Very interesting.  It kind of looks like Philemo's Blimp plugin with animation steroids.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 37,814
    edited February 2021

    my lame attempt

    it needs an mp4 export

    you can export obj's 

    Post edited by WendyLuvsCatz on
  • REIVAXREIVAX Posts: 70

    Hello

    its more like Dust3d

     

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 37,814
    edited March 2021

    I just discovered the latest BorisFX Paricle Illusion standalone imports texture image series so my Background custom particle can load a movie BG for me to work with.
    i am finding Particle Illusion very flakey on my Win10 though, it uses all my 980ti and the UI is dodgy.

    My win7 without a graphics card it is fine surprise
    I have crashed it a few times now on my Win 10 so cannot actually show you anything, was ready to render last time angry

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  • 3drendero3drendero Posts: 2,017
    edited March 2021
    VMWare workstation player is free for non commercial use. The latest version supports up to DX11, so all 3D apps should run in a Win 7 virtual machine on Win 10. Got the player up and running, stuck on the ready made vhd's for Win 7 from MS though.
    Post edited by 3drendero on
  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 37,814

    finally something from Particle illusion, I had to render the layers separately and composite in Hitfilm

    Not try and render the image series particle as that's instant crash

  • mindsongmindsong Posts: 1,693

    good results, and pretty funny animation :)

    wonder what's up with the crashes.

    --ms

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 37,814

    Dunno Win 10???

    just did this one easily rendering the Wizards particle in PA on my Win7 NO GRAPHICS CARD!

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,223

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    I just discovered the latest BorisFX Paricle Illusion standalone imports texture image series so my Background custom particle can load a movie BG for me to work with.
    i am finding Particle Illusion very flakey on my Win10 though, it uses all my 980ti and the UI is dodgy.

    My win7 without a graphics card it is fine surprise
    I have crashed it a few times now on my Win 10 so cannot actually show you anything, was ready to render last time angry

    Try working in Proxy mode. It should help.

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,223

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    finally something from Particle illusion, I had to render the layers separately and composite in Hitfilm

    Not try and render the image series particle as that's instant crash

    Atta girl! Yep. Build one VFX setup, get rid of the background before rendering out the particle sim - composite all elements together after.

    This is also the established workflow at big movie houses because they catalog all of the simulated results separately. with a bit of tweaking, these folks save a lot of resources by reusing elements that have already been made.

  • mschackmschack Posts: 337

    REIVAX said:

    Hello

    its more like Dust3d

     

    Thanks! Dust 3d is very interesting, Looks like you can rip out some simple models very quickly!

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 37,814

    Dartanbeck said:

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    I just discovered the latest BorisFX Paricle Illusion standalone imports texture image series so my Background custom particle can load a movie BG for me to work with.
    i am finding Particle Illusion very flakey on my Win10 though, it uses all my 980ti and the UI is dodgy.

    My win7 without a graphics card it is fine surprise
    I have crashed it a few times now on my Win 10 so cannot actually show you anything, was ready to render last time angry

    Try working in Proxy mode. It should help.

    what is Proxy mode?

    also I have difficulty even initially displaying the UI properly on Win 10,

    I always have to close it and reopen it,

    it goes fullscreen with all the menus missing first load, and seems to be related to the second monitor

  • mschackmschack Posts: 337

    Symbinode, free node based material creator.

    website:

    https://fexcron.itch.io/symbinode

    askNK on youtube:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N83dZqBsaBc

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