Last post 4 years ago. Smith Micro offered MotionArtist as a Thanksgiving deal (2018) for a higher price than I paid for it back then. Should we call it "The Return of the Walking Dead?" I started the program and checked the link on "community". Error 404, page does not seem to e...

Thanks exile! Are you sure it's the graphics card? Blender had a few major updates recently and it might work now(2.8 didn't work for me either until last month, and I'm also using a really old Nvidia card.) DarthFurby, you are right! The latest 2.8 works on my 10+-year-old desktop! Thanks for clui...

Thanks the tip, Darth. I'll give it another go.

Both of the last examples look fantastic. Up to Blender 2.7 my old Nvidia graphic card was sufficient, but it doesn't work with 2.8. The next computer will be better equipped.

herbert123 wrote:Nice introduction tutorial to GP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pywbPQD9vYU

Really interesting - and I love the way he says "dope sheet".

I tested out the alpha for 2.8 and it's shaping up to be amazing. The new grease pencil objects use a layer system similar to Moho and other drawing programs which is really nice. I think it will be super easy to create switch layers simply by toggling the visibility of these layers. An interesting...

To Blender or not to Blender? When you see how even professionals freak out when they first encounter it, and when you try to learn it, make some progress, do something else and realize you've forgotten nearly everything (yes, I take notes during tutorials), you wonder. Thanks to this thread (or may...

Thanks for posting this brand-new video. Interesting times ahead.

I made this with Blender. I'm still experimenting with what's possible in 2.79, but I think 2.8 is going to be a game changer. The background is a 3d model with freestyle lines. Came out very nice! Is the background pre-rendered? No, I only 3d models, textures and grease pencil. For us novices - I ...

Lots of luck. I spent countless hours trying to set up a usable rig in OT and finally gave up. Spoiled by Moho, I guess. Individual features of OT are very promising, but it has a long way to go, maybe I just tried to do too much with it. The reference project was a bitmap character used to compare ...

A tutorial on rigging in OT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVNlenF7LHk got me restarted on the eternal merry-go-round of trying out different animation software programs. This time my special interest was using a mesh to deform bitmaps. The Moho mesh has been difficult for me to use effectively. My...

Thanks, Herbert,that's major news.

D9s0pSuYHPM The intro and 3 verses. Feedback so far has been not to use the bottom of the screen as a line to walk and land on (probably especially in verse three). So far nobody has criticized my vocals or rhythm guitar :-) The 40 seconds of the guitar solo, with no text of course, will be the big...

InfoCentral wrote:Sounds like they are not too hopeful of realizing any grant money and instead are going to moving on their own in partnership with another animation studio.

I guess they have to do everything on a shoestring. Gotta give them credit for not giving up. Young hopefuls are similar all over the world.

Morevna is trying to convince them to invest in open source products that already exist and retrain studio artists. Since they are being totally silent about the visit, presentation, and outcome. I assume things did not go well. :roll: Here's the latest, just posted today: https://morevnaproject.or...