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by Greenlaw
Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:17 pm
Forum: General Moho Discussion
Topic: Rotating bone slows the program
Replies: 4
Views: 1319

Re: Rotating bone slows the program

Just supporting what Wes wrote above: to me, this sounds like you have an unintended negative keyframe in your project. I used to have to fix this error manually, which is a pain in the butt, but his script solves the problem very easily. Definitely give it a try! Just be sure to work from a copy of...
by Greenlaw
Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:11 pm
Forum: General Moho Discussion
Topic: Klaus Lighting Tutorial & Moho Lighting
Replies: 25
Views: 13580

Re: Klaus Lighting Tutorial & Moho Lighting

Just before Klaus premiered on Netflix, Sergio Pablos and James Baxter did a presentation about the film at the studio where I work, and they talked about the production's workflow and techniques. Generally speaking, a lot of clever tricks were employed, often by combining varying degrees of CG, dig...
by Greenlaw
Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:56 pm
Forum: Tips & Techniques
Topic: 'Little Green Dog Explains' Videos List
Replies: 39
Views: 141312

Re: 'Little Green Dog Explains' Videos List

Yes, I hope a Smith Micro representative can pop in and respond to Moho users with some kind of assurance. I'm obviously a big fan of the software and I'd like to keep using it.
by Greenlaw
Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:25 am
Forum: Tips & Techniques
Topic: 'Little Green Dog Explains' Videos List
Replies: 39
Views: 141312

Re: 'Little Green Dog Explains' Videos List

Shoot! Now I'm seeing that error. So I had to rebuild my workstation computer and reinstall Windows 10, and now I'm re-installing Moho 12. The latest installer I have is 12.4, so I installed that and tried to update to 12.5 with the built-in updater. Sadly, I'm seeing the same 'Are you sure you're c...
by Greenlaw
Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:12 pm
Forum: General Moho Discussion
Topic: Cant start Moho 12.5 on new rig
Replies: 15
Views: 5161

Re: Cant start Moho 12.5 on new rig

BTW, in the License Manager there is an option called Permanent License. Be careful of clicking this if you don't know what 'Permanent License' actually means. My understanding is that installing a permanent license means Moho will allow you to use an 'offline' key that doesn't check-in with the ser...
by Greenlaw
Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:02 pm
Forum: General Moho Discussion
Topic: Cant start Moho 12.5 on new rig
Replies: 15
Views: 5161

Re: Cant start Moho 12.5 on new rig

Some info about the Moho License Server and how to recover your serial number and 'lost' activations... Because I seriously crashed my desktop computer a few weeks ago and had to reinstall Windows 10 from scratch, I lost my activations for Moho 12 and 13 on that computer. This wasn't an immediate pr...
by Greenlaw
Wed Jun 17, 2020 10:32 pm
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Moving layers in an animation front to back?
Replies: 11
Views: 4634

Re: Moving layers in an animation front to back?

Oh, and you're probably wondering: Duplicate or Reference? This depends on how complicated you want the setup to be and how you want to edit your work. In my opinion, it's simpler to use a Duplicate, and if I ever change one of the layers, I copy the changes over into the duplicate layer or I just m...
by Greenlaw
Wed Jun 17, 2020 10:27 pm
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Moving layers in an animation front to back?
Replies: 11
Views: 4634

Re: Moving layers in an animation front to back?

If you want to do this inside a Smart Bone Action, I find it's better not change the layer order but, instead, animate the visibility of duplicate layers. For example, if you have an arm that rotates in front of the torso group, duplicate or create a reference for of the arm's group layer and move t...
by Greenlaw
Sun Jun 14, 2020 9:28 pm
Forum: General Moho Discussion
Topic: Wolfwalkers movie in Annecy
Replies: 5
Views: 1882

Re: Wolfwalkers movie in Annecy

As always, the work from the artists at Cartoon Saloon is beautiful and I can't wait to see this movie!

Thanks for sharing the image and info Victor, and congratulations to everybody who worked on Wolfwalkers!
by Greenlaw
Sat Jun 06, 2020 7:36 pm
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: follow path
Replies: 5
Views: 2805

Re: follow path

Thanks for posting the the additional info MrMiracle77. I totally forgot to mention the rotation option. :) Your post makes me want to clarify something I wrote and add something else: When I said to keep in mind that the Follow Path tool uses the layer's origin, I should have said it uses the layer...
by Greenlaw
Fri Jun 05, 2020 5:52 pm
Forum: General Moho Discussion
Topic: poor documentation
Replies: 1
Views: 888

Re: poor documentation

Hi, Welcome to Moho! As a fairly longtime Moho user, I agree, the manual/tutorials can use an overhaul. The current documentation encompass workflows dating back to very early versions of Moho and, while the info is still relevant they don't necessarily reflect currently preferred workflows. This wa...
by Greenlaw
Fri Jun 05, 2020 4:58 pm
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: follow path
Replies: 5
Views: 2805

Re: follow path

Hi, 1. Create a path in a layer. This will be the 'track' you want another layer to follow. You mentioned using the Freehand tool. That's fine but I suggest using the Add Point tool to create a cleaner path for smoother results. 2. Create another layer with the item you want to follow the path. This...
by Greenlaw
Thu Jun 04, 2020 11:34 pm
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Installing Custom Fonts
Replies: 2
Views: 1009

Re: Installing Custom Fonts

Sorry, I can't help but I've run into this problem with certain fonts too. I reported it to the developers a while back, some information was exchanged, but I don't think anything came of it.

I'll check my notes and see if I ever found a workaround solution.
by Greenlaw
Fri May 29, 2020 7:01 pm
Forum: General Moho Discussion
Topic: GIF colors way off
Replies: 6
Views: 2325

Re: GIF colors way off

GIF is limited to 256 colors so it's never going to look the same as a full color 24-bit render (with up to 16.8 million colors.) The problem is that GIF is a crappy image format from the 1980's. :) One way you can compensate is to use the dithered option. This mixes pixels within the defined 256 co...
by Greenlaw
Wed May 27, 2020 1:03 am
Forum: How Do I...?
Topic: Motion Tracking with Image Sequences
Replies: 7
Views: 1922

Re: Motion Tracking with Image Sequences

Another reason I'm adverse to using video is for some reason it really bogs the performance of Moho down for me. For some reason image sequences have far less impact on performance for me. This makes complete sense. When using a video, the entire clip needs to decompress and load in RAM. if the cip...