-- did you use the "do not premultiply" option for rendering? -- any soft edge options on the shape? -- does the "fringe" change colour if you use a different bg colour (e.g. try primary red - does the fringe turn red?). 1) no 2) yes 3) I didn't try Nice work on your planet. You...

I agree. Having to place a straight edge on your screen to line things up is annoying. The size of the grid cells should absolutely be locked.

hayasidist, A greyish fringe around the highlights of my character is clearly visible. I rendered about 1min. 10 secs. of the planet in the background so that I could composite new animation over it. I also thought compositing helped to speed up the rendering process The spinning planet in the backg...

Thanks everyone. @sbtamu, we're still waiting to see 'stickman' shoot the ball through the hoop!

@hayasidist, Thank you! In my next video I should now be able to make an alien planet appear to rotate.

You mentioned the Z-axis which I recently discovered is a powerful feature of AS. It is why I wanted to make a 'space' animation.

ASP rocks.

I changed software resolutions and I pressed monitor buttons. Nothing... I ended up placing a paper disc over a 'shift' circle that I made in MS Paint. I immediately saw the difference. I hooked up my wife's monitor and the problem disappeared. I'll take my monitor to a shop before I decide to get a...

Thanks John. I might have a monitor problem. I enabled the grid and even the individual grid cells look like rectangles when I zoom in and measure them. Now that I think about it my circles looked oblong when I shift/drag. I rotated the layer and it didn't look like an egg so I thought it was me. Ma...

I measured the bone length with a piece of paper that I placed on my computer screen when I manipulated the "upper arm" bone. When I previewed the raised arm it still looked stretched.


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Preserve the milestone with a screen shot.

@hayasidist, that sounds pretty complicated. I see two things in your video that I have an interest in: Rotating planets and walking toward and away from the camera. Nice work.

I'm on that 'curve' too.

When I use the 'manipulate bone' tool the limbs stretch as they rotate because the bone length changes. How do I stop that?

I'm building a scene where I will switch from what the image shows to a speaking character or a hand then maybe zoom through the windshield out into a space scene. I want to do this with the tracking camera. I see this as one scene since it is one file. I will composite this to an exported video of ...

I'm a hobbyist but I like a pencil and sketch pad.

I didn't know "Indian" motorcycles were still manufactured. I spent some time working in Springfield MA where I was told they were made. I'm going to 'google' it.

Sounds like a way to keep composited images from looking like cut-outs. Thanks slowtiger. It's time to give myself another mental break then come back and do some tests.