http://www.ethivierge.com The technical side of animation. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:26:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/05/21/passmanger-3-0-preview/ http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/05/21/passmanger-3-0-preview/#comments Sun, 22 May 2011 03:15:14 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=356 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } A walk through of the new version of ET PassManager. New features include: - GUI to allow selected of passes and settings to export - 1 file export / import - Scene Renderer Settings - Pass Environment Shaders on passes - Local Renderer Settings (local Mental Ray setting on passes) - Complete Rewrite to optimize [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/05/21/passmanger-3-0-preview/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/plug-ins/2011/04/02/passmanager-3-0-teaser/ http://www.ethivierge.com/plug-ins/2011/04/02/passmanager-3-0-teaser/#comments Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:12:26 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=350 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Here is a sneak peak at ET_PassManager_v3.0:]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/plug-ins/2011/04/02/passmanager-3-0-teaser/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/daily/2011/03/21/animstore-v1-35/ http://www.ethivierge.com/daily/2011/03/21/animstore-v1-35/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:19:41 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=344 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Fixed a bug which caused a layout error in the Pose List GUI. It wuld error out and not build the GUI if you had more than 3 poses in a category. Fixed now. Download (Right click, save target as)]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/daily/2011/03/21/animstore-v1-35/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/12/21/pickup-v2-0/ http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/12/21/pickup-v2-0/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:25:48 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=319 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } I just re-wrote the ET_Pickup plug-in / addon as it wasn't working with reference models. Strange how I find out years later that it doesn't work! Either way, this should work since I changed it from keying the Active Parameter on constraints to the BlendWeight parameter. Download (Right Click > Save Target As)]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/12/21/pickup-v2-0/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/daily/2010/10/01/animstore-v1-2/ http://www.ethivierge.com/daily/2010/10/01/animstore-v1-2/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:22:49 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=314 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Just fixed a bug which wouldn't find the viewport manager in the layout if you're using a custom layout and changed the view manager frame's name to something other than "vm". I search for it now using the view's Type instead. Thanks to Florian Eberle from PiXABLE in Germany for the heads up! Download (Right [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/daily/2010/10/01/animstore-v1-2/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/plug-ins/animstore-cat/2010/09/10/animstore-v2-started/ http://www.ethivierge.com/plug-ins/animstore-cat/2010/09/10/animstore-v2-started/#comments Sat, 11 Sep 2010 04:06:00 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=304 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } I decided to start working on the next version of my ET_AnimStore addon tonight. This past week I've been doodling around with some new Python toys that I found. One of particular interest is sqlite. This is a lightweight sql database that stores databases in files on hard disk. I found out while looking into [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/plug-ins/animstore-cat/2010/09/10/animstore-v2-started/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/daily/2010/08/31/control-tools-2/ http://www.ethivierge.com/daily/2010/08/31/control-tools-2/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:59:53 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=300 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } This is a preview of Control Tools, a completely re-written version of my ET_ControlSetup tool. It allows you to add / remove curve objects to the system dynamically and also combine sub-curves to make more sophisticated control objects.]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/daily/2010/08/31/control-tools-2/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/plug-ins/passmanager-cat/2010/08/23/passmanager-2/ http://www.ethivierge.com/plug-ins/passmanager-cat/2010/08/23/passmanager-2/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:39:12 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=296 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Another update. Now that I've been taking the CG Workshop's Python class with Raffaele Fragapane, I have seen the error of my ways. I should not expect users to hack their Python installs to get my plug-ins to work. This version fixes some weird syntax that I used in previous versions. Also to note, you [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/plug-ins/passmanager-cat/2010/08/23/passmanager-2/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/06/06/animstore-v1-1/ http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/06/06/animstore-v1-1/#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:48:32 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=287 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Updated the plug-in which I believe fixes the issue where now you don't have to edit the __init__.py file. Please post any issues. I also fixed the bit where the warning message about not having the pose cam actually displays at the bottom of the screen. I also stored the original selection and re-select it [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2010/06/06/animstore-v1-1/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/plug-ins/passmanager-cat/2010/06/02/passmanager-2-1/ http://www.ethivierge.com/plug-ins/passmanager-cat/2010/06/02/passmanager-2-1/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:44:04 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=285 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Little update. Added the ability to store the channels per pass except for custom channels. Custom channels are NOT stored. Also removed the start / end frame storage as these settings are rarely the same. 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