AutoDesk Smoke :: 3D Text Integration Techniques Inside Of Action

Apr 10, 2013

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Reset Inside Action Schematic Won't Reset All Parameter?

Nov 28, 2012

i'm in action schematic and if i reset any node (for example images/surface) then some parameter is still not affected. For example : the blend type and surface type and couple more are not affected by that reset function. Is this a bug ?

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Difference Between Text From Soft Fx And Text In Action

Mar 21, 2012

Why is there a difference between the text from the soft fx and the text in action? If you look at the attached picture, the 3 lines look slightly different although they shouldn't. The first line was written inside the soft fx.

The second line, with an ugly outline, is the 3D text, and although it's the same font, it looks thinner here.
And the third line, which I think looks a little too soft, is with AA turned on in action.

So why can't I achieve the same look in action, as in the text soft fx?

Smoke 2012 SAP2 SP4
and
Smoke 2013 SP2 (Smoke Classic Keyboard Shortcuts)
Mac Pro 4,1
OS X 10.6.7
12 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000
14 TB RAID (Areca)

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Break In 3D Text Module From Action

Mar 21, 2012

Is it possible to do a break in the 3D text module from action? Or do I have to create 2 3D text, if I want to have text in different lines?

Smoke 2012 SAP2 SP4
and
Smoke 2013 SP2 (Smoke Classic Keyboard Shortcuts)
Mac Pro 4,1
OS X 10.6.7
12 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000
14 TB RAID (Areca)

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AutoDesk Smoke :: 3D Text Move In Action / Want To Layer It On Top Of Timeline

Jan 23, 2013

I'm doing a simple 3D text move in Action and I want to layer it on top of my timeline. After rendering the layers in the timeline, it seems that my matte is messed-up (see attached).

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AutoDesk Smoke :: How To Relink Or Get The Clips Inside CFX

Oct 21, 2012

I unarchived a 2013 Linux sequence.

I took all of the clips an unlinked them in 2013 Mac.

I then gathered the source material on to a new USB portable drive. I then went through a conform and relinked all fo the clips that aren't in a CFX.

I can't see how to relink or get the clips inside the CFX show up.

I dragged the clips from the Sources folder, and collected them into a new folder in my Media Library.

If I collect those "checkerboard" clips into a new sequence and look at it via the Conform tab, it shows that the clips are Linked, as parts of them were also in the main timeline.

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Grab 1 Frame Inside CFX Schematic

Dec 20, 2012

In cfx, i have a source clip which i want to grab just 1 frame of it. So what is the best way to do it in term of efficiency ?

If i'm in timeline editing outside cfx then i can use alt-E and drag the clip to have a 1 frame copy. It's cool but how to do the same thing inside cfx ? i want to do it inside cfx schematic. Actually I can use a timewarp node or mux or maybe there's some other node that can do the same function. But is it gonna affect the speed of the whole tree ?

i'm comparing the two scenarios :
1. i did 1 frame grab in the editing then bring it into cfx
2. i bring the full source clip inside cfx and apply timewarp to get 1 frame to work with.

Is there gonna be different in speed ? if only single clip , i won't see any different. What i want to know : what is happening internally ? does the second scenario will eat up more processing ? If yes, then we need to feature to extract 1 frame inside cfx (just like in editing).

As an addition, in media bin, when i'm in editing module (outside cfx) , i can ctrl-E (cursor change to red icon) to grab 1 frame . But when i go to cfx then it won't work. ctrl-E in media bin won't do anything. It will be great to have that feature in cfx.

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Update Numeric Button On Inside CFX

Jan 30, 2013

if you have the Update Numeric button on inside CFX everything gets pretty slow. That wasnt happening before the SP1.

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AutoDesk Smoke :: How To 2.5d Relighting By Having Normal Pass Inside CFX

Mar 6, 2013

I was wondering how I am able to do 2.5d relighting by having Normal pass inside CFX.

Smoke 2013 Ext1
Mac OS X 10.7.5
2*2.4 Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
14 GB RAM
Quadro 4000

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Output FBX From Action

Sep 8, 2011

I created a comp with 30 image planes and an animated camera. Now we want to work with the result in Fusion so I need an FBX. Is there a way to output it directly from action? And how can I export the camera with the animation?

Smoke 2012 SAP2 SP4
and
Smoke 2013 SP2 (Smoke Classic Keyboard Shortcuts)
Mac Pro 4,1
OS X 10.6.7
12 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000
14 TB RAID (Areca)

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AutoDesk Smoke :: 3D Path In Action

May 4, 2012

I created a 3D text and a 3D path. Now I simply want the text to follow the path (the text should always look at me, so I can read it). But as soon as I connect the path to my axis of my text, the letters are being pushed together. No matter what path settings I try (Look at... etc) the letters don't extend back to their original "position"

Smoke 2012 SAP2 SP4
and
Smoke 2013 SP2 (Smoke Classic Keyboard Shortcuts)
Mac Pro 4,1
OS X 10.6.7
12 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000
14 TB RAID (Areca)

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Tracking In Action

Feb 16, 2012

I have a 10 sec clip that I want to track. It's a girl driving on her bike a long a street. The camera is always parallel to her, so that the scene behind her keeps on changing. How can I track such a shot? I know, that if I want to track something going off screen, I have to jump to the last frame and adjust the tracker, but this clip is just too long, to just place the tracker at the very last frame (almost randomly).

Smoke 2012 SAP2 SP4
and
Smoke 2013 SP2 (Smoke Classic Keyboard Shortcuts)
Mac Pro 4,1
OS X 10.6.7
12 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000
14 TB RAID (Areca)

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Result Node Inside Mk Schematic - Too Many Inputs

Nov 30, 2012

In the mk the final output has to be sent to the 'result' node. The weird thing why this node has 3 input ( fg , bg ,matte ) ? the single stream of the matte should make it work. Is there any good explaination ? In what condition we need to connect all the output ? if i connect the fg to other image/clip then when we go back to action, the fg of the related layer will be replaced. But why we want to replace the fg using mk?

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Maximizing Action Node

Feb 7, 2013

The short cut key to maximize actions outputs was Ctrl + C. What is it now?

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AutoDesk Smoke :: How To Get Audio Playback In CFX And Action

Apr 2, 2013

How to get audio playback in CFX and Action?

I have the Main Audio loaded the Timebar but can hear anything when I press play.

I'm needing to sync animations to places in the audio but Smoke 2013 can't seem to do it.

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Object Reflection In Action?

May 23, 2013

I was wondering if i could have an object reflect in a surface inside Action? I mean getting the geometry to reflect in a ground plane f. ex.?

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AutoDesk Smoke :: GAP EFFECT Add Action Node?

Feb 13, 2013

what going on if I use gap effect as back clip and add action node,

How come no result in result (f4) view all is black.

But if I add clip as a back everything goes normal??

GAP effect will work just fine If I not using action node on the schematic in cfx.

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Interlaced Output From Action CFX?

Feb 28, 2014

I have a camera move in action to move between a couple of still images. This is going into an interlaced programme so I'd like the move to be interlaced (50i). Currently the ouput is rendering progressive frames and I can't see how to change this within cfx/action.

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AutoDesk Smoke :: White Looks Grey In Action

Apr 18, 2012

I have a shot with a white background. There is some text that has to disappear somewhere into the white, so I figured, I'm just gonna load in a white color source, lay it on top, and put it in front of the text in z space. But nope, the white doesn't match the background white. It looks grey. I tried to apply a CC, but that doesn't change anything.... I already restarted smoke, but that didn't fix it either.

What else can I do?

Smoke 2012 SAP2 SP4
and
Smoke 2013 SP2 (Smoke Classic Keyboard Shortcuts)
Mac Pro 4,1
OS X 10.6.7
12 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000
14 TB RAID (Areca)

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Lensflare - Lighting In Action

Aug 20, 2012

I have a shot where I added a lensflare to my light. Now, in the picture you see, I separated couple parts of the picture, so some can be affected by the light and some won't.

I always thought I would achieve that by hitting Space+L and drag a line from the light node to the image I want to affect and hold down ALT to connect the light node to the image that I want to exclude. But as you can see in the picture, the glow of the lensfalre is not only on my headlamps of the car, but it's also on the pillar next to it.

I also arranged everything in Z space, so the light would be behind the pillar, but it doesn't work the way I want it to....

Plus, I was wondering, is there a way to do a defocus on the lights, so they look like the ones in the upper left corner?

Smoke 2012 SAP2 SP4
and
Smoke 2013 SP2 (Smoke Classic Keyboard Shortcuts)
Mac Pro 4,1
OS X 10.6.7
12 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000
14 TB RAID (Areca)

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Drawing Shape In Action?

Dec 9, 2012

How do you draw a shape in action. I select it from the tool menu, but when I click in the default camera view. It jumps back to the select tool. And the shortcut shift + c doesn't activate the tool either.

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AutoDesk Smoke :: How To Layer Up Action Nodes

Feb 12, 2013

I have a project where I have a high res of an astronaut on the moon.

The elements are:

Foreground: Mid shot of Astronaut
Mid: Moon (as in the ground he is standing on behind him)
Background: Space

I've managed to separate out the elements, position them in actions' 3d space and even add a nice little lens flair in the reflection of his helmet as the camera slowly tracks from left to right. The effect (well we've all seen it before) is that it adds 3d depth via parallax scrolling to the photo.

What I can't achieve is a realistic reflection of the moon surface (i.e. the ground in front of him) reflecting in his helmets mirror-like visor.

In order to fake the reflection I essentially want the motion in the reflection of the moons surface to be opposite to that of the mid ground behind him.

My plan was to re-use the mid ground moon surface flipped horizontally and view it through a matte/alpha describing the visors shape and then animate it moving in the opposite direction with a couple of simple keyframes.

How I tried to achieve this was:

Prepare the layered file in photoshop including helmet visors alpha layer (a simple coloured layer with a hole in it)

Bring into action and separate out all the layers in 3d ensuring the helmet matte remains in the same position as the astronaut layer

Animate camera tracking

Come out in to connect fx

Dupe the action node twice and rename the new ones 'helmet alpha' and 'moon reflection'

Go into 'helmet alpha' and delete everything except the camera and the helmet alpha

Go into the 'moon reflection' and delete all except the camera and the moon surface

Go back into cfx and use some compositing node to flip the moon surface (and plug the moon surface action node into that..?)

Then create a new node which allows me to plug the helmet alpha into the alpha channel and the moon surface into the fill channel

Create another new node which allows me to combine the result of this previous node with the original node and layer it on top.

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Combining Two Mattes In Action

Feb 28, 2012

Is it possible to combine two mattes in action?

I load a front back and matte into action. And let's say, I want to add something to that matte, is there a way to do so? Obviously it doesn't work with the keyer, since, as soon as I enter the keyer, my matte is "gone".

My workaround so far, was to create the new matte in action, output it to the edit desk, and then blend them together within a container and then take that back into action....

Smoke 2012 SAP2 SP4
and
Smoke 2013 SP2 (Smoke Classic Keyboard Shortcuts)
Mac Pro 4,1
OS X 10.6.7
12 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000
14 TB RAID (Areca)

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Action Camera On Path With Look At

Nov 25, 2013

I'm doing an animation with simple camera moves. One of them is a camera moving slightly around an object. I want to make a "look at" or similar, so that the object is always in center no mater where i move the camera. This works untill i connect the camera to a 3D path - then the aim follows the path - not the camera :-|
 
How can i animate a camera on a path and make the aim stick to a certain location in my scene?An extra question: How can i make an object move at a steady speed on a path no matter how i drew my path (hope this makes sense)?

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Master Key In Action On Mac 2013

Jun 20, 2012

would like to know how can we get a master keyer in action ?

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Action Add Nodes Missing

Oct 8, 2012

I've got a window to hammer the machine for a day! In an action schematic I know I can save selected nodes and media. I now want to load those saved nodes into another action but the load tab won't open to give me the options of load all, add nodes, add nodes & media.

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AutoDesk Smoke :: CFX Action With Multiple Outputs

Sep 18, 2012

When you create multiple outputs in Action, where do the files go? I don't see them on the desktop...like smoke 2012.

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AutoDesk Smoke :: How To Save A Setup In Action

Oct 1, 2012

Is there a way to save a setup in Action so that I can use it again in another Action composite? What I'm looking for is what ConnectFX Clips do in Smoke2013. I have some 3D models, connected together with Axis and some bkgd elements that I'd like to use over and over again in different Action composites. I'd like to just import those setups (models etc.) into new Action composites. Is this possible?

Smoke 2012 SAP2 SP3

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AutoDesk Smoke :: How To Create Some Animation In Action Or CFX

Sep 18, 2012

I would like to crate some animation in Action or CFX. (Start text or some lens flare, etc). I would like them to start in just the right time on music (on certain beat or place in music). Is it possible to see wave form of an audio clip in Action or CFX?

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Path Animation In Action

Sep 9, 2011

Is it possible to animate an image along a path? Or can you only track text on a path?

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AutoDesk Smoke :: Matte Output From Action

Oct 1, 2011

I am trying to output lens flares and rays in the matte output option from action. These obviously appear to be ok via the 'comp' option, but when I add all objects to output the matte, only the geometry appears in the output, with no sign whatsoever of flares and rays. I would imagine these are available as a choice as they do appear in the object choices. [Code]..

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