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Hi All,

Steve, the last entry I could find on multi-threaded rendering seemed to suggest that 16 threads is the max by default. Is it possible to go beyond 16 threads in an8?  I did not fully understand reading the last entry on this subject.


Thanks

am i missing something, or is it no longer possible to rotate multiple axes at once?  i like being able to rotate multiple axes.

i can see how the separate-axis controls could be useful in some contexts, but if we're going to go with the trackball model then please could we have an extra widget added to it that allows multi-axis behaviour in line with the original tool?

I have to agree, the fluidity and quick rotational control of the old arc is a must. I do like the new arc for finely tuned XYZ control when working in detail, but for macro tweaks the old arc cannot be beat. I believe I will be switching between the two arcs as needed.

Thanks Steve, the updates are greatly appreciated!!

DD

Kyle, I was thinking the same. I'm going to try rendering the same scene in 3 modes. The first render with scanline, no shadows, then the second render with ART Ray trace, and a third with with the ambient occluder attribute ON. All three rendered without moving the camera. I'll import all three frames into Photoshop and use the scanline render as the base image, the ART ray trace above it with the mode set to multiply (or the like) and the Occlusion layer likewise set to darken - for finer shadow tweak. I think with a mix of all three layers there should be more shadow nuance control. I have already done a rough test, and it does work.

I believe the same 3 mode mixing could be done with a movie. The scene sequence would have to be rendered 3 times, which would be epic, but the .png frame sequences could each be imported in AfterEffects and once again with transparency controls and mode blending, I believe the gamma of the object and the nuance of the shadows could be more finely controlled. The down side being the render time, however it is a work around.

Thanks for filling me in, I also hope this ART shadow control can be implemented, it's a real show stopper at the moment.

Very old post, but you should be aware the SCENE environment must be set to a SOLID to work. If you have a cube map or image, Ambient Occlusion will NOT work.

Good news!!... fingers crossed that was it, exciting and quick.

OKAY, limit to 4 textures until next fix, easy enough.

Steve, I have question for you relating to this new 4 map limit discovery. Is the (library) list of linked UVmaps.jpg files seen in the TEXTURE SELECTOR window related to the 4 map limit? Or is it solely a matter of just limiting 4 maps within the SURFACE TEXTURE EDITOR window? I assume I can navigate to my local texture map folder and load up any number of jpg files in the TEXTURE SELECTOR editor, but need to restrict the number of maps assigned to the MATERIAL EDITOR / SURFACE property to just 4 jpgs. As an example, 1 map to Diffuse, 1 map to Specular, 1 map to Normal and the 4th to Environment.


Merci

Hi Guys,

Anim8or 1.0, v3.0

Thanks in advance for any tips here. I have a high end anatomical model of teeth and gums, exported from Blender in .obj format with the UV maps included in JPG format. I'm experiencing continuous crashing once the texture maps are assigned in materials in Anim8or. I've been using the model without maps for quite some time and never had a freeze or issue, but once I started assigning the UV maps, started getting constant crashes. I'm using Ambient, Diffuse, Specular, Normal and Environmental maps on each tooth, each object sharing the one "Teeth" material. The UV maps are showing on the model correctly and the Art Ray render looks good, however I'm experiencing random crashes, a lot. I went back to square one and imported just one object and went step by step and assigned UV maps one at a time. The crashing absolutely starts once I load the UV maps and assign to the object. I've done the usual bug eliminations, restarting, shutting down other programs, trying different versions of 1.0 release, poking around with different user settings in Anim8or, checked the JPG images, etc.

Now, there are big maps being assigned at 4096 x 4096 and some others are 2048 x 2048 and I suspect this is the culprit. The environmental map is a box map I created myself at 1180x1180. Here are the crash events in order of frequency:

navigating and selecting a JPG when assigning a map in the Material Editor
attempting to swap out one map for another map in Material Editor (this action causes a freeze 100 percent of time)
rotating an object in the scene editor
rendering image from scene editor
manipulating objects in object mode
Anim8or crashes on startup (continues to do so w/start in previous OFF)


Any recommendations on improving the stability that does not involve redoing the UV maps? I need to keep the original texture maps at 4096 as there are multiple meshes to each JPG and resolution would suffer with smaller map.


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