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so you're saying you want an option for selective antialiasing, with different parts of the same image AA or not AA, depending on whether the edge is against another model, or against the background?

Yes that is exactly what I need. Though I only need it to not AA against the background (I want a Transparent background). At the moment I'm having to use a program called Super Sprites to combine an AA render with a non AA render. It semi-automates the task but I have a lot of different animations and it really slows the process down.

http://www.phelios.net/supersprites.html

I'm not quite sure what you guys are talking about but regarding openGL but surely the background can be made transparent (no colour) and therefore no AA is performed against it? For anyone using Anim8or to make game sprites this would be a very important option to have, most people will just end up rendering all their sprites with out AA which makes them look crappy

For the record I'm working on a Fallout 2 mod called Mutants Rising

http://www.mutantsrising.com/

I currently make a lot of sprites for a game where I need a 'hard' edge with no anti aliasing. Rendering the image with the Alpha channel and pasting it over doesn't really do the job as the image is still anti aliased against the back ground and while it might have a hard outside edge some of the background colours creep into the image so I get these colours in my sprite (looks like crap).


Anyway, this is how my friend does the job using 3d Max, could this option be added to Anim8or?

You can disable AA on outer edges in Max while rendering (I discovered it some time ago), so you can skip this whole "removing AA in PS" thingie.

Customize --> Preferences --> Rendering Tab --> Check "Don't Antialias Against Background"

But I want to keep the figure and all of its sequences, that way I can just remove the object, add an new one rig it onto the figure and have all of my sequences allready set up. It saves a lot of time this way, also I am using anima8or to make sprites for in a game and the sequences tend to be the same for each model.

Also I'm not sure what parts to delete in wordpad

Could you please add these two new options to the camera settings:

1) First off it would be really good if there was an option to make an 'Ortho camera' that would have the same properties as the ortho view but could be set in one place.

read this thread for further information: http://www.anim8or.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/016173.html

The work around in the thread works but its a pain in the butt.

2) Ability to set the camera postion relative to an angel rather than x/y/x cordinates

eg: You would point the camera at a target object and then set the distance away, the horizontal angle, and the vertical angle

Anim8or should then be able to calcualte where to position the camera. (at the moment I basicaly devide my scence in trianlges and use trigonometry to work out where to place the camera as a X/Y/Z position)

I've already tried that but it doesnt really seem to work: