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Quote from: Blick Fang on August 04, 2017, 03:52:21 pm

Anybody else find this thread a little odd?

Odd?  In what way?  If you mean that "This is the Anim8or Forum, and how dare anyone speak of anything else!", then no.  After all, a handyman has a whole set of tools at his disposal to do his job --- hammers, nails, screwdrivers, wrenches, saws, chisels, wood, metal, torches, wire, twine, glue, duct tape, etc.  He certainly doesn't need all of these tools for each and every task he must accomplish, but it helps to know what each tool is and how it can help him accomplish the task at hand.  And sometimes it's helpful to know if he can substitute one tool for another.

It's no different for 2D or 3D graphics composition.  I would venture that every professional graphics designer or animator does not rely solely on one program. 

And even more importantly, information exchange --- regardless of how relevant it may seem at the time --- helps spawn new ideas.

I appreciate this post, Rudy! I'm a pretty hardcore Cakewalk SONAR and Sibelius user, but every once in a while I crack open Audacity to do some quicker demoing, or MuseScore where I don't have Sibelius installed. It's just different tools that make different types of jobs easier in some cases.
As a musician, I can also attest to this in saying that I wouldn't use an orchestral trombone when playing lead on a big band gig.

They're all just tools!

You're excellent! I really hope this moves forward for you - you're a pro!

Oooh man, I had some good (and BAD) memories with that!
A member from this forum, cooldude234, started a long while ago tackling a recreation of the application. See here:
http://www.anim8or.com/smf/index.php/topic,4041.0.html

okay folks, i think this is it... 3-and-a-half hours of render time later!  pretty happy with how this has turned out

For the image size and detail, that 3.5 hours is IMPRESSIVE

These looks amazing!!
@thecolclough, that is BRILLIANT! I think yo can eschew the red/orange "issues" because it actually looks natural for the lighting. Beautiful!

@fromsoysauce and fss knows I love her work always, that goes without saying )

I haven't messed with the project much this week- I may actually have to drop out, as life just got busy :/

Hands are pretty difficult.
Remember that morph target points move in a straight path to their morph, so if you want a round motion (like you'd see in a real hand joint), you could either use two separate morphs in two positions, or just use bones. Bones would certainly look the best and give the most flexibility. Plus, you don't have to worry about making the two sides of the hand perfect in their morphs, just the bones (which I find way easier).

If the "horrible distortions" are something else, perhaps it's because you're using integers or values greater than 1.0? That causes the morph points to continue in their straight path and go over the "target" amount, though it can be used to good effect in cartoony characters when you want to bring a little bit more life into facial animations and stuff.

Good luck!

must admit i had a moment of doubt looking at the earlier WIPs, but she came out good in the end

Same, FSS, the tail looked pretty stiff in the very first iterations. She's so cute, well done