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thanks I  was thinking that if rendered and exported the 3d animated video from Anim8or
 I could import that video to something like Magix Movie Edit Pro or even  Open Shot video editor to do the chromakey and compositing the animation with live video

But you think even a short 30 sec "jurassic park" type film clip using a high polygon model may be too much for Anim8or to handle ?

thanks Steve

Thank you very much for the detailed reply -- it puts me on the right path
Time to rebuild
Thanks

Mr. Ross

Update -- I might be on the right track ---

I found options for View- Shading - ARB Fragment Program in the top menu bar

Enabling those boxes made the various textures start showing up ..

Now some experimenting with the texture settings to get the right balance

See photo attached ..

I notice the 2 options make a big difference in the appearance of the model and textures

Might I ask what your settings are in this

UPDATE -- It would seem I am not grasping the proper concept for blending overlapping textures when building a material inside Anim8or

It seems no matter what I load or what combinations or settings I use, I can only see the texture loaded in the Diffuse field on my Object itself ..

See screen shot in attached file.

I confess I think I am stumped on what to try next

It's probably easy once one learns the right way to do it

Thanks in advance

Hey the newbie here makes his first useful contribution ...stumbled upon a small problem.

Ian,

So to be sure I understand --- what is happening here is without the other bones in the body and skinning / weighting regions defined, something about the shape of the object is confusing the software on the left side when it "grabs the mesh" and rotates?

Your advice would indicate a full skeleton must be built before beginning any skinning

My idea of "testing each small section" as I went along may be fine in theory....but does not work in real practice

Thanks for your help --- hope the questions don't seem odd -- but I like to understand both the HOW and the WHY of things work.

Side Note -- at my age (59) , I have no plans to become a 3D animation expert and get a job in Hollywood making modern movies (smile)
Though that would be appealing if I was just now 16 or so -- starting out in life.

My interest in reading your book .. and a textbook on 3D animation production .... was simply to get a basic knowledge of how the process works from a blank computer screen --- thru live footage and green screening ---- to chrome key and composites to a final "Jurassic Park" style movie blending real and animation together on the screen.
And thus have a better appreciation of the process.

I figure my "goal" will be to make a short 1-2 minute movie of something like me facing a dinosaur in a wooded area, then run towards the camera with the dinosaur chasing


Or something like that which would pretty much incorporate all the steps from

Modeling - texturing --rigging -- animation sequence -- chrome key -- live footage -- lighting - rendering ---etc...

Perhaps basic and simplistic --- but at least then I will have a better understanding of the whole process when I am watching a big budget movie

Thanks again