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rayj00

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Import types?
« on: August 12, 2008, 12:29:59 pm »


I'm reading through the manual and there is no mention of Import/Export file types?

I am thinking that I can lay out the animation in anim8or and then use Maya to render?

What are the export file types?
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Re: Import types?
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2008, 01:09:14 pm »

anim8or supports the export of static objects to 3D Studio (.3ds), Wavefront (.obj), Vertex (.vtx) and C source code (.c), but i don't think it can export animation.  if i'm wrong, one of the forum's resident experts will probably correct me ;D

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Re: Import types?
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2008, 04:30:41 pm »

Let me be that resident expert =D. You can also inport lightwave (.lwo) files. But animations are not possible to import or export.

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Re: Import types?
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2008, 08:42:36 am »

Am I reading this correctly? You can't export an animation done in Anim8or?
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Re: Import types?
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2008, 09:01:23 am »

yes, you're reading correctly.  of course you can render to video, but you can't export anim8or-generated animations to the file formats of other animation programs.

at least, not yet.  once ASL has been fully implemented, someone might start writing scripts to export animation, but you can't export at the moment.

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Re: Import types?
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2008, 09:03:49 am »

Okay. So once I render to video, that file can be exported and used in say Final Cut Pro?
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Re: Import types?
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2008, 11:34:03 am »

Yes, video's in Anim8or is in AVI format, which all video editors can use
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