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**I am rendering a very large movie(in separate scenes) with mechanisto as a preview for The Dark Beyond. There is one problem: In some of the scenes, the ships "shake" back and forth, when they should be going straight. Does anyone know how to fix this????

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Sounds like a Mechanisto problem. Might want to try and reanimate it.

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(This message has been edited by nwa728 (edited 05-31-2004).)

Then I would blame it on the lack of animationable abilities in Mechanisto. Maybe someone here with experience in animating in Mechanisto can help you out.

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**That would probably be Squibix. Any tips?

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actually, that would be Kwanza, the Mechanisto Master™

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I know it's a long way around, but you could try rendering it frame by frame and saving each as a picture then using a QuickTime application to make them into a movie (there are other programs which do the same thing, but I can only thing of the QuickTime. Can't remember the name either.)

Or I think it's actually possible (or at least it used to be), to put the frames into a ResEdit document, change the docType to PICS and the appType to something completely different and then closing it all and opening it with MoviePlayer or the likes. It will/did convert them into movies.

Otherwise, I agree, try and get hold of one of the Mechanisto "Masters" and ask them if they know.

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Or, if you have the "Pro" version of Quicktime (or MoviePlayer 2.5) you can render your whole movie and then

1. "Export->Movie to Image Sequence"
2. Save it in a new folder
3. Copy each frame and paste it back into MoviePlayer in sequential order
4. When a frame jumps back, delete or undo the paste and move on to the next frame
5. repeat steps 3-4 as neccesary.

If you do not understand or would like PICT's to help you out, I'm sure I could post one of my infamous webpage tutorials.

Or, I could do it myself, you need only send me the QT movie.

Till then,

Good Luck!

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Sure, I'll send you two QTs that are messed up this afternoon.

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When I try to send them to you, my computer freezes, so I think tomorrow I'll upload them to my web page and email you the link.

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No problem.

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Make sure your timing and your fps are the same. Mechanisto presets timing at 25 fps so you'll need to render and animate at that speed. It takes a bit to get used to...

If that's not clear, e-mail me and I'll give it another try.

PEACE YO!

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I used the default settings when I animated the objects, so in the render window, should I set the fps to 25? Or do I do that in the QT compression?

Metzen, I may not have to have you fix them after all I guess.

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Originally posted by nwa728:
**I used the default settings when I animated the objects, so in the render window, should I set the fps to 25? Or do I do that in the QT compression?

Metzen, I may not have to have you fix them after all I guess.

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No problem. See, all you had to do was ask the master of Mechanisto

BTW, Kwanzar, that is one cool damaged WarBird

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