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Material Transitions Not Working in 3.X

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 12:12 pm
by frankjrmi
For some reason, my material transitions aren't working anymore since upgrading to 3.x. Anyone know why? Is there a new way of transitioning between materials?

Below are how the transitions looked in 2.x, and now they just pop on and completely disregard the transition information I have set up (and nothing has changed with the project files since I first created them in 2.x).

Thanks.
Board Room Animation0096.png
Hospital Cooridor Sample0067.png

Re: Material Transitions Not Working in 3.X

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 12:21 pm
by aoktar
Nice images! But what do you mean here with 'transition'?

Re: Material Transitions Not Working in 3.X

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:06 pm
by frankjrmi
aoktar wrote:Nice images! But what do you mean here with 'transition'?
Thanks! The best way to describe the "transition" it is to show you the video I created. The transitions I'm referring to happen in the first 20 seconds of this video (the school classroom scene isn't a problem, just the hospital scene and the board room scene): https://youtu.be/rmAixxgfdHs

The way I accomplished it was to create my transitions in AE, export to a PNG sequence, then use that sequence in a mix material in the amount section. I've included screenshots of the material setup below. I've tried reloading the image sequence, deleting and re-inserting the sequence, and I've even tried using JPG and PNG as sequences, and none of them seem to work.
Mix 01.JPG
Mix 02.JPG
Mix 03.JPG

Re: Material Transitions Not Working in 3.X

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:14 pm
by aoktar
On understand. Your title is a bit wrong so. Nevermind!

It should be about image sequence and animation parameters. Which version do you use?

Re: Material Transitions Not Working in 3.X

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:18 pm
by frankjrmi
aoktar wrote:On understand. Your title is a bit wrong so. Nevermind!

It should be about image sequence and animation parameters. Which version do you use?
Yeah, I wasn't sure exactly what name to give my "problem". LOL

I'm currently using 3.00-R1.1

Re: Material Transitions Not Working in 3.X

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:19 pm
by frankjrmi
frankjrmi wrote:
aoktar wrote:On understand. Your title is a bit wrong so. Nevermind!

It should be about image sequence and animation parameters. Which version do you use?
Yeah, I wasn't sure exactly what name to give my "problem". LOL

I'm currently using 3.00-R1.1
I created the original animation in 2.25-R4

Re: Material Transitions Not Working in 3.X

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:22 pm
by aoktar
I believe you should read this:

Changes of V3.01.1-R1
- Experimental material stacking feature by C4D texture tags. See notes about usage.
- Fix: ignored range parameter in animated sequences
- Fix: Not visible volume/scatter objects on first frame renders
- Fix: enabled partial-alpha parameter for old scenes.
- Fix: unfinised render when region acitaved in Picture Viewer.
- Fix: Extreme memory usage on Animation rendering when vertex motion blur is used.
- Fix: Daylight_tag/medium/Add_fog button
- Fix: Volume object(VDB) velocity scale
- Fix: Tonemapping gpu selections

Re: Material Transitions Not Working in 3.X

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:24 pm
by frankjrmi
aoktar wrote:I believe you should read this:

Changes of V3.01.1-R1
- Experimental material stacking feature by C4D texture tags. See notes about usage.
- Fix: ignored range parameter in animated sequences
- Fix: Not visible volume/scatter objects on first frame renders
- Fix: enabled partial-alpha parameter for old scenes.
- Fix: unfinised render when region acitaved in Picture Viewer.
- Fix: Extreme memory usage on Animation rendering when vertex motion blur is used.
- Fix: Daylight_tag/medium/Add_fog button
- Fix: Volume object(VDB) velocity scale
- Fix: Tonemapping gpu selections
Oh, so I need to download and install the latest version?

Re: Material Transitions Not Working in 3.X

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:27 pm
by aoktar
Of course! Only way to get fixes. Also please always try to go with actual versions.

Re: Material Transitions Not Working in 3.X

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 1:32 pm
by frankjrmi
aoktar wrote:Of course! Only way to get fixes. Also please always try to go with actual versions.
Perfect! Thank you for your help. Glad to know I didn't break my project files. :D