Importing images to Animata

[Georgie Pinn]

Hi 

Yes I did look here on the website and was excited to get started with trying things.

I am having trouble importing my own images

In your example elements you have a .png file and also an .nmt file for each element.

How do I create the .nmt file from my .png file as Animata does not seem to recognise the.png file?

I was alo wondering if you have any tutorials written as its easy to miss things in the videos you have on your site.

I think its a great piece of software, can't wait to use it!

Thanks

Georgie

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[stefano fiori]

I know it has passed a long time from these chat

but I have the same little problem: how can I create a .nmt file from a png as Animata does not seem to recognize it?

I hope this message in a bottle could find anyone...

thank you 

Stefano Fiori

[michi meier]

hi 

only briefliy, (as it's longlongtime ago), that i did work with animata:

an .nmt file is the file you save (¡do it often, with progerssing numbers until your`e finished! as there is no "undo" in animata)

it's built/based on the .png and has all the other informations (size,layer, position, cutoff (=vertexes), alpha, bone-connections, flexibility etcetc) .

an .nmt looks like this (from the "flute-Player"-example):

[James Britt]

stefano fiori wrote:
> I know it has passed a long time from these chat
> but I have the same little problem: how can I create a .nmt file from a
> png as Animata does not seem to recognize it?

An nmt file is text. Are you trying to use a png file in your Animata
scene?


I beleive that the image has to be in the same directory as the nmt
file, and you can then refer to it by file name in the nmt file:

For example:


<layer name="puppet2" x="105.000000" y="30.000000"
z="0.000000" alpha="1.000000" scale="1.000000" vis="1">
<texture location="indo.png" x="76.000000" y="-31.000000"
scale="1.000000" />


(From the "temple" example scene.)



James

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