C4d Tutorial on maxon not congruent with GUI

[Per-Anders]

look at the attributes manager with your object selected.

there should be a button saying Coord. at the top

click on it

from the co-ordinates select the one you want to animate by clicking on it's name (e.g. click on x if you want to animate x, or click on h or whatever).

now it's selected, right click on it to bring up that menu.

it's all in the manual.

[Mars_Artis]

i'll attach this screen capture to show what happens, maybe i'm doing or not doing something rite but this is it:

[imashination]

Rather than poo pooing the tutorials for being wrong, perhaps you should follow them a bit closer. It doesn't help that you're not using the tutorial layout they provided in the program.

Click on the Attributes tab on the bottom right.
Now click on the bit below it which reads 'coord.'

Do NOT click on the coordinates manager. This is an old window which has no context menus of any sort. This is usually docked down out of the way so you can't accidentally confuse it with anything else.

[Mars_Artis]

>>monkey
u where rite about the layout issue.
But don't make me like a lamer, i'm yes a newbie in C4d, but iwas straight referrign to the TUT, infact as u can read at page 142 of the tut pdf it says to choose the "animation.l4d" layout.
then when they introduces the Timeline and F-curve they don't refer to switching to the tut one. And if u read carefully page 151 third line is written:

"In the attribute manager, click the Coord. tab to display the coordinates pages"

well to me this will tend to click on the TAB, instead of the Coord buttons within the Attributes tab as mdme_sadie said.
This could be a little confusing,couldn't it?

Anyway,THX very much for the eyeopening ;) both to mdme and to imashination

[AdamT]

"In the attribute manager, click the Coord. tab to display the coordinates pages"
So instead of clicking on the Coord. tab in the Attributes Manager you clicked on the Coordinates Manager--and this is the fault of the tutorial how?

[JIII]

Your screen cap clearly shows that you were in coordinante manager. Not the AM dude, and that tutorial you are quoting clearly states AM not Coordinante manager.

anyway best of luck with GI.

[flingster]

heh heh.
cool it boys...
easy tiger...

learning from tuts can be painful at the best of times (we all know)...gotta have some sympathy....but he did jump in feet first...either way we are helpful on here me thinks and we like to keep it nice an friendly...whether youre post a new thread or posting in a thread....thanks.
:thumbsup:

[Mars_Artis]

hi pals,

maybe i've been not so precise in using my language but that was; anyway don't forget that sometimes u start reading a tut or a manual page two,three 10 times, and u remain stuck on that node and u can't see that obviously u are reading it in a wron way.

That was may case, but don't make me so guilty... u may admit that using the term "tab" would u make eventually point to a tab rather than a button.
But forget it, as i said it was my fault.

I thank u all always, because of the speed of replies and for the willing of sharing your knlowledge.

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