CGTalk - Messiah's new tool

Julez4001

08-04-2003, 04:02 AM

I know some Maya heads may be interested in the new versionof Messiah coming out on Aug 30th. Here is a new tool.

FROM FRED TEPPER of PMG:

Here's some links to two videos about messiah:animate4/messiah:studio1.5's
new Armatures feature. The first video gives a glimpse of what they are,
and the second one gives a glimpse at setting them up. Keep in mind that
these barely scratch the surface of what Armatures are capable of-- it would
be like explaining Expressions by showing how you can rotate one object by
moving another object up and down, obviously Expressions are much more
powerful than that, and Armatures are more powerful than what's shown here.

IMPORTANT: Download the videos and watch them locally, don't attempt to
stream them. And the "quality rating" I give for each one below is for
image and sound, not file size.

Part 1 - Introducing "Armatures" (3:20)
http://www.projectmessiah.com/x2/vids/ms_armatures_a.rm
(Real Player - Best, 3mb, 480x360)

http://www.projectmessiah.com/x2/vi...armatures_a.wmv
(Windows Media 9 - Very good, 4mb, 480x360)

http://www.projectmessiah.com/x2/vi...armatures_a.avi
(DivX - Good, 5mb, 320x240)

http://www.projectmessiah.com/x2/vi...armatures_a.mpg
(MPEG - Not too good, 8.6mb, 320x240)

http://www.projectmessiah.com/x2/vi...armatures_a.mov
(Quicktime/MPEG4 - Eh, 4.7mb, 320x240)

Part 2 - How to... (5:09)
http://www.projectmessiah.com/x2/vids/ms_armatures_b.rm
(Real Player - Best, 3.9mb, 480x360)

http://www.projectmessiah.com/x2/vi...armatures_b.wmv
(Windows Media 9 - Very good, 7.7mb, 480x360)

http://www.projectmessiah.com/x2/vi...armatures_b.avi
(DivX - Good, 8mb, 480x360)

http://www.projectmessiah.com/x2/vi...armatures_b.mpg
(MPEG - Not too good, 14mb, 320x240)

http://www.projectmessiah.com/x2/vi...armatures_b.mov
(Quicktime/MPEG4 - Eh, 7.3mb, 320x240)

Enjoy!