#Stage Editor
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>> Make a note of object locations and load them all in the detail editor. I
usually do all my positioning in the detail editor for just this purpose. <<
Sam,
(this is a reply to something you posted April 1 — I was away for 3 whole
weeks) you don't have to note anything! Use SNAPSHOT instead. Snapshot will
save an object as it appears on a particular Stage editor frame. This means
size, alignment, and position will be saved (along with any FX in progress,
such as Explode). The saved object can be loaded into Detail for further
editing, or to serve as a guide for other objects.
Note: This means that any FX can be used as a modelling tool. Way cool.
Blaq!
>> you don't have to note anything! Use SNAPSHOT instead. Snapshot will save
an object as it appears on a particular Stage editor frame. <<
Thanks for that bit of info. Like I said I do most of my renderings in the
detail editor unless I'm playing with an animation which I don't do often. I'm
pretty confident in my modeling capabilities now, so I just have to get my
texturing down (3.3 should help with that) and then I'll dive head first into
the stage editor and animation. At my current rate I should be trying some
fairly complex animations by early next year (I hope).
-Sam J. Bowling