You are not alone in that aspect Ken. I can honestly say there is not one piece of hardware in my computer or anyone else here, that wasn't made in Asia. From the case to the hard drives. Only the electricity and dust that's going into my computer is made in the US. Before Essential, New Egg, and others. I strictly went into the Chinese neighborhood to get all my computer hardware cheaper than retail. No tax, in some places. I only got laughed at twice when a new motherboard upgrade didn't work. Once I needed Windows XP, and the other was when they started adding a CPU power socket next to the CPU, and I had no clue even to look for it. I had a hard time with iC 6 finding things too. But I've gotten to like it better. It comes real handy for myself, because I have a lot of different skin tones in my avatars, and I use lots of different outfits. And with iClone 5 and before, it is almost impossible to change to match the shoe skin, hand skin etc, without affecting the others, even when the materials are all the same box is checked. I would have to go and try to match it in Photoshop. With iC6, if I adjust the skin colors in the materials group, I can adjust the separate parts in real time. For me the best thing is the unlimited lighting tools. I loved your Halloween story, but there were scenes I was hoping for more ambient lighting because the faces I thought was a little too dark. Once you get used to where everything is, you will probably never go back. There is just too much more things you can do with iC 6, than iC5. Don't let impatience stop you from using all that talent you have. Almost everyone is still learning how to do things with iC6, and how to cut corners. I'm learning something new everyday. Just remember there is probably nothing you can do in iC5 you cant in iC6. Whichever you use, keep up the good work.

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After trying to figure out where all the money went and doing a budget, I am back at it again.
I don't really want to go back to iClone5. Guess I have been here too long. I cannot put the wind into the scenes there so I figured I may as well stay here for the course.
My problem now is making a suitable place for them to live in Bethlehem I have a room with two windows. I know I don't need to make the complete thing because the shots here will all be closeups. I am a bit out of practice and putting curtains on the windows isn't easy when you are not sure what you are doing. (I can't put them up here either.)
I have been working on that part this morning. It would be nice if I can figure out how to make a breeze blowing in the window to move the curtains a little if I ever get them fixed right. I have time to work on this part. I don't really have a deadline except I would like to get this finished before Christmas this year.
I do like to see progress though, even if it is a little at a time. I am sure that once I figure out some of these things the rest will fall into place as it will be a little of the same with a few modifications.
Ken:)

Too much life stuff.
I drove over an hour this morning to get about 15km. Traffic here is terrible.
When I got there I found out that they now have a branch store a few minutes from my home.
I had two printers serviced. One had a Lego in it from my son and needed a new color cartridge.
The other had some small pieces of wood in it from when the ceiling fell in last week in my office. Glad it happened at 2AM. It also needed a new black cartridge.
the cartridges are refillable so I can just add ink when they get low.
Tomorrow morning I want to install the printers again, do a little exercise and then get back to trying to hang some curtains on the windows of Ruth's house. I have been working on that for the past week.
I sure will be glad when things calm down again. I hope it is soon.
Ken:)

Frustrated...
I have learned from past experiences that when things keep going bad the same way to leave them for awhile.
I finally made the Room in Bethlehem. Then I linked everything to the rear wall and the rear wall finally to the floor.
The curtains on the windows are attached to their respective wall and things are supposed to stay in place.
Then I turned something and the curtains turned sideways and the walls all moved.
Started over three times and at some point it would happen again.
I finally got it all in place and linked and saved it for the day.
Tomorrow I will put some furniture in and then I will be ready to add avatars and voices.
I may get some more scenes finished before long.
Ken:)

Ken, make sure when you add something to your scene that the timeline is at "0".

This happens to me as well sometimes that I start adding things without the timeline at "0" and everything will move mysteriously out of place.

One way to fix this without starting over is to move the timeline to the point where the prop is in the right place and then right-click the prop and select "Remove object animation". It will then stay in that position everywhere along the timeline.

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Oh man that's so true Job!! I find myself doing that all the time!!! :w00t:


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Hi Ken

Sorry the read all the trouble your having, if your getting stuck finding props you need, if you stick a picture up of what your looking for ill try to make them for you. Only props though no good with characters yet:)





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Most of the props will be simple things that I can find on 3dWarehouse. I had them before with iClone5. Many of the scenes are either outdoor or closeups in a room. There will be a few outside near the town gate and some in the fields but other than that everything is pretty simple. Just need to get things organized.
I found that the Threshing floor is just a big flat land where they beat the barley.
I am going to try to be creative and let the sounds and some of what is shown trick your mind into thinking there is more there.
No sense in letting the audience go to sleep. The movies do it all the time.
Ken:)
thanks for the offer though. I may still take you up on it later. Much of what I am looking for is not in pictures (like the city of Bethlehem back then. It was a very small town at that time).

March 15.
I have a scene. I went to find the morphed voice of Naomi to make the scene and found that all of the morphed voices of many of the people were lost in the failed computer awhile back. I did still have the unmorphed ones though.
To make them morphed I had to download Morphvox Pro again and add the voices. I then morphed Naomi for that scene and made it. I did manage to get a scene finished today.
I am looking forward to this next week. I am reduced to sleeping on the floor until my floor upstairs is finished. We had termites up there. the worker comes on weekends unless something happens and he gets a day off. Last night really didn't go well. I am sleeping with a 10 year old next to me and he rolls all night long.
I also need to call immigrations to see if my resident card is ready yet. they said to call tomorrow. I may be going there to get it. I am going to try to finish at least one scene a day if possible. There are about 31 of them. Some will be more difficult.
At least I am moving in the right direction now as long as the computers hold out.
Ken:)

Clouds coming on.
I was stopped today waiting for a call to take my son, Ray, to be circumcised. He is 10.
The doctor finally called and said he will be ready to do it tomorrow. guess that will take care of tomorrow too.
Thursday we are looking to go to Immigrations to get my resident card. This has taken over a month. should take a few days.
Ray is on summer vacation now so after he heals up we will be going to the Condo for a lengthy vacation. We go for a week or two and then come back home for a week or so. It depends on the mood of things through now and June.
there is no computer with iClone on it there. I usually take my netbook and get Internet there from their WiFi network. I can text but not work on things.
I am going to try to get in as much as I can before I leave. I think I can get several scenes finished before I leave and then there won't be that much more left to do. I am still planning to finish before Christmas on this undertaking.
Ken:)