.ply files over 100 are "glitching" about stop-motion-obj

[neverhood311]

Just to be clear, your file numbers look like "0001", "0015", "0123", "1009" etc.? So there is the same number of digits on the end of each and every file?

If there are, in fact, the same number of digits on the end of every file, could you somehow send me a few of your files? Maybe frames 90 through 110?

[theplyman]

Wow I feel pretty dumb, thought you had to pad 00 at the beginning of each file. I can't try this right now but will tonight for sure. Thanks so much for the fast response. Sorry about posting on the github page, couldn't find your email. Kinda new to github. Also, I'm still having trouble getting the sequence to render in cycles. How do I get it to render in cycles?

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On Oct 26, 2017 11:11 PM, "Justin" ***@***.***> wrote: Just to be clear, your file numbers look like "0001", "0015", "0123", "1009" etc.? So there is the same number of digits on the end of *each and every* file? If there are, in fact, the same number of digits on the end of every file, could you somehow send me a few of your files? Maybe frames 90 through 110? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#9 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/Afmd4swTE8c_W7D0vJfiM7Qr-bj1-B-Dks5swUnigaJpZM4QINGk> .

[neverhood311]

No sweat. Glad it's working out. This is the exact place I want people posting questions and bugs. Not crazy about handing my email out.

When rendering these sequences with Cycles, you should be able to treat them like any other object. Just select the object, apply a shader, and hit render.
UVs will be kinda tricky since you have to unwrap each file individually (if that hasn't been done for you already), but I don't know if you need UVs for your project.

[theplyman]

So i am still having some problems with getting it to render, i put a material on it and it still doesn't render, which i am pretty sure material is the same as a shader right? I am going to send you a .ply file one of the many i am trying to upload and render and you can tell me what you think. The .ply does have RGB data on it but i have't found someone that can help me get it into blender yet. Thanks again for helping me out with this process!

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On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Justin ***@***.***> wrote: No sweat. Glad it's working out. This is the exact place I want people posting questions and bugs. Not crazy about handing my email out. When rendering these sequences with Cycles, you should be able to treat them like any other object. Just select the object, apply a shader, and hit render. UVs will be kinda tricky since you have to unwrap each file individually (if that hasn't been done for you already), but I don't know if you need UVs for your project. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#9 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/Afmd4vF7PvmF1L-0W7FwNewrI4jqyEX6ks5swfGcgaJpZM4QINGk> .

[neverhood311]

Better yet, send me a .blend file with a few .ply frames in it and a material applied.

If you could temporarily share a Dropbox folder with me, that'd be easiest. Just post the link in this thread.

[theplyman]

so i shared it with [email protected], is this right?

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On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 5:10 PM, Justin ***@***.***> wrote: Better yet, send me a .blend file with a few .ply frames in it and a material applied. If you could temporarily share a Dropbox folder with me, that'd be easiest. Just post the link in this thread. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#9 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/Afmd4tV-BvPytf2UA7swradL0ZGeifP5ks5sxjtNgaJpZM4QINGk> .

[neverhood311]

No, just make it public and post a link to it in this thread. I'll go copy the file to my computer, then I'll let you know so you can make the folder private if you want.

[theplyman]

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/md31vit9xeesmyg/AADpMNh2wR0GPX6i8qETOxfca?dl=0

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On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 6:08 PM, Justin ***@***.***> wrote: No, just make it public and post a link to it in this thread. I'll go copy the file to my computer, then I'll let you know so you can make the folder private if you want. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#9 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/Afmd4v4lONHlzhg3PwIIwcbrP6p0Pp8Wks5sxkjKgaJpZM4QINGk> .

[theplyman]

first time using dropbox, sorry it took so long, hope that works. On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 6:14 PM, Flipper Tipper < [email protected]> wrote:

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https://www.dropbox.com/sh/md31vit9xeesmyg/AADpMNh2wR0GPX6i8qETOxfca?dl=0 On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 6:08 PM, Justin ***@***.***> wrote: > No, just make it public and post a link to it in this thread. I'll go > copy the file to my computer, then I'll let you know so you can make the > folder private if you want. > > — > You are receiving this because you authored the thread. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#9 (comment)>, > or mute the thread > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/Afmd4v4lONHlzhg3PwIIwcbrP6p0Pp8Wks5sxkjKgaJpZM4QINGk> > . >

[neverhood311]

So it looks like your "meshes" are actually point clouds. You're going to have to figure out how to convert each frame to a mesh. That's beyond me, but I'm sure there are tutorials out there.

[theplyman]

Okay thanks for looking at it and helping me out, Much appreciated.

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On Oct 30, 2017 10:58 PM, "Justin" ***@***.***> wrote: So it looks like your "meshes" are actually point clouds. You're going to have to figure out how to convert each frame to a mesh. That's beyond me, but I'm sure there are tutorials out there. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#9 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/Afmd4kxqR39xcMwd3CrQ0NDJ07Qr9FSvks5sxozdgaJpZM4QINGk> .