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Animate Lite instead of Animate 2 ?

sarfalvosarfalvo Posts: 3
edited December 1969 in New Users

Hi Guys,

After downloading DS 4.7 I tried to animate Genesis into moving her eyes, and the timeline key frames kept disappearing. When I went to add a sub timeline into animate, I got a pop-up that reads " this feature unavailable in Animate Lite". Everywhere I read, it says that the full Animate 2 is included with DS 4.7. Why do I only have the Lite version ?
I tried loading the DS 4.7 serial number in the validation box but this does not seem to be taking hold. What am I doing wrong?

Comments

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,845
    edited December 1969

    Animate2 is built into DAZ Studio, but only the Lite version is accessible until you purchase Animate2 in the store. You don't have to install any plugin software that comes with the purchase, but you do need to enter the Animate2 Serial Number that you get when you purchase Animate2.

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,613
    edited December 1969

    There's a 30-day trial of Animate2 when you install DAZ Studio, after which it reverts to Animate Lite.

  • sarfalvosarfalvo Posts: 3
    edited December 1969

    Thanks for the response guys,
    I have been on the store looking for the Animate2 software. All I can find are a ton of aniblock poses, but not the actual program, unless I am reading it wrong.

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,613
    edited December 1969

    https://www.daz3d.com/animate2

  • mark128mark128 Posts: 1,029
    edited December 1969

    If you are interested in doing custom animations, then in my opinion the essential plugins are keyMate and graphMate.

    http://www.daz3d.com/keymate
    http://www.daz3d.com/graphmate

    I have Animate 2, keyMate and graphMate. I do use all of them, but I do most of the animation work in keyMate/graphMate.

    If you want to do something like animate eye movement for a Genesis character, it is much easier to do in keyMate/graphMate.

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