Wondering how you all would do this in Cavalry?

I'm kindave 90% of the way here with this but my text is sliding on the path, not sure about the solve.

This is how I am currently approaching it

  1. Duplicate shapes onto a spiral path
  2. Plug that into a forge sim
  3. Add a bridge constraint to connect the shapes
  4. Use the forge dynamics as an input shape for points to path
  5. Copy my text onto the points to path path

How would you all approach this?

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u/New_Investigator197 — 12 days ago

Imported 3D models in AE not retaining materials

What exactly is the proper workflow for importing a 3D model into AE? I've tried with fbx, gltf, and glb and none of them retain the materials properly. The one that works the closest is fbx, but then that one doesn't retain glass materials (the others don't either).

So how exactly am I supposed to import a 3D model in and have it retain it's materials? I was just grabbing models from the asset browser in c4d to test it out.

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u/New_Investigator197 — 24 days ago

What types of jobs combine marketing and design?

I’m trying to figure out what kind of role I should be looking for. I graduated with a marketing degree and had marketing jobs out of college that had a small focus on motion design. And then the motion design focus got larger and larger over time as I moved jobs until today where I am a full on motion designer at a production studio. I really did enjoy marketing though and want to transition back into a job where it's kinda half and half.

To give some context my skillset is my pretty wide, I'm adept in all major adobe applications, 2D animation with After Effects/Cavalry and also 3D animation.

In summary, I’m looking for a role that’s roughly:

50% digital design / motion design
50% marketing / campaign strategy / content planning

Hoping I can go somewhere where I can leverage this be some sort of swiss army knife lol. Does this kind of role exist under a specific title? I’ve seen titles like Marketing Designer, Digital Designer, Creative Strategist, Content Marketing Designer, Visual Communications Specialist, and Creative Producer, but it’s hard to tell which ones are actually hybrid roles versus just design production jobs with a marketing team.

Also for anyone who works in marketing or hires creatives, what titles should I be searching for? And how would you recommend positioning this kind of mixed skill set?

Thanks in advance!

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u/New_Investigator197 — 1 month ago
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I'm looking into starting a cottage bakery business from my residence (apartment) and have been sorting out the permit necessary for it. I have mostly completed my cottage food license under VDACS (I'm located in Virginia) and just need to submit proof that my property is zoned for it. When I reached out to my county (Arlington) for zoning info about it, they directed me to apply for a home occupation permit. Applying for one however, does not seem to allow me to designate an apartment unit within the building, just the building itself.

So naturally I'm like "Okay I don't want to apply for a permit on behalf of the entire building, just my unit". I emailed the county back stating my issue. While I await their response I wanted to see if anyone has gone through a similar situation and how they resolved it.

My apartment lease restricts business activities that involve someone coming to the apartment building, or like doing business in the apartment itself (they specifically call out a daycare business as an example of a business type that is prohibited). So obviously wouldn't do "porch" pickups here.

I've thought about registering my business at a PO Box instead, but I feel like that would create similar complications. What type of zoning proof do I actually need to provide to VDACS?

This is what it says on the application: "Provide written documentation that you have approval from your local zoning office to operate a home food processing business on your property. Any verifiable documentation from the zoning office is acceptable."

TLDR:

Q1: Is there a better way to do this than registering it at my apartment? Wish I owned a townhome or a single-family home that I could do this from, but this is what I got rn.

Q2: The Virginia cottage food license application requires proof of zoning to operate a home food processing business, what do I actually need to provide? What zoning proof have you all provided with your cottage food applications?

Trying to do everything legally, but also don't want to make things overly complicated/difficult on myself when there is an easier way to go about it.

TIA! Sorry for the long post.

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u/New_Investigator197 — 2 months ago

Saw this tutorial. He creates a falloff on his light spread using a ramp, but he does it in the shader graph, while mine opens in the node editor. I've tried to plug it into a few different spots but I can't figure out how to translate what he's doing to the node editor. Anyone have any idea how to do it? Thanks in advance!

u/New_Investigator197 — 2 months ago

It's dense, charming, and looks great imo. It's basically just a bunch of townhomes built in blocks with parallel street parking with trees. I just feel like a lot of people would want to buy a place in a neighborhood like that but they never make them look cool. They all look cookie cutter, bleached, with no soul.

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u/New_Investigator197 — 2 months ago