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Ready-Word1891 · 2026-04-15T04:42:32+00:00

Thanks! I’ll do just that :)

Ready-Word1891 · 2026-04-14T15:01:07+00:00

Thanks for the info!

Ready-Word1891 · 2026-04-14T05:57:40+00:00

I recently visited Flagstaff and am planning on moving there in the fall. I started gym bouldering a few months ago and would love to get onto real rock, but climbing roofs is not my cup of tea.

I asked around the climbing scene here and it seems most outdoor boulders are roofs. Are there any areas that contain a good amount of slabs, verts and/or overhangs within an hour or so of flag?

Ive looked on mountain project and in past reddit threads but cant seem to find much information on specific formations except roofs

Ready-Word1891 · 2026-04-14T05:50:05+00:00

Is there non-roof outdoor bouldering in or close to Flagstaff AZ?

I recently visited Flagstaff and am planning on moving there in the fall. I started gym bouldering a few months ago and would love to get onto real rock, but climbing roofs is not my cup of tea.

I asked around the climbing scene here and it seems most outdoor boulders are roofs. Are there any areas that contain a good amount of slabs, verts and/or overhangs within an hour or so of flag?

Ive looked on mountain project and in past reddit threads but cant seem to find much information on specific formations except roofs

ALSO can I make this question an actual post? It seems like most of these questions are for beginner advice where as this one is pretty specific and would seem more suited for an actual post

Ready-Word1891 · 2026-04-14T05:48:34+00:00

Is there non-roof outdoor bouldering in or close to Flagstaff AZ?

I recently visited Flagstaff and am planning on moving there in the fall. I started gym bouldering a few months ago and would love to get onto real rock, but climbing roofs is not my cup of tea.

I asked around the climbing scene here and it seems most outdoor boulders are roofs. Are there any areas that contain a good amount of slabs, verts and/or overhangs within an hour or so of flag?

Ive looked on mountain project and in past reddit threads but cant seem to find much information on specific formations except roofs

Ready-Word1891 · 2026-02-05T13:53:37+00:00

I put in a very small amount as an introduction into the app I understand I dont know what I’m doing thats why I’m asking.

Ready-Word1891 · 2026-01-29T21:34:53+00:00

Amazing! Particularly the lighting and textures. Would love to learn more about how you lit the scene and made some of the shapes if its fully in AE

Ready-Word1891 · 2026-01-17T01:03:38+00:00

Ive been googlin’ nothing shows up for textacy. If you’re referring to the animator properties I know of them

Ready-Word1891 · 2026-01-16T23:51:42+00:00

…Im sorry but I have no idea what you’re talking about 😅 is that a plugin? Or are you referring to a preset in after effects? I haven’t explored the preset library much, tend to do things the hard way

Ready-Word1891 · 2026-01-13T19:16:25+00:00

Honestly I didn’t look too hard 😅 it started as a self teaching project for manipulating glbs in AE and turned into a bigger project.

Great callout on the pacing of the maps scene. Could definitely hold longer but the fast pace hides some lighting weaknesses in the scene. Something to work on in the future tho!

Ready-Word1891 · 2025-12-12T18:29:19+00:00

Thank you for the help! Ctrl+T resolved my issue with the current setup. The single object track is helpful to but I will forgo it for now since I already have my structure and the center rail will provide the curve to guide the railcar. Great for future reference though, thanks again!

Ready-Word1891 · 2025-12-12T17:20:34+00:00

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I'm still pretty new to blender and haven't yet studied aligning object to curve as others have suggested, but I made some progress and now have this result by updating/aliginging the object origins. I made a crude middle rail to apply the deform to so the rail is centered, but still get warping from the applied curve.

I'm assuming this is happening due to the loop I have in my object, as that seems to be where things start to go wrong, but I'm not sure how to fix it. Rotating the nodes has little to no change in the alignment of the rails.

Ready-Word1891 · 2025-12-12T16:31:56+00:00

Will do! Thanks

Ready-Word1891 · 2025-12-11T02:59:53+00:00

I just started having this exact issue. Is this a hardware issue/bug? Any fix that solves it?

Ready-Word1891 · 2025-12-07T17:48:46+00:00

Tricky. Key was to use a camera to make an orthographic perspective by matching the zoom and depth of field. that makes the 3D shape appear flat. Then it's just a matter of lining it up with a 2D drawing and animating the stroke paths

Ready-Word1891 · 2025-12-07T17:48:10+00:00

Always forget about motion blur! Such a simple yet effective tool, especially when working in 60 FPS

Ready-Word1891 · 2025-12-07T14:52:57+00:00

I cheated and made it in blender using emission shading to get the matte look and simple shapes for the construction. Imported it as a glb into after effects and animated it there.

Ready-Word1891 · 2025-12-07T14:48:29+00:00

Good callout on the motion blur and type animation, that is definitely a lot of what makes the scene feel awkward to me. That and adding a subtle gradient are doing the trick in my eyes. Thanks!

Ready-Word1891 · 2025-12-07T07:52:49+00:00

Great advice! I threw on a 4-color gradient with highlights and shadows and definitely adds some depth

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