animBot is the coolest and most powerful toolset for Maya animators, used by more than 90% of the greatest full feature and AAA game studios.
Start improving your animation workflow today and join our amazing community of smart animators.
animBot is the coolest and most powerful toolset for Maya animators, used by more than 90% of the greatest full feature and AAA game studios.
Start improving your animation workflow today and join our amazing community of smart animators.
Enter the . This model adds a crucial fourth leg to the stool, creating a fortress rather than a shaky seat. And the tool that ties it all together? The Four Pillar Calculator .
Have you run your Four Pillar numbers? Did you find a surprise weakness? Let me know in the comments below.
Without that buffer, your retirement plan is just a gamble on stock market timing. You don't need a financial advisor to build a Four Pillar Calculator. Open Excel. List your four buckets. Apply the 4% rule to your investments and a 5-year spend-down to your cash. four pillar calculator
You’ve probably heard of the “Three-Legged Stool” of retirement: Social Security, a pension, and personal savings. But in today’s economy, that stool is starting to wobble.
The solves this by stress-testing your withdrawal rate against each pillar’s unique liquidity and risk profile. How to Use the Calculator (The 3-Step Checkup) You don't need a fancy software. You can do this in a spreadsheet in 10 minutes. Enter the
If the total number is lower than your current salary, you have work to do. If it’s higher, you have peace of mind.
By keeping 2-3 years of living expenses in Cash (Pillar 3) , you allow your Investments (Pillar 2) to weather the next bear market without selling a single share. When the market recovers (it always has), you refill Pillar 3. The Four Pillar Calculator
But if 80% of that $800,000 is in Pillar 4 (their house) and Pillar 2 (stocks), they are . When the market crashes, they have to sell stocks at a loss. When the roof leaks, they can’t sell one brick of the house to pay the roofer.
animBot makes animating in Maya feel more like a creative act and less like a technical chore. It combines so much of the functionality I’ve been craving for years with tools I didn’t even know I needed! The ease of installation is the icing on top.
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I love it. It makes animating so much easier and faster.
I starting animating in Maya around 11 years ago, and I can honestly say that I have never been so thankful to have tools that not only make my life easier, but enhance my experience in Maya and stabilize my workflow.
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animBot is a freaking lifesaver. There are so many tools, I haven’t even learned how or when to use them all yet. I’m constantly learning new things about it. Figuring out yet another task that animBot can simplify for you is a really fun experience, and it keeps happening.
We are friends, but you fucked up my life as I won’t be able to animate without animBot ever again.
Hey it’s me, Alan. I started my career as a traditional 2D animator and after working for game cinematics, commercials and short films, I moved to Vancouver and worked as animator/supervising animator for Sony Imageworks, Rainmaker, Method Studios and Stellar Creative Lab. Some of my work includes Diablo III, Hotel Transylvania 2, Storks and Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas.
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