Tag Archives: Animation

animator’s survival kit

Posted on 25/06/2008 by Spot

i don’t have many books on my shelf that can stay there for a long time because they’re usually outdated very quickly as 3d software update cycle speeds are increasing more and more. but there are exceptions, one book …

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The Rollercoaster Problem

Posted on 24/02/2008 by Spot

The roller-coaster problem – a nice name for a problem you may encounter using motion paths in Maya. Named and explained by my Maya instructor Greg Berridge lately, I hereby note down the solution offered.

First, the problem: Draw a …

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two ways to squash a ball

Posted on 04/02/2008 by Spot

the bouncing ball – a classic protagonist in animation. but how do you setup a good way to animate the ball jumping around including its squashing and stretching? here two basic setup proposals:

create a sphere and name it ball …

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animation preview stamper

Posted on 14/02/2007 by Spot

quite helpful script called preview stamper courtesy of veda3d to create animation previews which include additional information like camera view, frame number etc. i already blogged once about another script but this one integrates smoothly into 3ds max, too …

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ball in wires

Posted on 10/02/2007 by Spot

while digging some old 3d world magazines i encountered an interesting article from pete draper on how to create a ball which is surrounded by a bunch of wires and how to animate the ball through those wires. sounds …

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