3ds max: some help for an easy animation :)
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Hi guys!
I'm working on an environment with a an animated camera (green + red) :
The green part should rotate only vertically (x axis).
The hole camera (green part + red part) should rotate only horizontally (z axis).
With these 2 rotations combined, the camera's objective should be able to follow any target.
To do that, I used a skin modifier with 2 bones :
The bone 1 controls the green part.
The bone 2 controls the red part.
Then I linked the bone 1 to the bone 2.
So when I rotate the bone 2 horizontally (z axis), the whole camera rotate horizontally and
when I rotate the bone 1 vertically (x axis), the green part rotate vertically.
Basically, this is the result I was looking for, but I have 2 issues:
- There are successive and very quick variations of the red part's size during the animation and it looks like a glitch.
- When I rotate horizontally the bone 2, the bone 1 follows but its gizmo does not. So i can't anymore rotate this bone using the x axis (or the camera will rotate in a weird angle that doesn't make sense with its mechanical structure), and I need to combine a rotation on x and y axis.
It looks like this is not the right way to do things and any help will be really appreciated!
Thank you guys!
I'm working on an environment with a an animated camera (green + red) :
The green part should rotate only vertically (x axis).
The hole camera (green part + red part) should rotate only horizontally (z axis).
With these 2 rotations combined, the camera's objective should be able to follow any target.
To do that, I used a skin modifier with 2 bones :
The bone 1 controls the green part.
The bone 2 controls the red part.
Then I linked the bone 1 to the bone 2.
So when I rotate the bone 2 horizontally (z axis), the whole camera rotate horizontally and
when I rotate the bone 1 vertically (x axis), the green part rotate vertically.
Basically, this is the result I was looking for, but I have 2 issues:
- There are successive and very quick variations of the red part's size during the animation and it looks like a glitch.
- When I rotate horizontally the bone 2, the bone 1 follows but its gizmo does not. So i can't anymore rotate this bone using the x axis (or the camera will rotate in a weird angle that doesn't make sense with its mechanical structure), and I need to combine a rotation on x and y axis.
It looks like this is not the right way to do things and any help will be really appreciated!
Thank you guys!
Replies
The rotating part: try switching to gimbal or local coord sys and animate in it. If it doesn't let you switch to gimbal, disable forcing of local coords during animate (Preferences -> Animation -> uncheck Local Center During Animate).
Thanks Zhalktis!