Creating a light trail for my light cycle in maya
Hi,
Can anyone help me?? I am trying to create a light trail that comes out of the back of a lightcycle i have modelled (a la Tron Legacy) but I cannot figure how I can model it so as the bike moves forward through frames a nurbs elipse gets lofted immediatley behind it wherever I have the bike (in the air, going sideways etc) maybe there is some sort of script I oculd look at? I'm a newbie at this and have trawled through numerous ideas (animated sweeps, extrudes) but all of these are not the effect I'm after. each frame that I move the bike in, a new surface is created behind. Its how it looks in the movie.
Many thanks for your help.
Can anyone help me?? I am trying to create a light trail that comes out of the back of a lightcycle i have modelled (a la Tron Legacy) but I cannot figure how I can model it so as the bike moves forward through frames a nurbs elipse gets lofted immediatley behind it wherever I have the bike (in the air, going sideways etc) maybe there is some sort of script I oculd look at? I'm a newbie at this and have trawled through numerous ideas (animated sweeps, extrudes) but all of these are not the effect I'm after. each frame that I move the bike in, a new surface is created behind. Its how it looks in the movie.
Many thanks for your help.
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I don't really know what you're trying to do, really. That seems like the answer, though.
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1263336&postcount=39