Search
-
Re: Animating a logo along a path
Eric I tried that out on a simplified shape and it worked really well. Cheers. Just for reference we have figured out 3 ways of doing this now. 1 : Use a displacement map as Eric suggested and animate the thing along a path and animate the UV offset accordingly 2 : Use masks of some kind. Model the whole object and the… -
Animating a logo along a path
Hi guys. I am working on a logo animation for a studio. Basically the logo is a shape like these except there is a break in the mesh (as in the line isnt neverending) and the shape isnt uniform there are bulges here and there. It is a 3D collapsed edit poly at the moment but I would like to animate the mesh snaking onto… -
Re: Animating a logo along a path
Here's one idea... try baking a displacement map of the bulges, using Render To Texture. Bake from the original logo model onto a mesh that follows it but has no bulges (a smooth cylinder). Apply that map as Displacement to the smooth cylinder, and animate the UV offset. -
Re: Animating a logo along a path
Lots of ways to animate something like this. Also, you can select an edge loop, and extract that into a spline, using "Create Shape From Selection". That way you can make a path that follows it exactly. You can also choose Smooth and it will curve the path a bit. -
Re: Animating a logo along a path
Yeah, motion designers are awesome. That's what originally got me into CG, the desire to do that kind of work. Got a bit sidetracked into game development though. :) -
Re: Animating a logo along a path
Path Deform (WDM) ? -
Re: Animating a logo along a path
Sorry I don't think I explained myself particularly well. The shape I want to create is like a knot but unlike string it has bulges and a unique shape. Last night I ended up creating a shape from an edge loop and skinning the mesh to the spline and path deforming the spline by another spline which got me the sliding off…
7 results