sir fen the usa Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 im trying to do a flyin with a ribbon waving. i was curious about the "wave" plug. are there any tuts on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted April 21, 2012 Hash Fellow Share Posted April 21, 2012 I believe the wave plugin is intended for circular ripples on a water surface. It's like a bump map in that it doesn't actually move the CPs, it just creates shading that looks like ripples. It probably wouldn't be effective on a thin ribbon. Can you show a picture of your ribbon situation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir fen the usa Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 i really just need the ribbon to wave gently in a diagonal fashion. the one i made looks like one of those giant characters in front of a car sale shop.... rondor6_front.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted April 21, 2012 Hash Fellow Share Posted April 21, 2012 That's good looking cloth! If you need something graphically more simple you can rig a strip of patches with bones and animate them to create waves and rippling: Pennant000.mov PennantChor000.mov My 4-bone version is a bit lumpy but if you did that concept with 8 bones I think it would look smooth. PennantWithBones.prj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir fen the usa Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 thats looks great. mind if i barrow that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir fen the usa Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 thats weird i cant download your project. it downloads as text? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted April 21, 2012 Hash Fellow Share Posted April 21, 2012 Change the "Save as Type" to "All Files" and make sure it's putting ".prj" at the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason1025 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 That's good looking cloth! If you need something graphically more simple you can rig a strip of patches with bones and animate them to create waves and rippling: Pennant000.mov PennantChor000.mov My 4-bone version is a bit lumpy but if you did that concept with 8 bones I think it would look smooth. PennantWithBones.prj These would look great off in the distance but look synthetic up close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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