wave plug?

[sir fen the usa 0]

im trying to do a flyin with a ribbon waving.

i was curious about the "wave" plug.

are there any tuts on it?

[robcat2075 276]

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?

[sir fen the usa 0]

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

[robcat2075 276]

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

[sir fen the usa 0]

thats looks great. mind if i barrow that?

[sir fen the usa 0]

thats weird i cant download your project. it downloads as text?

[robcat2075 276]

Change the "Save as Type" to "All Files" and make sure it's putting ".prj" at the end

[jason1025 1]

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.