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Subject: Animation Mental Blockage

bwtr opened this issue on Mar 26, 2009 · 10 posts
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bwtr ( ) posted Thu, 26 March 2009 at 2:31 AM · edited Mon, 25 November 2024 at 9:15 PM

I have loaded the Solar System15 (Movie) from the Space Scenes.

I want to add an image onto a Billboard or Splat that will continue facing the camera and travel, with the camera view, as it moves through  the space scene.

My minds idea of how simple this should be is NOT in gear!

Help---please!

Brian

bwtr

MarkBremmer ( ) posted Thu, 26 March 2009 at 7:37 AM

 Just drag it onto the camera in the Property Tray so it becomes a child object.

Mark





bwtr ( ) posted Thu, 26 March 2009 at 8:13 AM

Thanks for the reply Mark.

Thats what I tried with the Billboard.
It does not seem to work--at least not on that particular movie file?

Brian

bwtr

CaptainJack1 ( ) posted Thu, 26 March 2009 at 8:25 AM

Were you using the Splat primitive? If it was just a plane, you probably want to add a "Point At" modifier so it stays facing the camera.

bwtr ( ) posted Thu, 26 March 2009 at 8:35 AM

I tried all that , with the Billboard (it should work exactly as for the Splat)----no luck!

Very confused!

Brian

bwtr

CaptainJack1 ( ) posted Thu, 26 March 2009 at 8:37 AM

What exactly is it doing (or not doing)? Does it stay still, not show up in the rendering, go whirling madly off in the wrong direction?

bwtr ( ) posted Thu, 26 March 2009 at 8:44 AM

No, it doe's not stay still and also dissapears.
And it is identical with the Splat?

Brian

bwtr

CaptainJack1 ( ) posted Thu, 26 March 2009 at 8:52 AM

You might make sure you're at frame zero of the animation before you add it and add the modifier. I had trouble with the fire primitive, adding it to the scene when the frame counter was at the end. Some of the settings wouldn't behave right.

bwtr ( ) posted Thu, 26 March 2009 at 8:56 AM · edited Thu, 26 March 2009 at 9:09 AM

I have an idea to have it in the exact same location as the Target, and meld it with that?

It's worth playing with the file to exactly understand I think.

Brian

And that looks as thoughit might work--with a BUT!
It seems the Splat goes through some of the planets so i guess I will need to fine tune a distance in front of the Splat where that does not happen?

bwtr

bwtr ( ) posted Thu, 26 March 2009 at 9:01 PM

Well I guess I opened a can of worms?
The idea was good ---in principle----!!

Having got my object right it seems, now, I will also have to orient it's "direction" through a variety of key frames---without that it moves "backwards" through some of the sequences!

(Proves, again, whilst as a pro still photographer, I failed to ever be able to make good movies!)

Brian

ps Appreciate seeing any efforts by others to utilise that  Browser Space.car file for creating additional ideas.

bwtr

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