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I don't do a lot of animation myself.
But if I should do it, I would do something as I have done with my "Salmon" as a fish kind of moves similar to a snake. Obviously, the big difference is the huge amount of bones in the snake compared to a fish, which makes it difficult to animate.
What I did with my fish is to create morphs for controlling the movement easily.
So in this case, these 3 morphs control several bones at once, so you don't have to animate each individual bone.
Here you can see how that would work
Depending on the snake model you are using, it might already have such morphs, otherwise, I would suggest making those first and then using those to animate it. You can then link it to a path afterwards and if you spend a bit more time on it than I did with my fish animation, you can probably make it crawl. Also depending on the scene you are making, using some clever camera cuts would probably make it a lot easier as well.
Thanks, but I already knew about all of this. I just thought that might be an easier way,
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This isn't perfect, but magnets can go a long way for this sort of thing, especially if the focus is more for cinematic type scenes rather than trying to have a perfectly functioning rig.
For this i setup a series of magnets rotated opposite directions and have the snake pass through the zones.
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Thanks Shane dude! ? I just want to know is that a solid prop or rig? And are the magnet zones intersecting.This isn't perfect, but magnets can go a long way for this sort of thing, especially if the focus is more for cinematic type scenes rather than trying to have a perfectly functioning rig.
For this i setup a series of magnets rotated opposite directions and have the snake pass through the zones.
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It's a static prop.
Have your snake prop in the scene and create several magnets, manipulating them so that the snakes form is as desired. Re-parent the magnets to the universe. Translate the snake to the edge of the frame or however you want it to traverse the scene. On the final key frame translate the snake prop through the magnets. Here it's just a simple z translation. The zones are only relevant to the set up of the deformations of your choice. It's important you re-parent the magnets to the universe...
Thanks everyone I think I got it now.
I do have one question. It gets a little tedious if you have multiple magnets. So is there a way to have multiple zones associated with just one magnet so I can have them all have the same settings?
Thanks
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Uncanny_Film posted at 11:14 AM Wed, 14 August 2024 - #4488378
Ah sorry. didnt get notification for any replies. But yea, what primoge sald.Thanks everyone I think I got it now.
I do have one question. It gets a little tedious if you have multiple magnets. So is there a way to have multiple zones associated with just one magnet so I can have them all have the same settings?
Thanks
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Hi,
I was wondering does anyone have any tips animating snake crawling. Or have a long cylinder rigged figure follow a path.
I know poser 11 had path follow feature. But I will just like to use poser 13.
Thanks
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