 | | | Re: UPDATED - WIP Movie Clip Links of "I, Robot " / Need Whatever Help | Re: UPDATED - WIP Movie Clip Links of "I, Robot " / Need Whatever Help 2004-01-31 - By ccoles_avengers
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Hi Peter,
I got to view your animation. Cool and funny! And yes, that is what
I am looking for; a way to plant the feet firmly.
I'm having a bit of a time of locating info re: target helpers in the
CS3 manual, however. If you know of where I can find more info on CS3
target helper objects, please let me know.
Also, I have a question regarding your clip; did you apply the
"shake" modifieer to the camera or the plane when the bugs landed?
Just curious.
Cheers.
Claudia
"Selocic"
(a newbie)
--- In Carrara@(protected), "Peter MacDougall" <pem@(protected)> wrote:
> How to get a foot anchored to the floor, the brute force method:
>
> In animating my metallic spiders in Carrara, I added a target helper
> object to the tip of each foot. The legs were setup in as an Inverse
> Kinematic hierarchy (hip>thigh>knee>shin>ankle>foot>targethelper). I
> could then move through the animation and check the exact position of
> the end of each foot for each frame by selecting the target helper
> object and checking its position in the properties tray. If the foot
> moved much, since I had IK setup, I could drag the target helper object
> back to a set position or adjust any of the joints so that the target
> helper object stayed within a fraction of an inch of a specific
> position. It often meant adding in several keyframes per second during
> rapid movement, but hey, I got a solid lock on my feet. The animation
> is in the downloads section of my web site.
>
> On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:54:47 -0000, ccoles_avengers wrote:
>
> >Yes, Steve. That's my very point; how to get the foot "anchored" to
> >the floor using the object-heirarchy/rotation tool animation method
> >that I am using. Maybe changing tweeners may help. I think that the
> >Bones system also may be more forgiving in this area, so I'll have to
> >revisit that method.
> >
> >Cheers.
> >
> >Claudia
> >"Selocic"
> >(a newbie)
> >
> >--- In Carrara@(protected), "raichea" <raichea@(protected)> wrote:
> >> --- In Carrara@(protected), "ccoles_avengers"
<ccoles_shado@(protected)>
> >> wrote:
> >> > but he still has a "gliding on ice" type
> >> > of effect
> >>
> >> As someone who hasn't tried this himself yet, it seems to me that at
> >> least part of the gliding effect is due to the fact that the
> >> propulsive foot is not anchored on the floor - i.e. it slides
> >> backwards relative to the floor when it should be stationary.
> >>
> >> Steve
>
>
> Peter MacDougall
> pem@(protected)
> http://www3.telus.net/pem/index.htm
>
> Reality always exceeds your expectations.
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