Re: individual scaling with custom channels, how to ;-)

2007-10-21 Thread Beg-inner
Hi Matthias.. Thx for your input.. I am not sure how to make it happen.. I didnt mean though that it would be more difficult with just one image.. only less intuitive.. Hmm just brainstorming.. but if one just sets *= in 2nd image material...?, and apply then with the Map2Obj Tool in a 2nd go.

Re: individual scaling with custom channels, how to ;-)

2007-10-19 Thread Matthias Kappenberg
too. I've never tried it :-? Matthias - Original Message - From: "Beg-inner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 4:55 AM Subject: Re: individual scaling with custom channels, how to ;-) > Hi Matthias.. > > Ok.. > I was thin

Re: individual scaling with custom channels, how to ;-)

2007-10-18 Thread Beg-inner
: Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:22 PM Subject: Re: individual scaling with custom channels, how to ;-) Hi Matthias.. This is cool stuff, if I am not totally wrong I have seen you done this before..(or maybe it was the same prj..) Thx for sharing this, it gives a nice and really cool resu

Re: individual scaling with custom channels, how to ;-)

2007-10-17 Thread Matthias Kappenberg
OFT was only an animation test, how fast my machine computes things like this, same as the nailboard-test. Matthias - Original Message - From: "Beg-inner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:22 PM Subject: Re: individual scaling with custom channel

Re: individual scaling with custom channels, how to ;-)

2007-10-17 Thread Beg-inner
Hi Matthias.. This is cool stuff, if I am not totally wrong I have seen you done this before..(or maybe it was the same prj..) Thx for sharing this, it gives a nice and really cool result... btw.. Just a thought.. Could it be made working in also the 3rd dimension.. with spheres in also the

Re: individual scaling with custom channels, how to ;-)

2007-10-16 Thread Mark Heuymans
Here's an idea to get something similar through VSL and displacement: - use Map2Obj to assign texture or procedural values to a user channel, animate if wanted - in a VSL shader, read this channel and use it to modify Bump Height - apply to SDS or nurbs spheres with suitable max displacement O

Re: individual scaling with custom channels, how to ;-)

2007-10-16 Thread Mark Heuymans
Nearly the same as test-2. If you need a howto, feel free to ask ;-) In this unfinished scene a custom channel is evaluated. The evaluated data are tranferred via constraint to the objects, and then some little script snippets are transferring the data to the rotation, scale and or rotation.

Re: individual scaling with custom channels, how to ;-)

2007-10-15 Thread Matthias Kappenberg
> > After a few attempts I got it working! > Hi Mark, glad to hear this :-) Maybe you can have a look at the "Field evaluator" files, too. Matthias

Re: individual scaling with custom channels, how to ;-)

2007-10-15 Thread Mark Heuymans
Matthias, After a few attempts I got it working! Feeling tempted to learn JS scripting... assuming it will still be relevant in V6! (I got a scripting trauma after learning V3 RPL) Here's an idea to get something similar through VSL and displacement: - use Map2Obj to assign texture or procedu

Re: individual scaling with custom channels, how to ;-)

2007-10-15 Thread Matthias Kappenberg
Use it like this: 1. Create a Object or level with objects 2. Create 3 Tags as seen on the attached tags image (all as "Float" with value "1") (Note: The Tags will give a better and animatable control, if the script is assigned) 3 Open the scripts tab and assign the script below, end of mai

Re: individual scaling with custom channels

2007-10-15 Thread Matthias Kappenberg
Channels are evaluated at rendertime, if I'm right, that's the problem. If the "field-evaluator" is working: No Problem ;-) But the field evaluator is buggy, since v4.5 :-( (One of my favourite tools) Maybe it's working again in v6 :-? Matthias > > > > > > I was hoping you or Zaug had solved

Re: individual scaling with custom channels

2007-10-15 Thread Mark Heuymans
The animation is done with 2 different greyscale images. The images color is mapped in animation recording mode to the spheres via Map2object. The script is a simple "get color" ->"Set Scale" I'll share a file if you like :-) Matthias Yes please, it really surprised me the whole thing wo

Re: individual scaling with custom channels

2007-10-15 Thread Mark Heuymans
Uuuups forgotten to say, at the moment it's not possible to access user defined channels via JS, if I'm right :-? Matthias I was hoping you or Zaug had solved that by now ;) Weird, isn't this part of the data structure like everything else... apparently not. -Mark H

Re: individual scaling with custom channels

2007-10-14 Thread Matthias Kappenberg
Uuuups forgotten to say, at the moment it's not possible to access user defined channels via JS, if I'm right :-? Matthias - Original Message - From: "Mark Heuymans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 5:48 PM Subject: Re: individual sc

Re: individual scaling with custom channels

2007-10-14 Thread Matthias Kappenberg
rom: "Mark Heuymans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 5:48 PM Subject: Re: individual scaling with custom channels > > > > Scaling Objects like this? > > > > http://the-final.com/realsoft-post.avi > > > > (Only sp

Re: individual scaling with custom channels

2007-10-14 Thread Mark Heuymans
Scaling Objects like this? http://the-final.com/realsoft-post.avi (Only sphere scaled via greyscale image+Map2Obj+script) Matthias Aah, brilliant stuff! Care to elaborate a bit? The script is scaling the spheres, using each sphere's individual animated scale channel as input?? congrat

Re: individual scaling with custom channels

2007-10-13 Thread Matthias Kappenberg
Scaling Objects like this? http://the-final.com/realsoft-post.avi (Only sphere scaled via greyscale image+Map2Obj+script) Matthias - Original Message - From: "Mark Heuymans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 6:47 PM Subject: individual sca

Re: individual scaling with custom channels

2007-10-11 Thread leee
On Thursday 11 October 2007 17:47, Mark Heuymans wrote: > > Mark, > > Great to hear it is working! We (Timo and I) are looking into reading > > custom channels; but not much progress, yet. > > > > Thankz for compliment; much more to come with this one : ) > > > > Zaug > > Hi all, > > In the meanti

individual scaling with custom channels

2007-10-11 Thread Mark Heuymans
Mark, Great to hear it is working! We (Timo and I) are looking into reading custom channels; but not much progress, yet. Thankz for compliment; much more to come with this one : ) Zaug Hi all, In the meantime I tried the idea of using a custom channel to assign individual properties to