Subject: Re: moving balls on water
From: Andrew Hofman <[email-masked]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 08:59:22 -0700

>> 4) Use this null as a visual reference for keyframing the ball. Do not
>> actually parent the ball to the null.
>
>
>Why not? No really, I want to know....is the origin not shifted with the 
>displaced null point?
>

Lightwave doesn't treat displaced objects as having motion in the normal,
keyframed sense. As far as parented objects are concerned, it's like you
haven't moved the master object at all. You could parent a beach ball to a
lake object that's flapping away like mad and the ball wouldn't budge.

Andy Hofman
LumaQuest Productions           
Animation and Dual Raptor 3 Rendering  
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