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- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 01:24:59 +0400
- From: Charles Blaquière <blaq@INTERLOG.COM>
- Subject: Re: [IML] Quest:IFD: Shape
-
- Xabier Urrutia wrote:
- >
- > It could be a bit stupid question, but Hey i don´k know how can i morph an
- > object in other separated object!!! Can somebody answer my quetion,
- > PLEASSSSEEEEEE?
-
- No problem. What you need to do is go into the Action Editor and shorten
- the Actor bar for your object, then add a second Actor bar that uses the
- second object's filename. Make sure to enter a number in the "transition
- franes" field, and the actor will morph between the first and second
- object, over the course of those transition frames. Example:
-
- 1 2 3
- 123456789012345678901234567890
- Actor [ ][+++++++++ ]
-
- In the first Actor bar, you'll see the first object from frames 1 to 15.
- The second Actor bar has 10 transition frames, so in frames 16 to 25,
- you'll get a morph from object 1 to object 2. Frames 26-30 will show
- object 2.
-
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- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 01:30:33 +0400
- From: Charles Blaquière <blaq@INTERLOG.COM>
-
- Whoops, forgot to mention the most important thing about Imagine
- morphing.
-
- The two objects must have the exact same structure, i.e. the same number
- of points/edges/faces, each point must belong to the same edges, and
- each edge must belong to the same faces. In other words, you can _move_
- points around to create the second object from the first, but you can't
- _add_ or _delete_ any point, edge, or face. By far, the easiest way to
- ensure this is to start with a copy of object 1, then move points
- around, and save as object 2.
-
- When morphing, Imagine will simply vary each point's position from the
- values in object 1 to those in object 2. This means you must move the
- points in a logical manner. For example, if morphing from a woman to a
- tree, the points forming the tree's roots should come from the woman's
- feet; if you moved the woman's head to create the tree roots, the
- resulting morph would show the head retracting inside the body, as the
- points move down towards their final position. Not a good thing. This
- also means Imagine will not magically morph a car into a tiger, not
- without much work on your part.
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