Animating Turn Tables - Polyloop

Inspireology · 12th December 2006, 13:54

I am a bit new to animating in Carrara and animation in general. I was wondering how I would create an animation of a 360 degree rotation around an object (like it is setting on a spinning disc). I have messed around with putting a camera on a motion path and trying to draw a circular motion path with the camera pointing at the object, but it this caused all sorts of trouble.

Does anyone have any advice?
Thanks.

markbremmer · 12th December 2006, 17:09

For that little trick with the camera, you'll need to do it this way:

1) Point the camera (or use the Point At behaviour) at the object you want.
2) Select the camera ONLY and then Group it. (That's right, there will be only one object in the group)
3) Engage the Caps Lock on you key board.
4) Click on the hot point of the camera group and move it to the X-Y center of the object that you want to orbit around
5) Turn off the Caps lock and with the camera group selected, go to the modifiers tab and select the Spin Behaviour and set it to your desired rate of rotation.

Mark

Inspireology · 12th December 2006, 18:48

Awesomeness! Really appreciated tip!

Inspireology · 12th December 2006, 19:09

Had a mess around with it and I found out that when I am animating a scene using GI and setting the background to a colour (such as blue), Carrara renders as if the colour is set to grey regardless of what the actual colour is set to. If I switch back to a still render, it renders properly, and if I render an animation with a texture as the backdrop is renders properly too.

Hmm... quite odd!

Inspireology · 12th December 2006, 19:21

Ahhhh!!1 I am trying to animate using a HDRI map and the reflections wont show when I try to animate. They are fine for still renders

markbremmer · 12th December 2006, 19:27

Animations with HDRI work fine here so something else is going on...

Are you making all of these changes at the beginning of the timeline. It sounds like it could be keyfram issue.

Inspireology · 12th December 2006, 19:37

Ah thanks a million you cracked it! I had applied the changes at the end of the animation! Thanks a lot! This seemed like a really odd bug

12th December 2006, 13:54	#1 (permalink)
Inspireology Spline Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 38	Animating Turn Tables I am a bit new to animating in Carrara and animation in general. I was wondering how I would create an animation of a 360 degree rotation around an object (like it is setting on a spinning disc). I have messed around with putting a camera on a motion path and trying to draw a circular motion path with the camera pointing at the object, but it this caused all sorts of trouble. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks.

12th December 2006, 17:09	#2 (permalink)
markbremmer Escaping to 3D worlds... Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 176	For that little trick with the camera, you'll need to do it this way: 1) Point the camera (or use the Point At behaviour) at the object you want. 2) Select the camera ONLY and then Group it. (That's right, there will be only one object in the group) 3) Engage the Caps Lock on you key board. 4) Click on the hot point of the camera group and move it to the X-Y center of the object that you want to orbit around 5) Turn off the Caps lock and with the camera group selected, go to the modifiers tab and select the Spin Behaviour and set it to your desired rate of rotation. Mark __________________ Mark Bremmer Beginner, intermediate and advanced Carrara tutorials are here.

12th December 2006, 19:27	#6 (permalink)
markbremmer Escaping to 3D worlds... Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 176	Animations with HDRI work fine here so something else is going on... Are you making all of these changes at the beginning of the timeline. It sounds like it could be keyfram issue. __________________ Mark Bremmer Beginner, intermediate and advanced Carrara tutorials are here.

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12th December 2006, 18:48	#3 (permalink)
Inspireology Spline Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 38	Awesomeness! Really appreciated tip!

12th December 2006, 19:09	#4 (permalink)
Inspireology Spline Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 38	Had a mess around with it and I found out that when I am animating a scene using GI and setting the background to a colour (such as blue), Carrara renders as if the colour is set to grey regardless of what the actual colour is set to. If I switch back to a still render, it renders properly, and if I render an animation with a texture as the backdrop is renders properly too. Hmm... quite odd!

12th December 2006, 19:21	#5 (permalink)
Inspireology Spline Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 38	Ahhhh!!1 I am trying to animate using a HDRI map and the reflections wont show when I try to animate. They are fine for still renders

12th December 2006, 19:37	#7 (permalink)
Inspireology Spline Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 38	Ah thanks a million you cracked it! I had applied the changes at the end of the animation! Thanks a lot! This seemed like a really odd bug