AE Animation Questions (not for web but for art project)

[Hoef]

To all the AE Animators out there,
I want to use an effect that requires a simulation of 10 rolling balls within a larger rolling ball but with gravity. The 10 balls will react to eachother. Similar effect as in the old bingo number selection machine (see pic, but then 2D).

How do I go about this, is there a filter/effect that I can use? I cannot imagine key framing all the ball positions (although I may have to).

Thanks for any help in this area.

 

[revenuee]

I cannot imagine key framing all the ball positions (although I may have to).

thats what animation is dude -- no lazy mans way of getting around it

 

[Hoef]

thats what animation is dude -- no lazy mans way of getting around it

And while I am at it, I'll write a simulator using various gravity parameters and object deformations. Thanks for the tip!

 

[mymemory]

Well... good luck pal. If I was you I would hire an experienced 3D animator to do that or you can do it yourself. I have no clue about programing in AF, when you are done with your animation let us see because it would be very interesting.

Good luck.

 

[revenuee]

And while I am at it, I'll write a simulator using various gravity parameters and object deformations. Thanks for the tip!

i don't understand the purpose of the sarcasm -- things like claymation is still done one frame at a time for movement (thinks Chicken Run)

Movies like finding Nemo are have teams of animators working on individual characters movements where they animate the different parts one frame at a time.

these are tools to help you visualize what you need --- the best things are created from scratch -- that is unless you WANT cookie cutter effects

 

[Hoef]

i don't understand the purpose of the sarcasm -- things like claymation is still done one frame at a time for movement (thinks Chicken Run)

The sarcasm maybe cultural related .... Don't mean to be offensive. The bouncing balls are not really the subject of the animation but just a part of a larger total ... eg cost/benefit is small and cookie cutter would do just well here.

I will show the animation when finished.

 

[revenuee]

The sarcasm maybe cultural related .... Don't mean to be offensive. The bouncing balls are not really the subject of the animation but just a part of a larger total ... eg cost/benefit is small and cookie cutter would do just well here.

I will show the animation when finished.

i'll admit -- i have only been sleeping about 45 minutes a night for the last few days so i am a little over sensitive, plus i was in the mists of writing a paper on aesthetic beauty as seen by Emmanuel Kant so after the mind **** there i'm a little touchy too.

i can appreciate the what you mean about the animation and how it would save time -- unfortunately, i think your idea is a little to original, or at least to rare to be considered a popular effect, and would be incorporated into the program -- you could maybe do a search for a template of sorts ... kinda like actions for photoshop

 

[oaker]

To achieve your effect I would look into using Expressions in After Effects. Here is a tutorial to get you started, there are many more on this site, just look around.

http://www.creativecow.net/show.php...es/al_khatib_talid/rose_expression/index.html

 

[Hoef]

To achieve your effect I would look into using Expressions in After Effects. Here is a tutorial to get you started, there are many more on this site, just look around.

http://www.creativecow.net/show.php...es/al_khatib_talid/rose_expression/index.html

Thanks! This may actually be the way to go ....

n the mists of writing a paper on aesthetic beauty as seen by Emmanuel Kant so after the mind **** there i'm a little touchy too.

No problem at all .... Just stay clear of Clement Greenberg