tiny xray animation

[paulR]

well...
I was curious if one could do something like that in blender... as so often, it turns out one can.

(xvid encoded)

PS.: I do realise that the bone structure is not terribly accurate.

[_Bellboy_]

Very cool animation.

How did you do it? I suppose you used compositer nodes to achieve this, using an animated plane to mask the two different meshes (the body and the skeleton)... am i right?

Btw, reminded me of "Total Recall"

[pieter.]

Oops......

[effstops]

...ahem. Actually, I'd recommend that you read the post more carefully.

Anyway, that's a really cool test.

[Felix_Kütt]

Originally Posted by the_nr well... I was curious if one could do something like that in blender... as so often, it turns out one can. (xvid encoded) PS.: I do realise that the bone structure is not terribly accurate.

ubuntuud i think you only read the first part of the post he tried it, and seems like he did it.

[paulR]

Originally Posted by Felix_Kütt he tried it, and seems like he did it.

That is correct. I doubted the eternal POWAR! of blender for a moment.

It involes a blend texture mapped using the coordinates of an animated empty. Also some 'masks' (rendered in shadeless B/W) and indeed noodles.

[pieter.]

Originally Posted by effstops ...ahem. Actually, I'd recommend that you read the post more carefully. Anyway, that's a really cool test.

Oh...
Sorry!

[blackstorm]

also would have been very easy thing to do with the sequencer..
nice test anyway..!

[paulR]

mhm, yes.. in the end it actually is quite simple. And I bet there is a better way to do it too. ^^

anyway, here goes nothing:


texture for the ring to be 'cut' out of the skin


Used an empty as coordinates to make sure the ring is in the same place (the empty's position - duh) and size for every object with this texture. (skin, eyes etc..)


and the noodle mess

edit: oops, forgot the new amazing vid .. with everything the same, except the head is now rotating.

[kitsu]

Very cool effect, pretty easy to setup too! I could see this being used for all kinds of things - good job

[_Bellboy_]

the_nr, thank you very much for that info, great stuff!

Actually, i thought that the skeleton was surrounded by a blue, transparent mesh, but this is a more powerful aproach. And this will help me increase my knowledge of composite nodes.

Cheers

[rexprime]

this is simular to the method i used here, this is great for morphing a person into something else (like a power ranger)

[paulR]

haha cool, ya right. I think I'm gonna try that later.
Go Go Monkey Rangers!