3D DVD BOX Inside

[Jon Okerstrom]

Nice one Serge,

The detail you put into making the box is really great. Got a CD jewel case to go with it? 🙂

Jon

[Serge Hamad]

Hi,

Glad you like it Jon.

Here is the CD jewel version:
https://www.nyc-visual.com/CD_CASE.sit

looks like this:
https://www.nyc-visual.com/CD_Case_2.mov

I wish you a happy new year my friend.
Serge

[Jon Okerstrom]

Same to you, Serge.

Great work as always.

Jon

[Vinnie]

Those are amazing…..Good God man you got 3D Invig down to a science. Love the texture. How did you get the bumpy plastic look on the interior of the DVD case?? That looks right on even the clips to hold the insert…love the clips.

Spot on Serge, Spot on.

vinnie

[Compty]

Salut Serge,

Good grief! That is so unfair, Serge.
What an amazing skill! How on earth do you do it? Just awesome!

How about a quick tutorial to show us mere mortals how to even get started?

I am sure you can make it short and sweet 😉

Happy New Year 2006 to you and your loved ones and all the fans of this forum!!

MaxD.

[Serge Hamad]

Hi Vinnie,

Thanks for the kind words.

The bumpy holder you mean (I think). It’s just a question of applying the right edge. Half Pipe in this case gave me the result I was after.

Happy new year.
Serge

[Serge Hamad]

Hey Max,

Actually if you open the Illustrator file, you will recognize exactly how each shape was drawn and imagined. A good way to learn is to import those layers one after the other inside Invigorator and build the object from the start.

I will think about a tutorial when I get time next year. Promissed.

Happy new year to you too Max.

Serge

[Jon Okerstrom]

Serge is right on about that.

One hint: Labeling the Illustrator layers is critical to keeping track of relatively complex objects in Invigorator.

Once you start doing this a lot, you start seeing objects around you as basic shapes that can be given depth, bevels and “Invigorated!”

Jon

[Kenneth Hahn]

Hi Serge,

Being new to both IL and Invig…. do I need to do some work on this to make it open? I can get the basic shape into AE/Invig, but get stuck after that point. I see the groups, and have opened it in IL….I see the layers and construction…. but still stumbling in the dark.. appreciate a push in the right direction 🙂

Thanks,
Ken

It’s Not Just A Video,
It’s A Production

[Serge Hamad]

Hi Ken,

First welcome to the Invigorator world!

If you open my project and go to the Set-Up window, you could by cliking on “select invisible” and unchecking the “Make Invisible” box see the pivot point. Notice its Set #

The pivot point must be assigned after its creation to a new empty set. You then align it as you wish best as I did, right at the corner of the box then you select all what needs to pivot and assign it to the same set then the Pivot Point.

In the Scene Preview window select the set where the pivot point resides and click on “Recenter” at the bottom of the set menu.
Now you are ready to animate the set to open the box.

Make a search for Pivot Point you may even find a visual.

Salut.
Serge