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Animating Materials
Hello again,
Can someone tell me how I can change the color of a material during an animation?
What I want to do is a text with 3D Invigorator that is yellow at first, then blends to blue, then to green, etc.
Thanks for every help!
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2 Replies
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Hi Banshee.
At this point the Invigorator doesn’t support animated colors.
However, by cleverly using Layer Maps, you can animate the materials.
The (abbreviated) steps would be:
– Create a secondary Comp (call it Comp B) that is just a Solid with an animated color.
– Add Comp B to your main Comp and turn off its visibility.
– Find the “Layer Map 1” parameter for the Invig layer and select “Comp B”.
– Open the Invig Options window and create a new material using Layer Map 1 for the color map.
– Assign that new material to your text objects and close the Options window.
– Your text should now use the colors from Comp B.You can use a similar technique for animated bump maps, specular maps, reflections, etc.
Let us know if you need more assistance.
Matt Rhodes
Zaxwerks, Inc. -
Wow,
at first it sounded very tricky to me but I made it within the first try. Really nice effect,
Big thanks :]
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