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  • butterfly made from light

    Posted by Ranjha on May 9, 2005 at 10:03 am

    Hi people,

    How would you go about creating a flickering butterfly that is made purely out of light and moves randomly around the screen. (kind of like tinkerbel from peterpan, if you know what i mean)

    regards,

    Ranjha

    Ranjha replied 21 years ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Phil

    May 9, 2005 at 2:02 pm

    i think there is tutorial out there, on making a butterfly. then just use shine, or glow to get your light butterfly. you’ll have to do something thinking on your own, but this is a start. i’ve done it, and it wasn’t that hard (if i remember correctly)

  • Steve Roberts

    May 9, 2005 at 2:07 pm

    If the butterfly is small, you might be able to get away with just a few images of wings open/closed/inbetween. Make a movie and loop on re-import.

    As for the path, try using write-on to draw the squiggly path, or animate the position smoothly, then apply a wiggle expression to make the butterfly wiggle about.

    Steve

  • Ranjha

    May 9, 2005 at 2:13 pm

    ahh ! seems quite simple now, just needed a point in the right direction, thanks!

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