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Connect Layers to anchor point generated by Newton then apply a texture
I want to animate a childs tree swing swinging using Newton, then using the AEscripts Connect Layers script with the ‘Rope’ option to join them. I then want to apply a realistic rope texture to it instead of just a normal stroke line.
I don’t think this is going to be possible using Layer Styles and I think I might run into problems if I try and use the Puppet Tool to try and apply the texture to the it and make it follow the movement accurately.
Any other ideas would be a great help.
Thank you.
Splurj Creative, Video Production, Motion Graphics & Animation in Manchester UK.
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What kind of animation are we talking about? If the rope isn’t going to bend, but is just going to be a fairly straight line, this should be pretty easy to do with the puppet pin tool. Just tie a pin to the swing layer’s position with expressions.
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I just used Puppet Pins and animated the swing with some Newton chains (squares attached with joints and the bottom one had a spring joint I think just for fun).
Or like Michael says, you could simply use some expressions to make it swing about. I like to use the animation tools in the DUIK script, which are free, to create a quick IK chain, then animate the bottom null (connected to the pin, or “bone” with DUIK).
Jason Jantzen
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Does anybody know how to move the anchor point of a joint in newton?
I don’t want my anchor point centered I want it placed more near the top of the object?
Splurj Creative, Video Production, Motion Graphics & Animation in Manchester UK.
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The shortcut is Y. It’s the same shortcut for the pan behind tool which consequently is how you move any layer’s anchor point outside of Newton.
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That’s the one key I didn’t think of, thanks Jason 🙂
Splurj Creative, Video Production, Motion Graphics & Animation in Manchester UK.
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