projecting an image on to extruded text

[Adam Trachtenberg]

I’m not exactly sure what you’re trying to do, but it sounds like using camera projection on the textures might be what you’re looking for.

[Jake Martin]

Thanks Adam I’ve tried playing with camera mapping and I’ve not got very far

The effect I’m trying get is something like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFDRoOIK780

but I want the to change the images reflecting on my text over time before it resolves.

Any ideas

Thanks

Jake

[Adam Trachtenberg]

Ah … the compression is so heavy on that clip … but I think what you’re looking for is an evironment map, which is basically a fake reflection. If you put an image in the environment channel your object sees it as if it was projected spherically around it.

[Jake Martin]

Great thanks I’ll try that

Jake

[Ronaldo Montalvo]

adam, could you put the texture on a light and “project” that texture onto an object’s reflective surface material?

[Adam Trachtenberg]

[ronaldo montalvo] “adam, could you put the texture on a light and “project” that texture onto an object’s reflective surface material?”

When you put a texture on a light it acts like a gel or gobo, so it will affect the lights brightness and/or color. You can make some very nice effects that way but I don’t think it’s what the OP was looking for.

[Andrew Commiskey]

You can also create a plane behind the camera and project the image on that (make it big) an then kick up the reflections on your text to taste. It might use up a lot of resources but it is very controllable.

Chaos is the beginning of everything.

[Andrew Commiskey]

2 ways of changing over time -1. Create identical planes (the number of images you want to use) and create corresponding textures for them. Use visibility to control when they are seen. 2. create a mov. timed out with the animation and use it as a texture in the material of a single plane.

Chaos is the beginning of everything.

[Jake Martin]

Thanks Adam

I’ll give all those a try and see what woks best

Jake