Adam Trachtenberg
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The Mesh Deformer would provide better control.
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You’re on the right track using reflection and objects and/or HDR images. It’s just a matter of using the right HDRI + trial and error. It will help if you use the Interactive Render Region so you can see what you’re doing in near real time.
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I would use the spline tool to trace your objects. Do it from the viewport of your choice (top or side). Turn on 2D snapping and check edge and vertex boxes. You should be able to get a good result pretty quickly. Then extrude the spline and use the boolean object with the extrude.
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You could do the offset with a Step Effector and use the effector’s spline graph to set the distances, but it would be a bit laborious if you have a lot of clones.
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I think it would have to be modeled.
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Did you check the “keep Y axis length” box in the bend deformer properties?
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I don’t have Arnold but I would imagine you would stack the passes using Add mode.
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Notice that the Metaball Object has separate subdivision settings for Editor and Render? Set the Render subd to whatever value you’re using for the editor.
Then if necessary do the same thing for the emitter which also has separate Editor/Render settings.
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I think the problem is that, once dynamics takes control of the clones, mograph no longer controls their position and doesn’t recognize that they’re passing through the effector’s falloff.
As a workaround you could use a material with a 3D linear gradient in world space for the balls.
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Yep, same. Strange.