[Ryan Kehn]

I know this is kind of an old post, but stumbled across it in searching for tips on this very subject!

Since that citygen plugin no longer exists (at least not for R11), how would one go about using mograph to acheive a similar result?

Thanks much!

[Ryan Kehn]

Hey Adam, thanks for the response, it was a great start. I had a couple follow up questions.

First, is there any way to fracture the object into chunks and not just polygons? Also, when I apply the effects as you laid out above, when I scale up the strength in the inheritance effector, the transition happens, but there are polygons flying everywhere and they don’t completely form the second object. I can tell they are getting there, but it takes some imagination to see the final object. Do I need to break the second object into polygons as well?

Basically I’m going for something like the following link. Trying to transform one logo into the other, not necessarily just text.

https://bigmouthpost.com/video.php?videoNum=0105

Thanks again for your insight!

[Ryan Kehn]

I think I found something that answers your question!!

https://www.motionscript.com/expressions-lab-ae65/random-stills.html

Dan Ebberts apparantly has the answer to everything…I wish I would’ve known that 6 months ago. This expression should do the trick!

-Ryan

[Ryan Kehn]

Hey Man,
Sorry, i don’t have an answer for you. But i’ve long wondered how to mimic that effect as well…if you find out, please let me know!!!

ryan.kehn@broncos.nfl.net

Thanks and happy hunting!
-Ryan

[Ryan Kehn]

probability = 5
r = Math.round(random(-probability +2, 1));
v = clamp(r, 0, 1);
s = wiggle(3, 400*v)

Hey Dan,

Sorry i didn’t do a very good job of explaining that…

The expression i’m using as a base is below, but basically, I’m looking for the object to jump abruptly to a random position and hold it for a few frames before returning to the original position it was placed at. Does that make any more sense? the expression below acheives the look, i just want it to hold the position it jumps to for a few frames and snap back without seeing the transition in between.

[Ryan Kehn]

Hey all,

Just stumbled across this thread and would love to see the project file but the link has gone bad. Is it up somewhere else or would someone be willing to send it my way?

Thanks,
Ryan

[Ryan Kehn]

Argh…it looks like computers are just out to get me this week.

I did check the codecs as you suggested. I first noticed the problem with Andrew Kramer’s Action Movie Essentials, which are in a PNG sequence format. I moved on to some jpeg sequence formats and same beef. HELP!! I don’t have quicktime pro at home (only at work) so re-exporting them isn’t the easiest. Anyone, please…please:)

-Ryan