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Unread 01-02-2003, 16:05
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Originally posted by reisser
As another differing opinion, I'd say eyeball it as best you can. Film some bins falling with a video camera and keep it handy while you animate. Last year I "eyeballed it" animating some soccer balls going into a goal and got very good feedback about it on this forum. Play with it. If worse comes to worse, conveniently "forget" your original plan to knock over all the bins and cut the camera at a point when everything still looks real. Reactor sounds like another good suggestion. I;ve never used it so I can't help there.
last year ...i'll say that your team's animation rocked...and should have won... but eyeballing it...wow! reactor is awesome...I'm not sure if you have looked into that capabilities of reactor. Your eyeballing was insane..but reactor can do it 100% faster...and you can add cool forces like friction and wind resistance. Look into reactor..it rocks.
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