Reveal Techniques

This week's videos are from a class i gave at Autodesk University in 2007. The class was about animation techniques to reveal models over time. Various techniques were covered and i gave a few examples in the class. I decided to post the example videos here so that you can have a good idea of the type of classes you will find at AU. I hope you will enjoy those videos. Please note that they have been recorded in 2007 but were never made public.

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Reveal with Masks

In this video, you'll see how to use materials and animated gradient masks to make object draw themselves on the screen.

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...th%20Masks.flv

هذه نتيجة الدرس السابق :

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...20Rendered.flv

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Reveal with Pro-Booleans

Here, you'll see how to use Pro-Booleans to animate subtractions on objects to make them appear on screen. With Pro-Booleans, UV Maps and materials are preserved on cut surfaces which allows very interesting cut effects as the objects reveal.

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...roBooleans.flv

هذه نتيجة الدرس السابق :

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...20Rendered.flv
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Reveal with Loft Objects

Loft objects have deformations curves that can be animated. In this video, you'll see how to animate the loft curves to make them draw progressively on the screen.

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...th%20Lofts.flv

هذه نتيجة الدرس السابق :

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...20Rendered.flv

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Reveal with Reactor and Time Distortion

In this video, you'll see how to cut an object in fragments, simulate their breaking in Reactor and reverse the animation to make the objects construct themselves for their debris.

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...Distortion.flv

هذه نتيجة الدرس السابق :

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...20Rendered.flv
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Reveal with Pflow

See how particles can attach themselves to objects when they find them. If the particles are flying around and then stick to hidden object, the objects start to appear. By mixing visibility with particles, you can create very cool effects of object appearing from flying dust.

(note: i had to splice this video in 2 because of file size constraints. So the next 2 videos are actually a single video tutorial)

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...0_%20Part1.flv

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...0_%20Part2.flv

هذه نتيجة الدرس السابق :

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...20rendered.flv

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Reveal with Max Script - Part 1 : Offset

First part of a series of script techniques that will end with animated objects all falling into their final position with a simple button click. This video covers the basics of moving objects with Max Script.

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...-%20Offset.flv
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Reveal with Max Script - Part 2 : Rotation

Second video on scripting techniques. This one covers local rotation with Max Script.

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...20Rotation.flv
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Reveal with Max Script - Part 3 : Animation

Third video on scripting techniques. This one covers the basics of animation keyframing with Max Script.

(note: i had to splice this video in 2 because of file size constraints. So the next 2 videos are actually a single video tutorial)

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...n%20_Part1.flv

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...n%20_Part2.flv


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Reveal with Max Script - Part 4 : Visibility

Fourth video on scripting techniques. This one shows how to animate visibility with Max Script.

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...isibillity.flv
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Reveal with Max Script - Part 5 : User Interface

Fifth video on scripting techniques. This one shows how to build an interface for the animation tool that we have developed in the previous videos.

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...s%20-%20UI.flv
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Reveal with Max Script - Part 6 : Ordering Objects in Arrays

This one is an extra scripting technique where you can learn how to reorder elements in an array based on certain conditions. It will be helpful to animate blocks of objects based on their relative position.

(note: i had to splice this video in 2 because of file size constraints. So the next 2 videos are actually a single video tutorial)

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...rder_Part1.flv

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...rder_Part2.flv

هذه نتيجة الدرس السابق :

http://area.autodesk.com/userdata/fc...20Rendered.flv