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From: [e-mail] (robert hood)
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Subject: Re: curtain
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> > I am trying to model and animate a (curtain) that is blowing in the wind
> > but it doesn't look so hot. The scene is a room with a window open and
> > the wind is gently blowing the curtain around. I tried applying a
> > displacement map and some bones but I am not getting it right... any
> > suggestions?
>
>   I might try using a couple morph targets to make loopable sine type
> waves move horizontally across the curtain.  Then if you can integrate
> moving fractal noise displacement with falloff near the top. I think I
> have also heard bones help hold things in place.
>
>   I hope this might help, or spark some new ideas.

I did an animation a while back that did just that: a curtain (subdivided/
tripled mesh) blowing in the wind.  I used about 18 bones to achieve the
effect.  I did  this animation after seeing some discussion in the newsgroup
about how to do it.

The results were decent, but not somthing that I would put on broadcast
video.  I only spent about a day playing with it, so it would have looked
better had I spent more time on it.

I'd be happy to post the animation (FLC format) and the scene file and objects
for download if you'd like someplace to start.  For repayment, I'd just
appreciate honorable mention someplace in your credits if you use my scene
file.

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