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KingMob
09-24-2002, 05:23 PM
Hey guys, I am kinda new to maya dynamics, and am trying to make a falling petal, My initial tests have been decent, but I would like to know what I could do to get the chaotic back and forth kinda look... We are parodying the shot in american beauty and I tried hand animating the petals, but it looked stiff, I then used dynamics and it looks ok, but not enough... using mostly vortex and gravity, but I am open to any ideas or help...thanks!
KingMob
09-25-2002, 03:31 PM
well if anyone cares, I figured it out through mucho trial and error.
actually probably for the best, I learned a bunch of stuff I hadn't known before.

The trick I found is, with dynamics, to just keep tweaking, and if it still don't look right, bake and manually do it, if need be.
magnoborgo
09-25-2002, 08:27 PM
Well, you can turn on/off the dynamics simulation and do some keyframing, etc and mix the technics without bake.
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