texturing an animation file....

[audim]

convert the avi-file to a image-sequence and create a file-texture in maya. Then make keyframes for the file-extensions.

[YellYellYell]

Hello,
Hey I've leraned it yesterday.
I'v found a coll tutorial on
http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/Community/Learn/how_tos/rendering/animated_texture_files/

Its realy important that you use files with the filenumber after the extention, not before.
In Maya you must delete the filenumber after the extention. But you can find it in the Tutorial.

But I also didn't found the method to use an avi-file.

Have fun.

[DesignDawg]

Using a movie for texturing, you still have to animate the frame number.

I recommend writing a little script for it.

Something like

movie1.frameExtension=frame

is simple enough. If you need to offset it by a certain number of frames, say, 20, just make it

movie1.frameExtension=(frame+20)

Have a blast.

Ricky

[Ckerr812]

Originally posted by DesignDawg
Using a movie for texturing, you still have to animate the frame number.

I recommend writing a little script for it.

Something like

movie1.frameExtension=frame

is simple enough. If you need to offset it by a certain number of frames, say, 20, just make it

movie1.frameExtension=(frame+20)

Have a blast.

Ricky

umm..that would be called an expression not a script.

Anyways, yes, you have to have frame number extensions on the images, (so convert your avi to a sequence) then you can keyframe the frames in the attribute editor. Or write an expression in the expression editor if you need to offset frames.

[CgEye]

Thanx a lot guys. i got the hold of it.
i did what audim said and it works perfectly.
:)

[DesignDawg]

Originally posted by Ckerr812

umm..that would be called an expression not a script.

WTF ever. OUCH. You got me so hard. :rolleyes:

Ricky

[Ckerr812]

Originally posted by DesignDawg
WTF ever. OUCH. You got me so hard. :rolleyes:

Ricky

umm..I' m not trying to "get" anyone?

Try to keep your issues to yourself please, no ones out to get you..lol

[k2skier]

design dawg thanks for helping out with the explanation of the little expression I was having a small little problem with getting an avi file to play.

thanks!

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