Got Cloth?

#21

Hmm.

Thats a lot to ask for any physics simulation. The only place I have seen it done well is at ILM. Yoda’s little robe was just. . . amazing. I’d hesitate to say Messiah’s solution “sucks” though. I haven’t ever tried doing anything that complex myself but. . . if people buy this tutorial maybe I can spend some time figuring out a solution for your needs. <hint>

From what I have seen of Maya’s “cloth”. . . it is 10000X more complex to set up. You have to actually stitch in patches of geometry. Same for C4D. The examples I have seen on Syflex’s website at first really impressed me but upon closer examination I could see that it wasn’t the “amazing” solution I thought it was. Especially when you look at the price tag.

#22

when do you think the tutorial will be done?

#23

When I’m done editing out the booring bits. :slight_smile:

#24

lol well im working on one too, id rather figure it out then pay someone to do it for me. :slight_smile:

oh and syflex is overrated, I used it extensively in maya and it was a b|tch to implement. So basically, if PMG had this solved or provided a workaround with a combination of existing messiah tools, then they would have a huge one up on the likes of xsi and maya. HUGE. I feel that cloth and SBD are some of the most important tools in char animation today. Hair is another biggie but you can work around hair, cloth on the other hand…

#25

hey wegg :smiley:

awesome teaser, i cant wait :love:

#26

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   It ended up being 43 minutes long @ (800x600).  It walks you though how to use Messiah's Soft Body Dynamics to simulate realistic cloth motion on a dress. Every step of the process is included, especially the final tweaking stages that show you how to avoid glitches and create smooth realistic motion. It is a 56mb download that includes all of the models used in the video as well as beginning and end scene files so that you can work with the video but also see the end results for yourself in Messiah.

Its my first instructional video in a long while so I'm very interested in getting people's feedback before I try and advertise it more.  Any changes I make to it will be included free to anyone who purchases it now.  But it is done!  And I'm happy!  Yay!
#27

gah. . .

First snag.

The php “MAX_UPLOAD_LIMIT” on my server wasn’t set right. Gah!

#28

Hey Wegg, I just purchased, downloaded and watched the first 19 minutes of the video…Awesome job!!! Can’t wait to buy your render instructional video when it’s made available.

#29

Buuuu[size=2]UUUU[size=3][size=2]GPOOOO!!! :scream: said like the chief constable in the Simpson when shouting out McCain

lol, damn you bugpoo, you beat me to it…i was almost was the first to buy it…:deal:

on the vid note. its great i’ll be writing a review warts and all (watch out wegg :twisted: lol jk) tomorrow, so for all you people who arn’t sure hopefully it will help you make up your mind.
also wegg…check your email.

[size=1]ps: dont be a stranger bugpoo, pop back into irc sometime :love:we miss youuuu :cry: :stuck_out_tongue:

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#30

Just finished watching the video and must say it is first rate! All of the
pieces to the puzzle are included and intelligently discussed. If you
want to be able to accomplish softbody solutions in Messiah this is
the ticket. Nice one Wegg and thanks.

Gene

#31

I got some feedback from Layer01 that was very helpful. I had .fxs files instead of .mpj files included and they weren’t finding the correct models causing some confusion. Now things should go much smoother with .mpj. So anyone who has purchased it. . . if your having problems with the included scene then please re-download.

Thank you.

I’m interested in hearing what others think.

#32

:smiley: Your very welcome.

#33

Maybe possible to just post the mpj files? That would help tremendously, thanks.

Gene

#34

what codec do i need for the video? i am not getting any sound.

<edit>nevermind, i got it to work</edit>

thanks

#35

All you need is Quicktime 6 or above.

#36

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