From: David Vincent-Jones
Subject: Moving within a scene
Date: 21 Feb 2001 15:41:16
Message: <3a9427ec@news.povray.org>
I am currently using a spline to create a path for animation in a scene...
It would be nice if I could interactively steer my way rather than being
held to a fixed path. Possibly by using key strokes to indicate "a bit more
to the left" etc....
Has anybody some sort of routine that could be used in such a way?
From: Wlodzimierz ABX Skiba
Subject: Re: Moving within a scene
Date: 21 Feb 2001 15:50:24
Message: <3a942a10@news.povray.org>
David Vincent-Jones wrote in message <3a9427ec@news.povray.org>...
> I am currently using a spline to create a path for animation in a scene...>> It would be nice if I could interactively steer my way rather than being> held to a fixed path. Possibly by using key strokes to indicate "a bit more> to the left" etc....>> Has anybody some sort of routine that could be used in such a way?
I think you need modeller.
For example Moray at http://www.stmuc.com/moray/ .
ABX
Hmm... You might be able to create a system where you could render a scene,
then edit another file that when you rerender the scene would read that file
information and adjust the camera accordingly. You would want to keep saving
the images as they came out and renaming them, of course.
David Vincent-Jones wrote:
> I am currently using a spline to create a path for animation in a scene...>> It would be nice if I could interactively steer my way rather than being> held to a fixed path. Possibly by using key strokes to indicate "a bit more> to the left" etc....>> Has anybody some sort of routine that could be used in such a way?
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From: Chris Colefax
Subject: Re: Moving within a scene
Date: 5 Mar 2001 20:18:55
Message: <3aa43aff@news.povray.org>
David Vincent-Jones <geo### [at] galaxynetcom> wrote:
> I am currently using a spline to create a path for animation in a scene...>> It would be nice if I could interactively steer my way rather than being> held to a fixed path. Possibly by using key strokes to indicate "a bit
more
> to the left" etc....>> Has anybody some sort of routine that could be used in such a way?
The Spline Macro File (http://www.geocities.com/ccolefax/spline) allows you
to simply define a list of keypoints. You can then quickly preview (from a
fixed camera point) the path the spline takes through the scene, and easily
shift or add points to adjust the path the way you want. An automatic
animation function is included that will fly the camera along the path -
rendering at low resolution and reduced quality settings should allow you to
preview and adjust the motion path reasonably quickly (if not in realtime).
From: David Vincent-Jones
Subject: Re: Moving within a scene
Date: 6 Mar 2001 12:54:35
Message: <3aa5245b@news.povray.org>
Chris;
I am currently using the nice spline routine (works really well ) but I was
interested to go to the next step where I could really stear a course and
make decisions between each frame .... just like a walk in the garden.
David
"Chris Colefax" <chr### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
news:3aa43aff@news.povray.org...
> David Vincent-Jones <geo### [at] galaxynetcom> wrote:> > I am currently using a spline to create a path for animation in a
scene...
> >> > It would be nice if I could interactively steer my way rather than being> > held to a fixed path. Possibly by using key strokes to indicate "a bit> more> > to the left" etc....> >> > Has anybody some sort of routine that could be used in such a way?>> The Spline Macro File (http://www.geocities.com/ccolefax/spline) allows
you
> to simply define a list of keypoints. You can then quickly preview (from
a
> fixed camera point) the path the spline takes through the scene, and
easily
> shift or add points to adjust the path the way you want. An automatic> animation function is included that will fly the camera along the path -> rendering at low resolution and reduced quality settings should allow you
to
> preview and adjust the motion path reasonably quickly (if not in
realtime).
>>
From: Chris Colefax
Subject: Re: Moving within a scene
Date: 6 Mar 2001 17:33:29
Message: <3aa565b9@news.povray.org>
David Vincent-Jones <geo### [at] galaxynetcom> wrote:
> I am currently using the nice spline routine (works really well ) but I
was
> interested to go to the next step where I could really stear a course and> make decisions between each frame .... just like a walk in the garden.
If you want to do this on a frame-by-frame basis, it might be feasible to
create a utility that will move the camera through a scene interactively,
using POV to render the scene at each point. I suspect the process would be
too slow to be of much use, however! A modeller or non-raytraced preview
seems to be what you're looking for...
com
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