Looks very convincing! May I see the code?
thanks,
.d


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Simen Kvaal <sim### [at] studentmatnatuiono> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> I recall seeing a cg-animation on a tv show a couple of years ago; when 3d
> computer animation was still a new and hot topic. It was a cylinder
bending
> over, finally touching the ground. I have used some time trying to
recreate
> that magic (!) moment, using triangle meshes, blobs, unions of cylinders
> et.c., but none came as close as this. It contains some simple yet clever
> (in my opinion) maths to create and animate the object, which is rather
> simple.
>
> The animation takes place in a not-too-interesting environment, (read: a
> checkered plane), but the blurred reflection looks quite good reflecting a
> well-defined pattern.
>
> By the way: has anyone yet tried to animate blurred reflection? Is this
the
> first post of that kind?
>
> I think this was enough rambling about such a simple animation.
>
> Simen.
>
>
>
>

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