Real Time Mesh DisplacementBrian Escribano |
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 I finished another plug-in for Maya back in November that will displace a polygon's vertices in real time. The plug-in moves the vertices in their normal direction based off a grey-scale 2D texture. The node is based off a deformer which will allow a change in the set membership. During each frame, the active vertices in the set membership will have their UV coordinates queried based off a given UV Map. Then, using the color input of the displace Mesh Node, a color is retrieved that will be used to displace the vertices in their normal direction. Currently the node only works with 2D textures, which does include image sequences. In the example video all the polygon meshes has a high density for a more accurate representation of the 2D texture. the example in the bottom right corner is 150 by 150 vertices. Get the Flash Player to see this player. JavaScript is also needed to see this player. Please email me or use the comment section for any questions or praises :) Trackbacks
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Have not decided if I'm going to release the plug-in yet. Time has pulled me away from working more on the plug-in. The original concept was to have RGB different channels affect the mesh differently. Came across the problem of different normal lengths and facing 180 degrees backwards which caused abnormal strengths and placement with the colors. Works fine when dealing with the overall color affecting the normal direction only
This is a great plugin. I am currently studying architecture and this would be great to involve within my project if you would be interested in sending to me I willl guarantee that you will be given full credit and acknowlegement for this for final exhibition clearly marked.
look forward to your reply.
Karl
Sorry it taking so long to get back to you. I been packing my house in preparation to move to CA for a new job. Please email me your ideas in May and we an talk further.
great plugin, ideal for character displacement animation.. faking simple cloth simulation, blend one face to another throgh bendshape + displacement...
could you give a beta? for testing?
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