Animation

[LydiaGriffiths]

Hi Everyone,

I'm really struggling trying to make fly throughs i've got to make about 4/5 at 3 or so minutes each. Does anyone know if this is doable in just over a week??? I can't find any tutorials that explain how to do it from the starting point... really struggling and would appreciate anyones advice/help on how to do this, v v stressed 

Best,
Lydia

[Oshyan]

The basic principle is pretty simple and is outlined in the documentation linked to previously. GeekAtPlay also has a tutorial set specifically on animating in Terragen. This is the video where he animates the camera, but it will make most sense if you review the documentation first:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmoIjmGdIvU&list=PLaH1PMiI_7AgiL0ftCYEvdcIWstRgrllL&index=22&t=0s

And then some example of how to adjust curves (i.e. motion trajectory, speed, smoothness) with the animation curves editor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ6L13FprcQ&list=PLaH1PMiI_7AgiL0ftCYEvdcIWstRgrllL&index=24&t=0s

And this video shows how to use the animation output:
https://youtu.be/a-AySNpIpaA?t=566

However I would say that if you are trying to learn this from scratch and create *multiple* animations *and* render them within just a week's time, that's probably not feasible. It will take time to learn, test, and get high quality results. And then render time alone (unless you have access to a render farm and/or funds to pay for time on one) will probably make this a challenge as well.

- Oshyan

[Oshyan]

And the animation guide in the docs: http://planetside.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Terragen_4_Animation_Guide

- Oshyan