Cloud "boiling" cheat example

[JimB]

Just an X or Z or both translation using the Transform shader, and slightly change the Warp of the cloud fractal over time using keyframes.  It's really straightforward.

[rcallicotte]

Okay.

If you say so.   

It's really straightforward.

[JimB]

If you say so.   

I do 

New version, full 100 frames AVI, available for download from here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L4P5O7M8
I need to extend the keyframes well beyond 0 and 101 as there's a smidgeon of ease-in and ease-out.

[dhavalmistry]

very nice work....I love it...

for the easing problem....you  can render extra frames in the beginning and at the end  and you can cut them out in a video editing program....

since we are on video editing subject...how do you compile the video from bunch of jpgs???...and what program do you use??...I am not very good at editing...

[Matt]

for the easing problem....you  can render extra frames in the beginning and at the end  and you can cut them out in a video editing program....

Without actually rendering those unused frames, I hope     In Project Settings you can set the first frame to be a negative number, and then it's easy to set keyframes there even if you only render from 1 onwards.

Matt

[JimB]

for the easing problem....you  can render extra frames in the beginning and at the end  and you can cut them out in a video editing program....

Without actually rendering those unused frames, I hope     In Project Settings you can set the first frame to be a negative number, and then it's easy to set keyframes there even if you only render from 1 onwards.

Which is kind of what I did  (0, 1, 100, 101) and rendered 1-100.    Next time it'll be (-101, -100, 200, 201) and render 1-100.

since we are on video editing subject...how do you compile the video from bunch of jpgs???...and what program do you use??...I am not very good at editing...

I used XSI's flipbook app to view the sequence, and exported it from there as an AVI. The original frames were EXR's, so you might notice differences in exposure and gamma between the different versions (I can't help myself, sorry - must fiddle).

[Tangled-Universe]

It's time for Planetside to add a "animation of the month" section on their site

[rcallicotte]

You've done a fine job, JimB.

[Lucio]

It's time for Planetside to add a "animation of the month" section on their site

I would wait the multithreaded features to do that.. or we'll finish in an "animation of the year" section

Great work Jim, very convincing animated clouds