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#Wrinkles and Heaps

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#12480From: alec jasonApr 14, 1992 3:32 AM

Martin, Can you (or anyone else) anyone kindly suggest a method of creating wrinkled bed sheets and jumpled up clothing? I'm working on a homicide case and there are many items of clothing laying around the house. Thanks, Alec Jason

#12482From: Evan Yares [WeirdTM]Apr 14, 1992 7:45 AM

Will WAVES work? Evan

#12530From: alec jasonApr 14, 1992 6:44 PM

Evan, I don't think ripple will work. I want stationary, non-moving wrinkles. Thanks anyway. Alec Jason

#12603From: Yost GroupApr 15, 1992 10:41 AM

Alec, the Ripple and Waves programs don't need to create morph animations. Just set the # of Morphs field to 1 to apply a ripple or wave to an object. (It creates a new object.) Waves lets you apply two opposing waves to an object. You could then apply a ripple to the resultant object for…a really messed-up object? Another possiblity is to go for the stylized look: Use flat, cut-out objects and apply texture maps of wrinkled clothing. Or…you could try the technique with the criss-crossed "tree" and "bush" objects. There are a couple of examples of these on the CDROM called Tree, or Plant, or something. You create a profile object of the crumpled clothes as seen from the side, clone the profile (after first applying a texture map) 90 degrees so you have a cross-shaped object. (This is easier to see by just looking at the examples on the CDROM.) Have I made myself clear? – Jack

#12648From: alec jasonApr 15, 1992 4:10 PM

Jack, Thanks very much. I'm going to play around with your suggestions. Thanks again, Alec Jason

#12488From: Yost GroupApr 14, 1992 10:17 AM

Alec, The best way to do wrinkles is to use a bump map. You can see this technique used on the bedspread in Gene Bodio's BEDROOM sequence of images. Of course, this won't actually wrinkle the geometry, but it'll look extremely realistic (unless you want to get right up and touch the wrinkles). Jumbled-up clothing is another story… We've actually been working on a PXP IPAS program that does a fractal "crumple" on any object. If you want to send me a couple items of clothing I'll use them to test our new routine and send them back to you. Just zip them up and email them over. – G

#12531From: alec jasonApr 14, 1992 6:44 PM

Thanks Gary, I'll look into Gene's technique. Which bump map do you suggest? Thanks for the offer of help but I haven't created any garments yet. I'm not sure I need them at this point but keep your .pxp's warmed up. How come you left out mesh clothing items from the CD-ROM? I was hoping for the entire Gap collection. Alec Jason

#12598From: Yost GroupApr 15, 1992 10:10 AM

For decent bedspread wrinkles, I'd paint a "squiggle" in Animator Pro as a white line against a black field, and use that as a bump map. Try it and experiment! – G PS: Clothing is tough!