[Steve Roberts] "A 3D application would have been used. Not only is it difficult to bend things in 3D space with After Effects, doing it at that scale would be impossible."
I just love when someones work gets me thinking. Especially when things are impossible to do :) and if you know me, than you know that I just love taking the impossible and converting it procedurally to doeable :)
Of course I guess that 3D app would be much much easier, if not the only right and elegant choice, although it doesn't mean it cannot be done in AE.
It so happens that my disk array just died, I lost 4TB of data. I'm restoring it roght now, so I do have some spare time to scratch my head about this :)
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