Help: How to warp a plane so it looks like a piece of paper


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Help: How to warp a plane so it looks like a piece of paper
by Eric Goldstein on Nov 25, 2008 at 6:43:57 pm

Hi,

I need to warp the contents of a plane so it looks like a piece of paper floating in the air. I'd like to be able to curve the edges of the "paper."

Any thoughts on how to do this?

Thanks,

Eric

Eric Goldstein
Giraffe Film Company
Los Angeles
eric@giraffefilm.com

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Re: Help: How to warp a plane so it looks like a piece of paper
by Dave LaRonde on Nov 25, 2008 at 6:56:22 pm

It sounds like you'd appreciate a plugin from Zaxwerks called 3D Warps, which does this very thing.

Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA

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Re: Help: How to warp a plane so it looks like a piece of paper
by Ty Audronis on Nov 25, 2008 at 6:58:44 pm

Damn, beat me to it!

Yep. Zax is the key.

Ty Audronis

Supervising Editor, California Academy of Sciences/Morrison Planetarium

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Re: Help: How to warp a plane so it looks like a piece of paper
by Eric Goldstein on Nov 25, 2008 at 7:33:27 pm

Dave and Ty, Thanks for the advice.

Eric

Eric Goldstein
Giraffe Film Company
Los Angeles
eric@giraffefilm.com

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Re: Help: How to warp a plane so it looks like a piece of paper
by Darby Edelen on Nov 26, 2008 at 5:15:29 am

This can also be partially accomplished using Bezier Warp and some fancy expressions. I would still recommend Zaxwerks as it's more robust. However, if you're hurting for a solution I might be able to provide a cheaper alternative... don't worry, it still looks good... most of the time ;) It takes a fair amount of set up and keyframing to get good motion.

Darby Edelen

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