making roots grow


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making roots grow
by visualizer on Mar 8, 2006 at 5:30:16 am

Hi,

I have just started a project where I have to make roots grow. I am running Maya 5 unlimited. Any and all ideas will be much appreciated.

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Re: making roots grow
by Steve Sayer on Mar 9, 2006 at 3:36:57 pm

Paint Effects is perfect for this, as long as you don't need any extreme close-ups of the roots themselves.

If you do need close-ups, maybe model one or two roots, keeping history on to animate diameter and length and so on, and use Paint Effects for the rest of the roots in the background.

-Steve

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Re: making roots grow
by Jon W. on Mar 10, 2006 at 6:21:01 am

Yes Paint Effects or X-frog (3rd party plug-in) would do the trick

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Re: making roots grow
by visualizer on Mar 11, 2006 at 4:15:23 am

Hi Jon W.
What exactly is X-frog and how do I get it and how does it work? Is it a plug-in to Maya?

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