Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #46476
From: adam mercado <adam@influxx.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] Puppet Tool Starch settings
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 16:08:42 -0800
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Hi Chris, yes indeed. I played around with the limited settings. Strangely though, the more I increased the amount, the more distortion it produced. Acting more like a repellent than a freeze.


Adam Mercado
Influxx Media Production
Fullerton, CA




On Nov 7, 2012, at 12:48 PM, Chris Meyer wrote:

The Starch tool does resists the tendency for selected polygons to deform, but it does not completely set them in place (i.e. it's starch, but not concrete).

I assume you've been playing with the Extent number to grab all the polygons around your Starch pin that you need to stiffen, and the Amount to decide how stiff those polygons are?

 - Chris


On Nov 7, 2012, at 12:42 PM, adam mercado wrote:

I'm having a hell of a time getting the puppet tool to work as expected. To my understanding the starch tool should act as means to set selected polys in place, so they do not react to the pin animation. No matter what I do I cannot get the starch to stop all polys from stretching and morphing. 

Is there a secret or a particular technique? Or  should i give up and use another tool. I have a 30 sec character animation to pull off for Friday and so far I've gotten nowhere with this.



 
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