Return-Path: Received: from homiemail-a10.g.dreamhost.com ([208.97.132.208] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5473422 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 14 May 2014 22:49:27 +0200 Received: from homiemail-a10.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a10.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 230C1280079 for ; Wed, 14 May 2014 13:49:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=influxx.com; h= mime-version:to:message-id:content-type:from:subject:date; s= influxx.com; bh=tM2ZeiNP1jFMCk6D3aWde0Ifg/U=; b=Jzg8gEkQtmBmZ1aY IEaE24lBYkutLHE5YLoiItuEDYXnCt+lpM49UCmZPS4D8U1y1hEiha37mFP4xrXO OWCBrS02ufBHIlljZ9Ze2FBD4KUCAIDTe6aBYSAP4L/uUg16FXWKicQg5rzVXABM 9FyZR5fOGLMb4XTR3h+yGEJUL5k= Received: from [192.168.0.12] (cpe-98-148-138-81.socal.res.rr.com [98.148.138.81]) (Authenticated sender: adam@influxx.com) by homiemail-a10.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id CDA71280077 for ; Wed, 14 May 2014 13:49:25 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) To: After Effects After Effects Mail List Message-Id: <7F5CEA91-24D1-4849-B71D-03C19628BA05@influxx.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1-886570010 From: adam mercado Subject: Conveyor belt in Newton Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 13:49:24 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) --Apple-Mail-1-886570010 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed I need to create a 25 second animation of a conveyor belt with =20 objects being carried along and falling off the end and pilling up on =20= the floor. At first thought it sounds like a job for Newton. It would =20= be easy enough to hand animate the movement along the belt, but =20 getting realistic - or more correctly believable and attractive - =20 motion as the objects pile up would be very time consuming. My question is, for someone who has zero experience with Newton, =20 would the time spent to download, install, learn and produce =20 something be a wash against just doing it by hand once all is said =20 and done. I would need to control certain aspects, as the occasional =20 object is picked up by an operator and place into a box, therefore =20 would not be managed by Newtons physics. Any ideas if this is a path I want to go down. I have to complete =20 this tonight. cheers Adam Mercado Influxx Media Production Fullerton, CA Moving Images. For Business 714=B0928=B09896 http://www.influxx.com http://www.twitter.com/influxx http://www.linkedin.com/in/influxx http://influxx.tumblr.com/archive http://www.flickr.com/photos/influxx --Apple-Mail-1-886570010 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 I need to create a 25 second animation of a conveyor belt with objects = being carried along and falling off the end and pilling up on the floor. = At first thought it sounds like a job for Newton. It would be easy = enough to hand animate the movement along the belt, but getting = realistic - or more correctly believable and attractive - motion as the = objects pile up would be very time consuming.

My = question is, for someone who has zero experience with Newton, would the = time spent to download, install, learn and produce something be a wash = against just doing it by hand once all is said and done. I would need to = control certain aspects, as the occasional object is picked up by an = operator and place into a box, therefore would not be managed by Newtons = physics.

Any ideas if this is a path I want to = go down. I have to complete this = tonight.

cheers


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