Return-Path: Received: from mail-yk0-f177.google.com ([209.85.160.177] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5473431 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 14 May 2014 23:02:36 +0200 Received: by mail-yk0-f177.google.com with SMTP id 19so125928ykq.8 for ; Wed, 14 May 2014 14:02:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=ECbttV4d5JaMrQ8CWhn5GTkyj4JdqaiaL2KtQjMh0rE=; b=m6ZYJg4xpU7dsk516uAn1S0KYbfQ8owD6SGdw7CnR2nEJNIOsYuSdwoVG7FIb0Qa3G 2MPJuN/MhyWBaZtmgUGh4+wyk2XwNDw8zu6vjG2G4zqgL4eN55iBaVUBNaKuUTwb9d+x mlrjDi7Fu8I+OQmTOYu1EWjLRoGPIxAn6IWVkMJKt0fff0BfKqYR32tDFXhLdA0H2xel N6JlDO7G1kc7POffaB9iOKK1oUG7hZNbZKTC1eReBKYAP9lLwuyJZe+zqapGb5GcZxs9 GDhRcEapRX+8bPf+lGy87asE2fzSQGT2KTeuaZZybVP50BUcvpKBaLpokm1xCqziOaL+ kZ3g== X-Received: by 10.236.1.36 with SMTP id 24mr157043yhc.45.1400101354375; Wed, 14 May 2014 14:02:34 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.170.76.134 with HTTP; Wed, 14 May 2014 14:01:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Teddy Gage Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 17:01:46 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Conveyor belt in Newton To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1133db94e08ed204f9627f93 --001a1133db94e08ed204f9627f93 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable yes, definitely. But maybe try it with the demo first before you purchase. But it is extremely intuitive (despite a few small quirks). An hour's worth of tuts and maybe 20 minutes of setup and this would be done. Not to mention a tax write off. And a crazy fun sandbox toy... As for the robot - even that could be completely managed by newton physics - as newton 2.0 has a pretty rad magnetics engine, and very robust constraint, pulley and joints systems. They also have excellent support and tutorials. And I'm always happy to answer questions. -TG On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:49 PM, adam mercado wrote: > 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 th= e > 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 > > *Adam Mercado* > Influxx Media Production > Fullerton, CA > > Moving Images. For Business > *714=C2=B0928=C2=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 > > > > > > --=20 _____________________________ VFX & Motion Graphic Artist teddygage dot com --001a1133db94e08ed204f9627f93 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
yes, definitely. But maybe try it with the demo first befo= re you purchase. But it is extremely intuitive (despite a few small quirks)= . An hour's worth of tuts and maybe 20 minutes of setup and this would = be done. Not to mention a tax write off. And a crazy fun sandbox toy...
As for the robot - even that could be completely managed by = newton physics - as newton 2.0 has a pretty rad magnetics engine, and very = robust constraint, pulley and joints systems. They also have excellent supp= ort and tutorials. And I'm always happy to answer questions.=C2=A0
-TG


On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:49 PM, adam mercado <= adam@influxx.com&= gt; wrote:
I need to create a 25 second animation of a conveyor belt with objects bein= g carried along and falling off the end and pilling up on the floor. At fir= st 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 corre= ctly believable and attractive - motion as the objects pile up would be ver= y time consuming.

My question is, for someone who has zero experience with New= ton, 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 t= o complete this tonight.

cheers

Adam Mercado
Influxx Media Production
Fullerton,= CA

Moving Images. For Business
714= =C2=B0928=C2=B09896



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