Pendulum Tutorials
Kalle shared these great tutorials with me for pendulums. Check them out before you start! Keith Lango videos:
Giant Beach Ball
I know this isn’t great for a ball reference video, but it’s pretty entertaining. Gisel Calvo shared it I’m not sure what I like better: the fact that there’s a giant, random beach ball being dropped in Dallas or the people’s commentary. I especially like the lone “Yay…” *clap clap* when the ball hits [...]
Trajectory
Jan-Marc Heckman shared this with me — good trajectory reference:
Rotation Math
my friend Karoly Matyas made this. It’s a handy reference for sure. In case you’re wondering, 1 maya unit is 1 cm. I think. Don’t quote that. I’m not sure.
Ball bounces. Lots of ‘em.
Before we get to animator-ing, it’s good to look at real motion. I dropped a lot of balls, so we’ll have some variety. Feel free to use it! Really study and breakdown the basics! It carries over to more complex motions.
Tutorial for Rendering Stu
Here’s some links to tutorials of how to set up your shot with nice renders. Really useful, check it out! http://content.screencast.com/users/animationerd/folders/Jing/media/f4698e1c-9af0-4f42-8a22-46318e83f50b/00000002.swf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2BydQ