if EI fix the world coordinate to imported model, and “stick” the texture to all group, that would be nice…

Hi, Loon, Richard

yhloon - 08 February 2008 10:08 AM

2. the master material with world coordinate won’t “stick” the texture to the group, richard can’t animate the puzzle with this

True (same as it does not work for models without UVs). Well, we wrote a plug-in to create UV and sent it to you. It’s a freebie so you can share it as you want. Find a minute to read a small doc inside archive

I sent you a private message but the interface show no sent message. I just want to thank you and let you know that I did not receive the plugin.
Where did you send it?

The Igor’s free CreateUV’s plugin can be found here....

http://www.arketypedesign.com/Downloads/CreateUV.zip

Good Luck!

Dave

Hi, Richard

richardjoly - 08 February 2008 06:12 PM

I sent you a private message but the interface show no sent message. I just want to thank you and let you know that I did not receive the plugin.
Where did you send it?

Sent to your address started with … We’ve got a notification mail that you wrote us a message, but we see no it in our inbox here (don’t know why

Works like a charm! So much faster then copy/paste 450 times…

The price to pay is a slow redraw every time you move something when groups are connected to the CreateUVs Plugin.
So, link the groups to the Plugin only when you are ready to render…

http://www.rdn.qc.ca/eias/Jigsaw_Puzzle.mov

Thanks everyone for clearing up that pasting behavior.  I always wondered why the image kept the position sometimes, and other times it realigned.  A very helpful insight.

Love the animation Richard.

And thank you Igors, for more of your collective programming time.  It is very much appreciated.

Yon

Good Job Guys

Hi Richard can you post the animation again it is not working for me well i am in Spain but i think has nothing to do with it.
I am juust curious to see how did u finally get it together.

Not to speak for Richard, but it made it to the user gallery.  It is a nice contribution, and here’s the link.

http://www.eitechnologygroup.com/gallery/image_full/1141/

Thanks dude, for the link. Hey Richard fine animation for your personal work. How did you got all the pieces to fit the puzzle. via deformers… i know you will not tell the secrets but just a tip. cheers.

Thanks Yon for answering, I was taking my yearly bath…

ednumber0, I had a server problem, the original link should work now.

I don’t believe in secrets, I believe in sharing. And in Rodeo…
The animation you see is time reversed and upside down…
I started with the puzzle completed on the table, covered it with a thin “cube”, turned everything upside down including the camera. All the pieces are linked to Rodeo, as I slowly slide the “cube” the pieces start falling down. Uncheck the “cube” in the final render so you don’t see it… Finally you just time reverse the animation in AfterEffects to get the final result. Easy as pie…

The real problem was texturing the 400 pieces as one… Thanks to the Igors, it’s a snap with CreateUVs.

If you want to play with it, tomorrow I will add the project to this thread. It’s not with me right now.

Yearly bath eh!!

Hey i be more than happy to see how did you come out with it i am always been asked to create a an object out of another object or several objects so if you are so kind to chare it that will be so cool. How much do i own you by the way? Are you gonna fedex me the project?

ednumber0, I had lost the final Project so I built a smaller one with a similar setup.
You can go a lot fancier with this but it will give you the basic idea.

The “secret” behind the jigsaw puzzle animation: http://www.rdn.qc.ca/eias/JigsawSmall.jpg

The project to study and play with: http://www.rdn.qc.ca/eias/Jigsaw.zip

After rendering I reversed the time in AfterEffects so it plays backward, dropping the pieces on the table.

Enjoy!