Vehicle Turn Using Smart Bones

[drumlug13]

Meet Woody, Harry Trigger's trusty steed.

I used a smart bone to make the turn from profile to front. It's got a little bounce in the layers but I think it comes across with a bit more of a hand drawn effect to it. I guess I need to go ahead and make a back view so it can turn a full 360. I could've sworn that Smart Bones could animate layer ordering, but I was having issues with it. It would be a lot easier to turn the car all the way around if it did though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLCQ22t_uWM

[madrobot]

SMart bones can't influence layer order (yet) even though it looks like it does. Use Zdepth instead.

[drumlug13]

Ahhhhhhh-HA! That is what I'll do. Excellent idea Sir.

[2ner]

Very nice. Makes me think of Cruella DeVille's car.

[AmigaMan]

That works very well, especially moving around the 3/4 view. Impressive.

[neeters_guy]

Awfully clever.

[madrobot]

Try tiny (imperceptible) Zdepth values, 0.001 order of magnitude
(I can't take credit for this tip, it's all Chucky)

[daney7g]

Nice, the car depth seemed a bit variable but i thought it look really good.

[drumlug13]

Thanks Gents...

Daney ... THANK YOU!!! I meant to mention that. In the Smart Bones Action, I had corrected that by squash/stretching with the Transform Tool. But apparently that doesn't translate to the mainline. Of course I didn't catch that until it was uploaded. I need to go back into the Action and re-size everything with the scale points tool.