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Flowing cloth

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 8:26 pm
by ianmage1
I'm working on an animation that features a character with a cape. I'm having a difficult time making the cape flow naturally. Here's what I have done:

I used bones and vector movement simultaneously, but it doesn't look natural enough.
Does anyone have any tips on how to animate flowing cloth?

Re: Flowing cloth

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:06 am
by Maxwell

Re: Flowing cloth

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:55 am
by VĂ­ctor Paredes
Offset the keyframes is the key.
I have made some tutorials about this kind of task:

-Short tutorial to animate ropes, clothes, chains, hair, etc
-Waving Flag in AS - Video Tutorial
-Hair waves

If you have ASpro 9, you can check the Jai character. The hair and cape are more complex examples of the same principle.

Re: Flowing cloth

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:57 pm
by ianmage1
Thank you very much! You have the the most clever animation techniques.

Re: Flowing cloth

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:47 pm
by neeters_guy
And don't forget this one by selgin: A dress in the wind (swf and anme file)

Re: Flowing cloth

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:01 pm
by ianmage1
Thanks Selgin! Now it's much better.