Creating an Animated Paper Folding Effect in Maya
Throughout this Maya tutorial, we'll learn the process of how to create a paper folding animation. Software required: Maya 2015, After Effects.
What you'll learn
Throughout this Maya tutorial, we'll learn the process of how to create a paper folding animation. Utilizing Maya's Geometry cache we'll run a dynamic deformer, nCloth simulations and vertex animation to get the look we want. We'll go through how to manipulate, duplicate and edit our Geometry cache files. We'll also talk about how we can control our render times and plan ahead for working on a render farm. Once you've completed this Maya training, you'll not only know how to achieve this result but you'll also understand how you can optimize it to meet any deadline. Software required: Maya 2015, After Effects.
Table of contents
- Project Goals and Techniques 9m
- Working in Correct Units of Scale and Modeling Overview 10m
- Modeling Techniques for a Low Poly Corvette 10m
- Extracting, Triangulating and Extruding Our Corvette 11m
- Laying out the UVs for Our Buildings and Corvette 9m
- Setting up the Paper Texture 11m
- Setting up Our nCloth Simulation 11m
- Animating Our nCloth Settings 10m
- Adding Vertex Animation to Our Buildings 9m
- Adding Jiggle Deformer to Our Final Cache File 12m
- Setting up Our Final Cache Files 12m
- Importing Our Cached Models 10m
- Timing out Our Animation 11m
- Setting up Our Scene for Rendering 10m
- Final Compositing 6m
About the author
Christopher Sosa is an Artist/Animator for Fox Television Station in Tampa Florida. He has been working as a 3D artist for over 8 years with experience in film, litigation animation, and motion graphics. Christopher received his BFA from International Academy of Design and Technology in 2005. Over the years, Christopher has developed a broad skill-set that ranges from compositing and rigging, to 3D animation and motion graphics. He currently lives in Tampa, Florida with his wife and two beautifu... more