What is it?
Zoetropes is a 2D image sequence which is overlaid on top animation to create the illusion that it is in the 3D scene
Why do we use it?
We use when we want to create an effect quickly, that adds to the scene but isn’t the main focal point.
How are they used?
In animation, film, ontop of 2d and 3d work.
- Use hardware render then arnold – quicker
- lambert material
- Duplicate to make 3D – takes less time
- Offset the timing on explosion and transparency
- Select node to animate
- Link explosion colour
- Break the transparency
- Play around with the speed
- colour file
- Alpha matt – Black and white
- Highest transparency
- .exr or .iff
- Make sure the cameras are telling a story
Ideas of zoetropes to use in Festival Project:
- Fire explosion
- Smoke
I added in some zoetropes to the scene to see if I could get some fun special effects. I followed he recorded lecture and was able to get a result. However, when I rendered a still to see how it would look, the zoetrope didn’t seem to show very well. I need to either find a solution if I have time or I will have to exclude the zoetropes. This would e a shame but learning all these areas is time consuming. I need to prioritise the blocking in this project.
