Speed Animation "Bouncing Ball"

[BiG ToE-3DT]

_Bouncing Ball_

We are starting off small to get this right. As we see where everyone’s skill level is, the comps will get harder. Now, on to the comp.

The idea,
A ball of some sort (could be a ping pong, racket ball, basket ball, baseball) sitting on a ledge, or not. An invisible force knocks the ball of the ledge to a platform underneath. There is no life to this ball; you just animate what you think this would look like. Can be 2d or 3d, that’s up to you. You don’t have to stick to this, it’s just an idea to get you started. Ball needs to bounce at least 5 times.
_Rules_

- The due date is April 28th, a Friday. Voting will be on that Saturday the 29th.

- Maximum animation length is 10 seconds.

- Recommended screen resolution in 320x240 (you can do 640x480 if you want, but why would you).

- You can post W.I.P.s but you are only allowed one complete entry. That link is also final. No redos.

- Websites where you post your finals is up to you.

- Remember, it's about animation, use your time for animation, not to get the best render possible, unless you can afford it.

- Use of plug-ins/modifiers is allowed. But should be mostly key framed (hand animated)

- Try to use Quicktime or Divx if possible. If you can, make a gif.


- Voting will be as follows -

Pick your favorite animation and state why.

First Place-

Second Place-

Third Place-

I understand a bouncing ball isn’t hard and it shouldn’t take 5 days to animate, but we got to start somewhere.


Next week, we kick it up a notch.


Good luck!


BiG ToE

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g129/DJBiGToE/BankHeadBallBounce.gif

[martimus]

excellent. what a great way to start! nice and simple!

[3Dvirus]

i'm going to make mi frist ball :D

[Jorg40]

www.putfile.com

This is nice place to have movie files on. They are streaming so you dont have to download.

[arneoog]

Well, here is my bouncing ball! :D
Click here (http://www.elqx.com/bouncing_ball.mpg)
I couldn't make it QuickTime or DivX :( but it's a MPG :)
There's something weird with the link so you have to click the it two times

Created in Maya, just used normal key-framing on a NURBS sphere

[martimus]

hey arneoog, nice effort!

it looks very squigy, maybe a bit to squigy to be able to bounce that much.

also remember the brief, it has to fall off a ledge.

im going to give it ago tomorrow when i have some more time

[arneoog]

Doh! hehe
I read everything but probably forgot it while animating, hehe.

Well then I just have to make anotherone! :D

[3Dvirus]

it's prouving more tricky then it sounds to animate a ball,had a couple of attempts but non is looking real enough,i'll try harder

[3Dvirus]

arneoog,your ball looks like it stood in the sun too much :D,good efort hope to see more from you soon

[arneoog]

Thanks guys!
I've started on a new one, and this time I'm creating it exactly as I'm supose to!
I might get it finish later today! :D

[BiG ToE-3DT]

also remember the brief, it has to fall off a ledge.


The brief says, falls of a ledge, or not. So falling from nothing is ok. The ledge just gives the animator somewhere to start.

[al3x]

hey anyone haz another site for hosting my animatzion coess i cant find out hou to make an account there :.putfile.com I dont know why ?:( pls

[Jorg40]

Google was my friend, again! :o
http://www.vimeo.com

From LifeHacker.Com
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OURMEDIA.ORG Stores videos in the Internet Archive, which is intended to be a permanent online trove. www.ourmedia.org

PHANFARE $6.95 monthly fee covers unlimited video posting, but individual videos may not exceed 10 megabytes. www.phanfare.com

VIMEO Circles of friends and family members can easily keep up with and comment on one another’s clips. www.vimeo.com

YOUTUBE Site keeps track of most-viewed, most-discussed and best-rated videos; organizes similar clips into “channels,” like sports or humor. www.youtube.com

[3Dvirus]

that is very helpfull Jorg40,thank you

[XYZ]

Here is mine, It has small size, so everyone can download/watch it, It took me like 20-30 mins to animate , doing tests etc. I'm not 100% happy with the results,, but it is not that bad. I didn't use reactor, that would be like cheating right?

:*poly: NOTE : hit right Click and download, otherwise it gets stuck, dont know why, just 250 kb.

www.bgraphik.rgbspace.com/ball.avi

[BiG ToE-3DT]

photobucket has a new video upload that is free to use, and is easy to registar.

[al3x]

heres mine
about 20 min 4 all
max 8
movie (http://clips2.vimeo.com/video_files/2006/04/24/vimeo.101059.f73ac3.avi)

[arneoog]

Here's my new animation! :)
Click Here (http://www.elqx.com/bouncing.mpg)
There's something weird with the link so you have may to click it two times

It's almost two hours of key-framing in Maya... :blah:

I'm really happy with the result, hehe ;P

[BiG ToE-3DT]

XYZ: that is what I had in mind. Guess I'll have to do something else.

[3Dvirus]

i like it XYZ,looks pretty natural

[al3x]

Lol finnaly got my litle movie puted all right this is my first time that I put a file in an external hosting site :D anywai go up to see my litle movie ^ ^

[al3x]

arneoog ...ur's looks best fro my opinion

[3Dvirus]

arneoog it's slow motion...i like how it deformes,but...since i'm a complete beginer in animation you should not take my comments to serious :D

[arneoog]

Wow, Thanks Al3x!
Yours and XYZ are very nice too!

Hehe, 3Dvirus, sorry :shy: heh

[martimus]

xyz i really like yours, very natural i think you got the speed of the bounce quite good.

the tennis ball one, what a good idea! talk about thinking out of the box. something like that never even occured to me!

arneoog very nice, though i think it bounces a little too slow

by the way arneoog, the link works fine, i only had to click on it once

[BiG ToE-3DT]

arneoog, it is nice, but like others have said it seems to bounce too slow. Another thing you might want to look at is the ending motion. It starts off moving across the screen, at the end it kinda just stops in its tracks. It should keep right on going. Right of the left side of the screen.

[arneoog]

Thanks, martimus :)
I agree with it being a bit slow... well, well...

It's better to have a warning there on the link than to not have it there, right? :hmm:
Maybe someone got the same problem...

isn't it to late to do anything with that now, BiG ToE-3DT?

[al3x]

here's my new animation
I've called it pingball :roll: :roll: :crazyclick here (http://clips2.vimeo.com/video_files/2006/04/24/vimeo.101179.ab6ff6.avi) :

[BiG ToE-3DT]

isn't it to late to do anything with that now, BiG ToE-3DT?


True it is too late for the contest, but not for furture bouncing ball.

[3Dvirus]

al3x love the ideea,but you should make some think in the right side...where the ball bounces "violently" cause it couldn't bounce like that of the simple wall.

[al3x]

here's my last animatzion for today ..It has been fun to animate a ball:))
animatzion 3 (http://clips2.vimeo.com/video_files/2006/04/24/vimeo.101227.0589ea.avi)

[XYZ]

XYZ: that is what I had in mind. Guess I'll have to do something else.


dont change yours, i'm sure they will be different, is too hard to make two animations the same way, even if they both are soccer balls or something.

[3Dvirus]

Here is my attempt of a basketball.
http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i259/hulpesergiu/?action=view&current=basketball.flv
done in 3ds max 8,key frame animation.About 1 hour of work(not including testing)

[DerekSc]

Hi all!
Looking forward to seeing everyone's work in the future, hope this forum grows like crazy! Good work done by all so far, nice to see the interest is there.
Here is my entry:
ballbounce_ds.mov (http://www.schafferworld.com/movies/ballbounce_ds.mov)
Done in Maya 7, used a squash modifier on it, but everything was keyed by hand (graph editors could be mans greatest invention). Movie is in Quicktime, built with Premiere. All in all, took about an hour for the whole thing.
C&Cs are more than welcome. :evil: / :halo:

[3Dvirus]

wow DerekSc that looks very real...i think it's the best one so far

[al3x]

3d virus I like u'r basket ball sceen but u could make the dummy jump at the basket ,no? its also a litle funny ..cheers
DerekSc man that's nice it's like u've done it with reactor nice :D I like it

[martimus]

very nice derek, just the right amount of bounce and roll, well done!

[gan3d]

Hi, here is my first entry. A multi-color ball is dropped from above and guess what this is what happens =).

Software: MaYa 7
Time: 40mins ( modeling and animation )

BOUNCE.AVI (http://www.sreerang.com/bounce.avi) (Divx 91kb file)
(Right Click + Save Target As to save the file and view)

_

[martimus]

wow gan3d great animation!

[BiG ToE-3DT]

I'm seeing some great work in here. That makes me happy.

[DerekSc]

Thanks for the comments everyone!
Nice job gan3d, well done!

[Jorg40]

If I get my Max working in any moment I will be sure to render and post mine.

[al3x]

dereck hi 5 , i like u're litle animatzion ,is it full hand animated ?

BTW can anyone tell me pls why my reactor give's me issues? it tellls me that it has an error about some pxel of some sourds If anyone know anithing about or wanna know more about my problem pls go to the help animation ;) 10x

[BiG ToE-3DT]

dereck hi 5 , i like u're litle animatzion ,is it full hand animated ?

BTW can anyone tell me pls why my reactor give's me issues? it tellls me that it has an error about some pxel of some sourds If anyone know anithing about or wanna know more about my problem pls go to the help animation ;) 10x


I dont have a clue, I dont use reactor. But if I was you, I would hand animate this. I know I said plugs could be used, but it was mainly for modifiers. If you let a simulation animate everything for you, then it's no fun, plus you wont learn anything.

[RipeX]

This is my entry, and my second post on this forum.
http://clips2.vimeo.com/video_files/2006/04/25/vimeo.102372.799421.avi ( 155 kb )

Time: 35 min
Software: 3D Studio Max 8

[Jorg40]

Looks good! (Ser bra ut det der ^^)

And welcome this forums, and nice to see you got interest in the Animation forums!
Hope you will hang along!

[XYZ]

Dereck and ripeX, the most realistic so far are your animation, better than mine :D

Big toe 3dt: can I try a second time?

[Wormin8or]

Ball needs to bounce at least 5 times.



OK, now correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that all of the animations submitted so far have met this criteria. How stringent a rule is this? Considering there aren't many restrictions, I would have thought that it would be easy to meet this target.

Anyway, I'll try and add something to the mix. It would be nice to start on the first challenge and progress as they do.

[DerekSc]

dereck hi 5 , i like u're litle animatzion ,is it full hand animated ?


Thanks Al3x. Yep, the whole thing is keyed by hand. The main thing was modifying the tangents in the graph editor: two keys for the rotation and forward motion, and modify the tangents so they both slow down exponentially over time. That and breaking the tangents on the vertical axis for the bounce part so they form a "V". I've included a small shot of my graph editor for the group (a picture is worth a thousand words and all that). Default for Maya is that Y is the vertical axis (Z in Max).

I haven't used Reactor (or Maya's Dynamics for that matter) in about a year... tried to do a cape, ended up like a toga. :P Sorry I can't help you on your issue.

(BiG ToE: let me know if you don't want the picture in here and I'll delete it)

[al3x]

I dont have a clue, I dont use reactor. But if I was you, I would hand animate this. I know I said plugs could be used, but it was mainly for modifiers. If you let a simulation animate everything for you, then it's no fun, plus you wont learn anything.

lol. I allways use hand animating coess reactor it's not only giving me issues it's stops max 8 ,an I have to get out of the program with the all useful alt+ctrl+del :))so I cant use it ... but to explode a wall or another kind of animating ....anyway thanx ;)

[al3x]

DerekSc k man , now i've tried to animate using graph but got confuze but now ill give it a trie then another :)

[BiG ToE-3DT]

(BiG ToE: let me know if you don't want the picture in here and I'll delete it)

Keep it, thats what this comp is all about.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

lol. I allways use hand animating coess reactor it's not only giving me issues it's stops max 8 ,an I have to get out of the program with the all useful alt+ctrl+del :))so I cant use it ... but to explode a wall or another kind of animating ....anyway thanx ;)


Oh, have you tried installing the sp2 for max 8. I hear it has a few fixes, one might fix your problem.

[RipeX]

Jorg40 and XYZ: Thank you! :o

[al3x]

Oh, have you tried installing the sp2 for max 8. I hear it has a few fixes, one might fix your problem.


nope :o 10x

[Yvansteiner]

the SP3 for max8 is on autodesk site

[gan3d]

martimus , DerekSc thanks for the comment.
Well i see very few entries so far...i know subject is very easy but common guys we can still do a lot more...

_

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Big toe 3dt: can I try a second time?

You can do more than one.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

OK, now correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that all of the animations submitted so far have met this criteria. How stringent a rule is this? Considering there aren't many restrictions, I would have thought that it would be easy to meet this target.

Anyway, I'll try and add something to the mix. It would be nice to start on the first challenge and progress as they do.


You might be right, having a ball bounce 5 times maybe to hard. But I think I'll wait to see what other people come up with. Plus when its time to vote, it comes down to what others like the best.

[al3x]

Yvansteiner 10x 4 the notice ;) I didn't knew

[STAVREV]

Hey guys .Nice that you start with a bouncing ball.Some people would say it is simple.In fact it is.But the question is "How good can you make it" ?

I will start tonight and just wanna wish you all good luck

Peace

[Yvansteiner]

It's my animation ,100% keyframe, with 3dsmax 8
See it here (http://clips2.vimeo.com/video_files/2006/04/26/vimeo.103605.16bef3.mov)

[Yvansteiner]

say what you think of

[Wormin8or]

I think that a 16.6Mb .mov file is unlikely to get comments. I suggest that you consider compressing your animation so people are more likely to have a look.

[al3x]

Yvansteiner I kant download your file man :(

[Wormin8or]

Well, here's my entry for this week. A very simple affair in 2D with a nice colour scheme ;P . There's a little bit of derformation, but I'm not sure if it needs to be more exaggerated to show up.

Anyway, enjoy

[STAVREV]

Wormin8or, more exaggerated is definetly what you need...

Take care

[Yvansteiner]

Ok guy, sorry for the 17mo Video, so that's the link to the new (127Ko)
It's here (http://clips2.vimeo.com/video_files/2006/04/26/vimeo.103760.b340e9.avi)

[DerekSc]

say what you think of

It looks nice, but I would use your space a little better (the bottom half of the screen isn't used at all... it would cut down on the file size too).
The bounces need to be more pronounced I think. The ball seems to decelerate when it gets near the ground (the graph should look more like a V and less like a U).
The sudden take off at the end is a little funny too, but otherwise, good job.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Everyone is having all the fun, so I'm jumping in too.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g129/DJBiGToE/TheBounce.gif

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Max 8 sp3 if anyone thinks they may need it.

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=7176150&linkID=5573345

[KL-Maverick]

Here's my entry done in Maya. LINK !! (http://www.kal3d.co.uk/KAL_ballFor3DT.mov)

I decided to render it and I did use the ledge concept bigtoe stated. I wanted to try that out. So my ball falls from a platform and bounces.

I'm glad the comp is back up, thanks to Martimus and others for pushing.

And yes I will remove the signature.

Keep it up guys!

Before I forget, this movie file is 320 x 240, however it displays @ 480x360. I dont know why. If you 'Save As' and play in quicktime on your hard drive, under show movie info you will notice that the normal size = 320x240.

It just Plays back @ 480x360 the browser. Again dont know why.
Overall the file is only 95k and compressed nicely.

Take care all.

[gan3d]

BiG ToE-3DT Two balls bounceing heheh nice. However i feel the first ball is squashing a bit more than it should be IMO. If its a sponge ball then it can squash that much but again it wont bounce up soo much ;)

KL-Maverick I think if u increase the duration & distance between each bounces it will look better.

[gan3d]

here is my another entry. ball is thrown into a room which has manythings to hit n bounce. Did it in tea break and it was really fun ;)
hope u all like it.

Here is the LINK. (http://www.geocities.com/gan3d/b2.avi) (RightClick+Save Target As to save & view)

[KL-Maverick]

Hey gan3D I like your scene setup! The the is an usaual looking skidding or backward rotation when the ball collides with the last box. But your concept is fine.

I noticed BiG ToE-3DT bouning balls as well, but I think he's just having fun. :hmm:

[brunemo]

Hi guys !
Here's my contribution !

http://www.webalice.it/bruno.dangueuger/images/Gallery3D/cine4d/BouncingBall-test2.gif

[BiG ToE-3DT]

brunemo, I want you to try again. When you try again, make sure you do a ball that bounces, not a ball that flattens out after freaking out.

[brunemo]

Ok it was just to have an original animation than a classic bouncing ball... When I've done this I was thinking more at the 'invisible force' that was not necessary a bouncing one for me... Anyway ok, I'll do a more classic one...

[BiG ToE-3DT]

One more day, then we vote, then next week we start the next phase.

[brunemo]

Hi again !
Here's the new one !

http://www.webalice.it/bruno.dangueuger/images/Gallery3D/cine4d/BouncingBall.gif

Have fun !

[Wormin8or]

Thank you for your comment, Stavrev. For some reason my animation seems to be at half speed when viewed through an internet browser. Is there a set frame rate for animated gifs? A little help would be appreciated.

Also, would it be possible to convert everyone's entries to .gif so they can be viewed here? It wouldn't take much work and would make viewing the entries much easier.

[gan3d]

Hey gan3D I like your scene setup! The the is an usaual looking skidding or backward rotation when the ball collides with the last box. But your concept is fine.

I noticed BiG ToE-3DT bouning balls as well, but I think he's just having fun. :hmm:

i am glad u liked it. Yes the usual thing but the fun part was doing it manually by hand, i have not used any dynamics whatsoever.

[KL-Maverick]

Hey gan3d, I just had some time so I spaced out the bounces in my animation have a look: - Link ! (http://www.kal3d.co.uk/KAL_ballFor3DT2.mov)

I space out my key frames in the dope sheet and the y axis in the graph editor so its a little higher on the first bounce.

I'm still happy with my entry (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=453301&postcount=72) though. **edit** adding link to entry to avoid confusion, I'm just using this as an example.

Thanks for your input!

[gan3d]

Hi KL-Maverick, I dont see much difference between 2 of them except for the different camera angle. I think in ur second one the ball is gaining more speed after bounceing which is unlikely to happen in reality, this is just my opinion. But i must say good try.

[Jorg40]

Last day today, I better get my program working then.

There are plenty of nice submissions here, good going fellas!

[xtremepenguin]

Hey guys, this is my first post here so hope you like it

http://www.bobcatterson.f2s.com/bowlingballshed1.avi

3ds max 8

all done with keyframes and the curve editor

[martimus]

Ok then I guess seeing as i was so eager for these threads to start again, i better post an entry!

Ive kept this simple as possible, all key framed, max 7

bouncing ball 200k (http://www.mw-3.com/speed/bouncingball.mov)

about half an hour worth of animating

[KL-Maverick]

Hi KL-Maverick, I dont see much difference between 2 of them except for the different camera angle.

Yes the camera is different but there is an obvious difference in the spacing between bounces, its greater than before.

However you maybe right about the speed it picks-up. I didnt adjust my curve enough I suppose. Was nice to animate a boucing ball though, its very important in 3D.

Thanks again.
__________________________________________________ ___
Nice one martimus, I was wondering when you would post. Good to see you here.

However a small critique. You may wanna adjust/tweak that curve/key where your ball is at the end of the ledge. It has a slight hop upwards just before it fall.

But the rotation around the ledge tip and when it falls and bounces, is nice!

Peace all.

[STAVREV]

Oh no.How much time is left guys ?

Just got from school and formated my pc and forgot to save my ball scene...

By the way,Nice entries all and wish you good luck

[STAVREV]

Nevermind :)

http://rapidshare.de/files/19145940/ball.mov.html

I made a new one.It is my first chalenge on this forum so i wanna hear from you guys ...

Crutiqes and coments welcome and again Good luck all

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Hey Stavrev, your link wants me to registar to view your file, thats not happening.

[STAVREV]

First click free then write the code that is given in the field and that's it.

But if you know some better server , tell me , i will upload again...
Tell me if you got it...

[DerekSc]

Stavrev: the last half is an empty background. I suggest you trim it down to a reasonable time (will cut your file size down as well, can host it on geocities or something).
I like the deformation, but the bouncing is a pretty erratic.

[martimus]

You may wanna adjust/tweak that curve/key where your ball is at the end of the ledge. It has a slight hop upwards just before it fal

well spotted maverick, ill alter it and submit it as my final entry

[STAVREV]

DerekSc:

This is animation chalenge man.If i trim the view everything will look 2d...And why in the name of God background is important anyway...

Sorry, but i think you have no idea what you talking about man.

You say bouncing is erratic.Oh my god.It is a cartoony ball for god saik.it is suposed to be like that.

[martimus]

Ok this is my final entry!

bouncingball final entry (http://www.mw-3.com/speed/bouncingball2.mov)

good luck everyone!

big toe when are you going to call the deadline?

[martimus]

DerekSc:

This is animation chalenge man.If i trim the view everything will look 2d...And why in the name of God background is important anyway...

Sorry, but i think you have no idea what you talking about man.

You say bouncing is erratic.Oh my god.It is a cartoony ball for god saik.it is suposed to be like that.

Calm down stakrev. The guy is offereing you friendly advice

Its true the last half of the animation is pretty pontless, but the files not that big anyway so I dont think it really matters.

And the bouncing IS erratic. But thats fine, if thats how you want it to be, but you shouldnt flame someone for offering their opinion.

[STAVREV]

He better starts thinking before writing like that.He showed no respect for my work.

I made a cartoony ball.Of course it is eratic. .DerekSc You better start showing respect to other people's work man and stop talking non-sence....

That is why i reacted like that.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

He better starts thinking before writing like that.He showed no respect for my work.

I made a cartoony ball.Of course it is eratic. .DerekSc You better start showing respect to other people's work man and stop talking non-sence....

That is why i reacted like that.

Actually DerekSc is right about the bouncing, the whole point of this challenge was to make the best looking bouncing ball that you could, in the time allowed. Another part of the challenge was to get feedback on your work so that you could be better. If you can't handle the crits then your in the wrong place.

DerekSc didn't say anything out of place, I just think you read it wrong or sometrhing.


Now, on to more important things, time is almost up.

So, when we start voting, I think we should do it in here.

[STAVREV]

Ok then.

Let the games begin. :dance:

[hammering3D]

Hello ppl,

Finally I had time to do it, and before the deadline ;P

Is verry bad, but ehh is a start :D

many nice animation I see till now, congratulation all ...

So my entry HERE (http://clips2.vimeo.com/video_files/2006/04/28/vimeo.106042.4deb5d.avi)

Soft: 3ds Max 8
Time: Learning a tutorial (about 1h)
Method: Key Frame (Made by hand, no plug-in)

see U,

[martimus]

not bad at all hammering, perhaps the bounce is a little too fast in my opinion, but its nice and simple.

perhaps a variation in air time would make it nicer? ie the higher bounces will obviously spend more time in the air than the smaller ones.

big toe i assume you will post when the challenge is over, how long do we have to vote?

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Well I wanted to give Jorg40 a chance to enter, but according to the websites clock, the comp will be over in a few more hours, then everyone gets a day to vote.

Although its just saying who is first place, second place, and third. Won't take long at all.

[hammering3D]

martimus tnx, yes U are right, is litle fast, but beeing not use with keyframe, not knoing how will look after render :(, and time in air again U are right but beeing first time to do it, i get litle confused, and I wised to post it before dedline :), and more I wised to make the ball spin in air, but ehh not to much time,

tnx for apreciation, I will make future update for my own learning,

[3Dvirus]

mselejan1981 i don't think you entry is valid...i don't see the ball bouncing :D

[3Dvirus]

btw at what time exactly is the deadline?

[al3x]

mselejan1981 man u've made the same misktakes that we all make at the first time we post :D MAN READ THE RUUULEEES :evil: :evil:
anyway ...u'r animatzion is way to long and the ball should bounce 5 time .. ;) take this in mind when posting next,k? cheers

[martimus]

mselejan, well done for producing your first animation!!

It certainly is an interesting concept, but like a few others have posted, there is not much bouncing to be done.

I really like the idea of a goal keeper having to save a goal shot from a cannon, might make a good commercial for nike goalie gloves or something! :D

also, whats with the triangle?

[mselejan1981]

Well sorry 4 my post , and sorry 4 not reading the rules . :wall:
Ill be back when ill manage to get all the things right , sorry :xx:

[martimus]

dont worry about it mselejan, but this time try and keep it simple! maybe it would be a good idea to leave out a Biped character, it will allow you to focus more on the animation of the ball.

but hurry, the deadline is close!

[betasoft]

ok here is my try (i'm new in this challenge so if i'll brake rulles with this post then i'm sorry)...

here (http://beta-soft.net/ball.avi) (314 kb)

i don't know if i have to write software which i have used so it is cinema 4d it takes 15 minutes and render 5 minutes.

(pls try to view animation more times cause it is little bit fast).

[BiG ToE-3DT]

dead line, I'm think 11:30pm, website time.

Which is like 3 more hours.

[3Dvirus]

betasoft welcome,it's nice to see people beeing interested...but the title of the challenge is bouncing ball,and i don't see much bouncing in your animation

[DerekSc]

Wow Stavrev, I don't know what to say but yikes! Holy misunderstanding Batman!
I didn't mean trim the view or make it orthographic, I meant trim the time of the animation. In the total 4 seconds of animation, for the last 1.5 seconds we are looking at the empty background. I suggested cutting the time down so it lowers your file size, in case you have bandwidth limitations (as I do).
As for the bouncing, that's your choice of course, do what you like, I was merely offering an opinion. Take it or leave it.
As it stands, I still like the deformations, and it does look nice. :)

Peace everyone, good luck in the voting.

[Glottis]

I made this (http://s82.photobucket.com/albums/j262/TEGlottis3T/?action=view&current=Ballman.flv)
just for the heck of it :)

it´s like on 2,5x speed and if I rescale all the keys, everything gets b0rked, so I guess it´s a non entry

but enjoy! :D

[martimus]

betasoft did you keyframe that?

Big-Toe, i was just wondering, would you be able to do something like post everyones final links in one post so that we dont have to all go trawling through the 8 pages of this thread to decide who we want to vote for?

Its just an idea! :D

[STAVREV]

Wow Stavrev, I don't know what to say but yikes! Holy misunderstanding Batman!
I didn't mean trim the view or make it orthographic, I meant trim the time of the animation. In the total 4 seconds of animation, for the last 1.5 seconds we are looking at the empty background. I suggested cutting the time down so it lowers your file size, in case you have bandwidth limitations (as I do).
As for the bouncing, that's your choice of course, do what you like, I was merely offering an opinion. Take it or leave it.
As it stands, I still like the deformations, and it does look nice. :)

Peace everyone, good luck in the voting.


We missunderstood each other i guess... :(

Well thanks, then. Take care :shy:

[martimus]

lol glottis, how random!

yeah i reckon thatll be a non entry, but it was fun to watch anyhow

[3Dvirus]

Glottis that is realy funny :))

[STAVREV]

Hey guys.When does next animation chalenge starts?

Right away?

I am new to speedchalenges here so, help around :D ...

[3Dvirus]

1h 36 min remaining

[KL-Maverick]

??

[BiG ToE-3DT]

betasoft did you keyframe that?

Big-Toe, i was just wondering, would you be able to do something like post everyones final links in one post so that we dont have to all go trawling through the 8 pages of this thread to decide who we want to vote for?

Its just an idea! :D

Thanks, I guess I have some work to do to get this voting thing started.

[mselejan1981]

WELL , hope this one suites the profile ! :smug: .

Here it is CARUSEL 009 (http://clips2.vimeo.com/video_files/2006/04/28/vimeo.106205.8186e1.avi) :crazy:

[hammering3D]

Hello again,

If I saw that we have litle more time, I make a second try,

...still alot off problems, specialy when it bounced from the walls, and again the time in air :(, but well ...Download HERE (http://clips2.vimeo.com/video_files/2006/04/28/vimeo.106200.2eff0e.avi)

see U

[BiG ToE-3DT]

if you slow down or better yet, dont move your camera at all, it would be easier to follow. Towards the end, the quick movement of the camera is distracting.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

anyone eles want to jump in, if not, we done.

[BiG ToE-3DT]

ok then

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Done and Done


arneoog: http://www.elqx.com/bouncing_ball.mpg

XYZ: http://www.bgraphik.rgbspace.com/ball.avi

al3x: http://clips2.vimeo.com/video_files/2006/04/24/vimeo.101059.f73ac3.avi

3Dvirus: http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i...=basketball.flv

DerekSc: http://www.schafferworld.com/movies/ballbounce_ds.mov

gan3d: (1) http://www.sreerang.com/bounce.avi (2) http://www.geocities.com/gan3d/b2.avi

RipeX: http://clips2.vimeo.com/video_files/2006/04/25/vimeo.102372.799421.avi

Yvansteiner:http://clips2.vimeo.com/video_files/2006/04/26/vimeo.103760.b340e9.avi

KL-Maverick: http://www.kal3d.co.uk/KAL_ballFor3DT.mov

brunemo: http://www.webalice.it/bruno.dangueuger/images/Gallery3D/cine4d/BouncingBall.gif

xtremepenguin: http://www.bobcatterson.f2s.com/bowlingballshed1.avi

martimus: http://www.mw-3.com/speed/bouncingball.mov

STAVREV: http://rapidshare.de/files/19145940/ball.mov.html

hammering3D:
(1) http://clips2.vimeo.com/video_files/2006/04/28/vimeo.106042.4deb5d.avi
(2) http://clips2.vimeo.com/video_files/2006/04/28/vimeo.106200.2eff0e.avi

Glottis: http://s82.photobucket.com/albums/j262/TEGlottis3T/?action=view&current=Ballman.flv

mselejan1981: http://clips2.vimeo.com/video_files/2006/04/28/vimeo.106205.8186e1.avi

BiG ToE-3DT: http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g129/DJBiGToE/TheBounce.gif

Wormin8or: http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=95465&stc=1

[hammering3D]

BiG ToE-3DT , I have one more on this page at post #125 ;P,
I know is hard to keep trak to see if it is post or post with entry, I think is better for now one, to write in post title, or write with big leters or bold leters or diferent color, when we post a post with an entry, to make easssy to track.

...so now we can start voting ?

[BiG ToE-3DT]

fixed it.

[3Dvirus]

we can start voting wright?

[xtremepenguin]

1.DerekSc

2.martimus


are my top 2, couldnt come up with a third as the others either didnt really have much bouncing, or just didnt have timing or weight in them, which is extremely important to make it believable.

I could go into more detail if people wanted me to, on each one, or i could shut up if everyone now hates me :)

[BiG ToE-3DT]

1. DerekSc

2. RipeX / martimus

3. xtremepenguin

and it's like that, and that's the wat it is.

[martimus]

hey big toe that wasnt my final entry! oh well, i guess they are pretty similar..! :p

just in case, my final entry is on post #96

[martimus]

Ok congrats everyone! I reckon we had a good turnout dont you think?

1) Arneoog. Not technically correct but i really like the squash and strecth, reminds me of flubber!

2) DerekSc. Excellent weighting and timing!

3) Ripex. Good weight and timing, just not as good as DerekSc!

BTW im assuming you cant vote for yourself lol

[STAVREV]

Congrats to everyone :)

1. DerekSc

2. RipeX

3. Arneoog

Good luck all...

[XYZ]

0. XYZ :D

1. DerekSc

2. martimus

3. RipeX

[STAVREV]

Hey guys.Who wins honorable mentions ?

[DerekSc]

Voting:
1st - martimus (love the roll over the edge, great!)
2nd - RipeX (nice motion)
3rd - XYZ (like the roll and bounce)

Good job done by everyone!

[arneoog]

Here's the votes:
1. - DerekSc
2. - martimus
3. - KL-Maverick

By the way, That's not my final entry either :dunno: it's on Post #18 (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=452461&postcount=18)...

[3Dvirus]

1. - DerekSc
2. - XYZ
3. - martimus

[KL-Maverick]

Ripex - The ball seems to bounce accurately!
martimus - love the way the ball falls and bounces, gives me a good sense of how heavy it was.
XYZ - this is a good bounce, but the excessive rotation seemed too much. But the bouncing is good.


Good luck all! :shout:

[KL-Maverick]

Oh the above is my Vote by the way, Well done to all who participated though.

[betasoft]

martimus: partly, but it is done with using expresso plugin in cinema 4d

[al3x]

1. DerekSc

2. martimus

3. RipeX

[RipeX]

My votes:
1. DerekSc
2. martimus
3. KL-Maverick

[KL-Maverick]

martimus: partly, but it is done with using expresso plugin in cinema 4d

I thought martimus used max 7, given the following quote:

... Ive kept this simple as possible, all key framed, max 7

Plugins seem tobe so much trouble for a thing like this.
Naaa martimus' entry is keyframed, like he said.

[martimus]

Naaa martimus' entry is keyframed, like he said.

nah, hes referring to a question i asked in an earlier post! :p, but thanks for sticking up for me!

[BiG ToE-3DT]

Time is almost up for voting. I'll post the winner Sunday. Then Monday, we start all over again.

[KL-Maverick]

Well until monday then! Can't wait. :dance:

[hammering3D]

Here is my Vote: (congratulation and good luck)

1. DerekSc

2. martimus

3. RipeX

(congratulation to the rest to)

[BiG ToE-3DT]

The Winner Is:

First place:
DerekSc

Second Place:
Martimus

Third Place:
RipeX


Now, on to the next.

[XYZ]

congratulations guys!

[hammering3D]

congratulation all,

[KL-Maverick]

Crongrats to the winners, good job.

[martimus]

hey, cheers!

like, does that mean i can put 'runner up' in my sig? w00t!

[BiG ToE-3DT]

if you want.

[DerekSc]

Whoa! Didn't expect this. Thank you all very much!
Everyone did a great job, I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone does in the next challenge!
Congrats to all who entered, especially to Martimus and RipeX. Way to go! :)
:dance: :dance: :dance:

[arneoog]

Congratulations to the winners! :D
Good job from everybody else too!

Damn, I'll have to try and rule the world next time... ;P

Anyway, I look forward to the next challeneg! :)

[Glottis]

Yo guys :) Congratulations to you Derek, Martimus and RipeX :) and to the rest of you,

didn´t have time to vote ´cause I was helping my brother move the whole weekend.

i thank you also martimus and 3DVirus for your compliments. (btw, to all, if you d/l the .avi and play it at half speed in Media player, you can see what I tried to do :))

Can´t wait ´till the next 1

[Jorg40]

I must say congratulations then ^^

And Big Toe thanks for giving me a chance to join in. My laptop was working against me, and I never expected it to be overheating cause my laptop wasnt warm at all, but anyway I did clean it for dust with a high pressure air-blower in my motorcycle garage. The dust were all over the place and afterwards, everything is working like clockwork, so I must join in at Monday, which is tomorrow ^^ I'm looking forward to it.

BTW, if anyone need help with animating, contact me.