How to 'bend' or 'warp' a video panel in 3D mode?

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How to 'bend' or 'warp' a video panel in 3D mode?

I'd like to create a "room" so to speak of 8 different video panels paying 8 different videos but I can't figure out how to simply "bend" or "warp" the video panels in order to (from top view) create a complete circle.

Here's a link to what the 8 video panels would look like from the top view.
http://www.division10media.com/sample.jpg

Thanks for any help 🙂

Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Jun 18, 2010 3:52 PM

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Answer 1

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Jun 18, 2010 4:10 PM in response to Vision 415

Motion is only capable of manipulating 2D objects in 3D space.
You can not "bend" a 2D object in Motion.

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Jun 18, 2010 4:19 PM in response to ''

Is there any way to create a 3D shape that exact size of the 1920 x 1080 video panel, bend that shape and then apply the video as the front face of the bent panel?

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Answer 3

Jun 18, 2010 4:30 PM in response to Vision 415

Not with Motion alone. Zaxwerks has a plugin that works with Motion. Stackwerks. Looks like it might produce the results you're looking for.

says:
"...Choose from a wide range of primitives and apply textures to different parts of each object. Textures may be images, movies, text, or any Motion layer, so Stackwerks integrates well with Motion...."

Maybe you can download and try it first. I don't use the Zax plugs in Motion, only AE. But in After Effects, if the Zax stuff isn't 'licensed', it will work - but render a watermark onto final movies. If it behaves this way in Motion you might be able to see if it's going to even work - before spending the loot.

Good luck.

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Answer 4

Jun 19, 2010 11:47 AM in response to Vision 415

Texture-mapping on 3D objects is supported in OpenGL, so applications like Jitter
http://cycling74.com/products/maxmspjitter/
can do it. There are lots of people in the Bay Area who work with Jitter.
You could hire someone to do the job and give you the renders.

There's also an open-source app which supports OpenGL.
http://processing.org/

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