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Hey there Apple Motion community, I was wondering does anyone have any suggestions for the following:
Using Motion 5.7 I've built a basic maze out of vertical and horizontal paths. I'm essentially trying to blow up the maze from the side. I have added a 'repel from' behaviour and a 'gravity' behaviour to get the basic movement right and it looks good but neither of these give the paths any spin. Any ideas?
Thank you :)
Thank you.
Not exactly what I had in mind, I’d rather not disintegrate the structure using particles. If I could somehow destroy the structure of the maze while keep the paths intact. I don’t know if it’s possible without a bunch of keyframes.
How many objects do you need to spin? I expect you need each one to spin differently - as an "explosion"?
Offhand, I would say that the best (simplest) approach is to start with one object.
To the Rotation parameter (X,Y & Z combined), add an Oscillate behavior.
Set the Wave Shape to Sawtooth and the Speed to 0.
As a recommendation for a starter value, set the Amplitude to 4000.
To the Phase parameter, add a Parameter Behaviors > Ramp.
At the point at which you want the animations to start, set the Start Offset to the frame number of the starting point.
Now... for the End Values.
Starting with the first object's rotation, set the End Value of the Ramp to 2. This will be a "base" value around which you will make variations for each object.
Select the Oscillate and Ramp behaviors of your (first) object and Copy.
Command - shift select all the other objects you want this applied to and Paste. All objects will now have the same rotational behavior.
Now... for each object, vary the End Value of each Ramp by a fraction. Stay within 1.5 to about 4 and every so often (about half the time) use a *negative value* in the same range. This is what will supply the rotational variations over time. [I'm sorry that this might be a tedious task, but I think* it is the best overall option for this kind of effect (I'm open to other suggestions)]. An alternative would be to vary the Amplitudes, but that's a lot more numbers to type than just the "one dot two" numbers for phase... and you will have to type them in — the Phase slides whole numbers and Amplitude maxes at 100.
A brief explanation of Phase:
The Phase parameter in the Oscillate behavior is misleading. The values are whole numbers if you use the slider. However, the Phase is in π radians. If you set the Amplitude to 360º and the Phase to π (3.14159...), the rotational value the behavior applies will be 360º. π/2 (1.570796...) will be 180º, etc.. As you Ramp from 0 to π, that is the number of degrees rotated. Don't be fooled by the "small numbers".
I'll let you work out the implications ;)
HTH
Hey Fox M, just wanted to say thank you. This worked very well 🙏
I think you can do that using an emitter.
See if this video by "macmostvideo" is helpful.
Yes, right after I posted it occurred to me that this was not what you wanted.
I expect that our Motion master Fox M will have better suggestions soon.
Thanks Luis, hopefully 🤞
Wonderful, thank you fox_m, I’ll give it a try.
Thanks 🙏
Anyone know how to add random spin to multiple paths?
