BT logo effect
Hi all,
I have a stupid question (as Im a beginner so bare with me) How can I make a circle that then has circles drawn onto the sides that are semi transparent? Simlar to the BT logo. I can make a circle and thats my limit, boy has someone got their work cut out for them lol. I believe that there is a drawing tool in Maya PLE but I dont know how to use it nor do I know how to set the circle to transparent and only make the coloured circles visable. Any help you can offer would be great, Cheers Shane |
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if you are still stuck, some one will be happy to help you out. :tup: |
cheers vladimirjp,
Nothing in there really but thanks for the thought. there some stuff on rendering and other things but nothing on painting on the circle. Shane |
Is it going to just sit still or do you want the circles to rotate around the sphere?
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well i thought of it being static but now that you mention it that would make an awlsome effect. Can you actully do that then?
I am doing it for a work project to show them how good maya is (trying to get them to get the full maya for me) but I dont know enough about it to do what I want and they wont get it untill I show them what it can do. Kind of a joke i guess lol I take it you know what I mean then by the BT logo then?! |
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i take it you mean this.
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If so i'll go install PLE down here and wip up a quick "how i would do it".
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Step 1
Create six poly spheres. The for each one of those create i poly cylinder the size of one of the discs and line it up like in the picture. The click Polygons>Booleans>Intersection. |
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Step 2
Then duplicate the disc you have and move it back slightly, like in the picture. Click polygons>booleans>difference. |
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Step 3
You'll want to move this disc so that it lines up with a sphere created in the middle of the grid, you can then press insert to move the pivot to the middle of the grid (hold x while dragging). |
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Step 4
Repeat for the other 5 discs. |
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Assign Blinn materials with the transparency on 50%. As the pivots are in the middle you can then set keys to rotate them 360 degrees.
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here's the animation :D
Hope this helped :D |
ckyuk..you are so the man!
Thank you so much. I will do this asap, you cant believe how grateful i am. I was hoping for a quick this is what you do but you went that bit extra and showed me how to aswell.:cool: |
That's okay, i was half expecting you to say "not that one the other one".
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