Beer glass scene creation
This course contains a little bit of everything with modeling, UVing, texturing and dynamics in Maya, as well as compositing multilayered EXR's in Photoshop.
Watch
# 1 13-08-2006 , 12:02 AM
Subscriber
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 4

Rendering Spinning Propellers Tip?

Hello,
I saw the DVD on how to create the Spitfire model and noticed the image showed the propeller's spinning (motion blur and all). Can anyone recommend or describe the steps/settings one would use (regular Maya renderer or Mental Ray) to get a nice blur like that image shows? I am having a helluva time getting the blades to look good in a render? Any suggestions? Does that DVD go over that? If so maybe I will buy it just for that! :-)
 
Quote
# 2 13-08-2006 , 02:22 AM
BMS's Avatar
Subscriber
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Australia - Melbourne
Posts: 738
Two ways I would do it.

Animate the Prop with render using Motion Blur.
Create a texture to look like a Prop spinning with Motion Blur.
 
Quote
# 3 13-08-2006 , 06:08 AM
Alan's Avatar
Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: London, UK
Posts: 2,800
the problem you will have is that as the prop is spinning it will look weird and you wont get a curved prop you will get a straight line because of how the prop is blurred through the frame. What I would do (and have done on projects before) is to duplicate the propa few times and offset it's rotation so that each one starts a little bit behind the next. That way you will get proper motion blur and it will be curved rather than straight.

user added image
A
Technical Director - Framestore

Currently working on: Your Highness

IMDB
 
Quote
# 4 14-08-2006 , 07:16 AM
Subscriber
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 4
Hmmm. Thanks for the replies. I have noticed that my blurs were almost rectangular and not a smooth circular shape...Okay. I will duplicate the prop, offset it and spin both and use 3d motion blur and see what I get this weekend.
I will post my results here.

Thanks for the comments.
 
Quote
# 5 14-08-2006 , 09:54 AM
BMS's Avatar
Subscriber
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Australia - Melbourne
Posts: 738
Have a look at This Thread. It looks like a good method.

Cheers
Paul
 
Quote
Reply to this thread
Posting Rules Forum Rules
You may not post new threads | You may not post replies | You may not post attachments | You may not edit your posts | BB code is On | Smilies are On | [IMG] code is On | HTML code is Off
Previous Thread
Next Thread

Similar Threads

Batch Render not rendering... by Miralina in forum Maya Technical Issues replies 1 on 04-04-2014 Extremely confused, Batch rendering issue! by mouseyflash in forum Lighting & Rendering replies 0 on 04-04-2013 Why doesn't Mental Ray have .avi available for batch rendering? by SilverFeather in forum Maya Basics & Newbie Lounge replies 42 on 07-12-2011 Why Maya? by haka in forum Maya Basics & Newbie Lounge replies 21 on 10-11-2007 A tip for rendering animations..from a newbie by Hidalgo in forum Maya Basics & Newbie Lounge replies 2 on 28-01-2003

Topics

User:
***PLEASE READ AND REQUESTS*** By Jay Resource Lounge
34
User:
New forum By David Site News & Announcements
6
User:
Work being done on the fourms By David Site News & Announcements
4
Unleashing the Power of Maya and VFX By JoshEdgar Challenge Forum
0
What is best for rendering TGA JPEG TIFF? By tank2002 Maya Basics & Newbie Lounge
16
show all hidden faces of just one mesh By se7enhedd Maya Basics & Newbie Lounge
2

Free Courses

Curves, NURBS, Polys, No problem Image
Curves, NURBS, Polys, No problem
Modelling a combat knife in Maya 2020 Image
Modelling a combat knife in Maya 2020
Principles of UV mapping in Maya 2020 Image
Principles of UV mapping in Maya 2020
UV Layout - Combat knife in Maya 2020 Image
UV Layout - Combat knife in Maya 2020

Full Courses

Digital humans the art of the digital double Image
Digital humans the art of the digital double
Maya 2020 fundamentals - modelling the real world Image
Maya 2020 fundamentals - modelling the real world
Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping Image
Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping
Integrating 3D models with photography Image
Integrating 3D models with photography

VFX News

How computer animation was used 30 years ago to make a Roger Rabbit short On 2022-07-18 14:30:13
Sneak peek at Houdini 19.5 On 2022-07-18 14:17:59
VFX Breakdown The Man Who Fell To Earth On 2022-07-15 13:14:36
Resident Evil - Teaser Trailer On 2022-05-13 13:52:25
New cloud modeling nodes for Bifrost On 2022-05-02 20:24:13
MPC Showreel 2022 On 2022-04-13 16:02:13