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# 8 22-03-2003 , 01:39 AM
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I would think you would need to "manually" create this effect... I don't think there is an easy way to somehow dynamically calculate the "gooey strands" effect.

The first solution that comes to mind to try would be to create blend shapes for the main block softening. Then, create the "gooey strands" out of geometry that is hidden. When you animate the two cheese blocks pressing into each other, key the visibility of the gooey strands on while the two blocks are hiding them from view and animate them stretching between the two main blocks as they are spread apart, using lattices, bones, or whatever.

That's the first thing that comes to mind, anyway.


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