[Noisebridge-congress] NOPE Flag: Anyone proficient with Blender to make flag move in the wind animated GIF ?

[Henner Zeller]

On 29 July 2015 at 07:58, David Valdman <dmvaldman at gmail.com> wrote:

> For a simpler flag effect, you can use this: http://makegif.com/
>
> demo: http://makegif.com/gYt4
>

Interesting, but that looks more like a wobbly distortion but nowhere near
like a flag that is moving.


> maybe there are better services out there, I’ve only given it a cursory
> look. In theory only one person needs to make a “flag" algorithm and any
> texture can be uploaded; no need to do the algorithm yourself if you can
> find one and use it.
>

Yep, that is why I suggest to use the algorithm built into blender that can
do it. The couple of minutes it takes to do is probably faster for someone
who knows to use blender than sieving through the internet and find some
half-way acceptable thing.

-h


> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 10:38 PM, miloh <froggytoad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jul 25, 2015 10:18 PM, "David Valdman" <dmvaldman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > it is not the flag that moves, nor the wind. Nay! it is your mind that
>> is moving……
>> >
>> > if it be the Blender tutorial for the mind you seek, well, maybe then I
>> can help you find the way Henner.
>> >
>>
>> Pennybags, you're a hoot.
>>
>> > On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 9:10 PM, Henner Zeller <h.zeller at acm.org>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >> So I am building a 160x96 pixel LED display that will be able to show
>> any kind of image, text, even video (need to work on that one) -
>> essentially whatever we want.
>> >> Including animated gifs (so grab your favorite giphy's for some camp
>> fun).
>> >>
>> >> Of course, we can use this as well to show our proud Norton Embassy
>> flag, but if it is shown statically, that would be a bit boring. If we had
>> a flag that somewhat realistically looked like flapping in the wind, that
>> would be great (something like this
>> https://gaylygleefullylegallyyours.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/rainbow_240-animated-flag-gifs.gif
>> ).
>> >>
>> >> There seem to be detailed tutorials available how do do that in
>> Blender, and the results look great; however, I am not proficient with even
>> the basics of Blender and rather want to make sure that I have time for all
>> electronics stuff for Camp - so I'd like to pass this on to someone who
>> better knows what they are doing.
>> >>
>> >> If someone would like to make our camp flag totally awesome with a
>> looped animated GIF (with 200 frames or so to make it look realistic), that
>> would be great.
>> >>
>> >> Here are some tutorials I have found:
>> >>
>> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7TpkpyQZUc
>> >> http://www.blenderguru.com/tutorials/create-an-animated-flag/
>> >>
>> >> Attached the flag Rubin made.
>> >>
>> >> The output should fit in a 5:3 aspect ratio and ideally be a multiple
>> of 160x96. Background ideally be black so that it shows nice and crisp on
>> the LED panel.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>   Henner.
>> >>
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