Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1
This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.
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23-10-2004
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Change color based on time
I have a little question here: I need to make a bunch of buttons cycle through a number of colors over time.
I have some foggy notion about setting up a ramp containing the needed colors, but I don't have even the foggiest notion about how to get any information about the current frame number.
And even if I get this time information: how do I normalize it to propperly access the ramp?
How do I achieve this?
Seems that the question is not that little, eh?
Thanks anyway,
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The easiest way, probably, would be to simply keyframe the color information and then cycle the animation in the Graph Editor. This method doesn't use a ramp.
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23-10-2004
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I Just added a 'time' attribute (ranging from 0-1) and used this to access the ramp.
I needed to do a number of different flashy buttons with different colors and a different cycle timing, that's why I put all the color information in a ramp. That way, I could change colors and timing just by pushing the ramp's colors around a bit.
Thanks for the tip anyway.
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