Final Animated Pattern

I started to test render my animated pattern using mental ray. Initially, it was too bright and after consulting Mr Leong, I changed the multiple to 0.8 and the colour result was better. After that, I followed the rendersettings PSD file and continue. So I started on my batch render and it takes about 1 hour plus to render out my frames. So next, I went to import my rendered animation IFF files into after effects. However, when I tried to use RAM preview, the animation seems to be too fast as compared to what I've done in maya. So I added a Time stretch to the footage and change the stretch factor to 200%. Lastly, I change to composition settings to the correct format 720P to 25 frames and render the animated pattern. This is the final presented movie that I had.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rfyy4eC3Vo&feature=youtu.be

Continuing to animate the pattern

I've tried to make the animation pattern turn by using the expression editor and create an expression.

This will allow the pattern to rotate at a slower pace when the animation is being played. After then, I created a lambert and named it as patternShader. Then I assigned the material to the spheres. I've also created a nurbsCircle2 and set it as a driver while the patternShader as driven to allow the nurbsCircle2 to be the control of the colour change in the spheres. For this part, I used nurbsCircle2 Translate Z. It will be moving from the value of 0 to -22 and the colours will change. So after I've set the individual keys, when I started to move the nurbsCircle2, the colours of the sphere will change. 

After then, I created an expression in the expression editor whereby when the animation started, the nurbsCircle2 will move on it's own and leading the colour change. 

At first, I had difficulty on how to make the nurbsCircle2 to move slower to let the colour change of the sphere to last till the end of the animation. So I tried to adjust the expression that I had and this expression works well with my animation.

This is how it looks like from the top view of my animation currently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl4SUvtG9G8&feature=youtu.be

Animating the pattern

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkIvDqkXlI4&feature=youtu.be

This is the animation that I've completed so far. I attach the sphere to the motion path that I've created and shift the motion path destination to the part of the curve that I wanted it to stop at individually. The outer sphere I keyframe at is 30 and the most inner sphere is at keyframe 90. Each motion path has 13 spheres with different sizes. For the next part, I will try to make it rotate and if possible will make it change to different colours.

Creating the pattern out

I've created the pattern out by referring to the reference image and this is how it will looks like. I've also created a path using EP curve tool. I'll try to do some animation now by using the path to animate the spheres. 

Animated Pattern Picture

This is the pattern that I will be animating, for the pattern I would like to make it spin and maybe to make it open and close like a flower petals.

The animated pattern will open up and close down.