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Animated Texture, where are you?

KibbyKibby Posts: 60
edited December 1969 in Daz Studio Discussion

I am looking for an animated shader plug-in -- preferably clean interface and well-done plug-in offering the features:


1) Key feature: Read off image sequence based on name and sequential number using naive DAZ Studio image format support.. Ie: IMG####.JPG|PNG|TIF (MOV/AVI with transparency support.. is that even possible?)
2) important feature: Sequential numbering offset +/- (example, offset +20 starts with image #20 on timeline #0)
3) Important feature: Start frame/end frame (example, texture animation starts at timeline #120; 0 to 119 will repeatedly using #120 image file)
4) Important feature: Decide when sequential ends (example, end at 20 even though there are 200 in the folder)
5) Important feature: Loop on/off.. Off will result repeating end of sequential image file
6) Not to forget: Both Mac/PC support

There are the solutions out there. They are either broken or not UI friendly. Need to be cleaner/quicker workflow. Not something like creating a script file (because that is considered a "baked" solution than real-time solution).

I previously purchased DreamLight's animated texture but it's broken for years. I asked them if they plan to make it support to DAZ 4.5+, they said they would be considering. (I don't understand why it's not priority to them?)

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  • tsaristtsarist Posts: 1,614
    edited December 1969

    KibbyCab

    I know you're looking for DazStudio solutions, but I just wanted to tell you that Carrara does animated textures and it's on sale 48% right now...
    http://www.daz3d.com/carrara-8-pro/

    Best of luck!

  • KibbyKibby Posts: 60
    edited December 1969

    tsarist said:
    KibbyCab

    I know you're looking for DazStudio solutions, but I just wanted to tell you that Carrara does animated textures and it's on sale 48% right now...
    http://www.daz3d.com/carrara-8-pro/

    Best of luck!

    Ahh, thanks for pointing that out. I checked out some YouTube videos of this product. I do love some of their features. Dynamic (hair, cloth), physic, and animated texture.

    I think I'll be ok with DS.. Just a few features need to add then I'm ready to make some fun film shorts... :D

  • linvanchenelinvanchene Posts: 1,382
    edited June 2013

    The Octane Render for DS plugin offers additional support for image sequences as textures since update v1.0.113.2305

    From the outside it can be difficult to track the update information because it is mostly posted in internal forums.
    I hope it is ok that I share this here:

    image sequences are now updated in stills also.
    note: to use an image sequence as texture map, the images needs to be named conforming to this template: *4-or-5-digit-number.ext
    image sequences now work also for the hdri environment.


    Nevertheless I have not yet tried this out.

    This thread should be readable to no registered users:

    http://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=29824

    Maybe some people over there can provide you with details to deceide if that might be a working solution.

    Post edited by linvanchene on
  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,204
    edited June 2013

    while I too love my Carrara, there is also Poser which does animated textures too, another option to consider.

    other alternatives are rendered png sequences with opacity compiled with an animated background in a video editor or even batch edited gimp (photoshop etc) then compiled in virtualdub (free) or another video editor.
    or try using "greenscreen" otherwise known as chromakey, cinegobs keyer is a free chromakey program.

    also maybe mcasual's texmatanim plugin, DS3 but might work in 4 unsure

    Post edited by WendyLuvsCatz on
  • KibbyKibby Posts: 60
    edited December 1969

    Lin, I didn't know OctaneRender plug-in offers that. I'm starting to be tempted....

    Wendy, thanks for the tips. I am trying to animate river's ripple water... :o)

  • Herald of FireHerald of Fire Posts: 3,504
    edited December 1969

    I wonder if you can use animated displacement maps for that... /wistful

  • KibbyKibby Posts: 60
    edited June 2013

    HeraldOfFire said:
    I wonder if you can use animated displacement maps for that... /wistful

    That's the plan. :D
    Post edited by Kibby on
  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,204
    edited June 2013

    you can use mcasual's Matanim script, it works in DS4
    uv shift is what you want to animate and displacement
    https://sites.google.com/site/mcasualsdazscripts/matanim

    Post edited by WendyLuvsCatz on
  • zigraphixzigraphix Posts: 2,787
    edited December 1969

    wendy♥catz said:
    you can use mcasual's Matanim script, it works in DS4
    uv shift is what you want to animate and displacement
    https://sites.google.com/site/mcasualsdazscripts/matanim

    Would that work to animate gel lights? Or maybe a variation of that script? I was asked recently about animated lights and I'd like to be able to provide a solution.

  • KibbyKibby Posts: 60
    edited June 2013

    I suppose I can use Matanim and enable animate property for displacement offset and do the tweening. That's a good enough solution.. :o) Thanks Wendy. Hopefully it gives satisfaction result.

    Post edited by Kibby on
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