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Eye Dart Script
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10 Oct 2006This is a script that helps animate subtle eye animation.
Ever notice how when someone is looking at something, they may be "focusing" on it (in the grand scheme of things)...but their eye still darts around as they are looking (very subtle).
Eyes don't ever stay put....every second or so they change focus (whether on a small or large scale).
It can be very tedius and boring to manually animate such subtlety, and using something like a default noise controller on your eye's look-at helper object doesn't look right (way too much jittering no matter what setting you put it on)
This script will add subtle darting movements to your eye's look-at controller (that will seamlessly layer ontop of your regular look-at object's keys), and will also allow you to tweak the speed and scale of the dart movements through the use of custom attributes.
To use the script, click on your eye look-at object and run the script. The customizable settings will be viewable in the look-at's custom attributes (seen in the modifier panel when you click on the look-at)
Both custom attributes are also animatable.
Attached is the script, as well as an animation illustration what the script does. -
10 Oct 2006Ohh yeah - i see what you mean now, very well observed man, and that'll be such an awsome script! I do sometimes wish i'd start using Max, oh well, nice one T, its great to see such activity going aloing here at Simply, good job.
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11 Oct 2006iest... scripting is what Maya is built upon!
Most, if not all of these scripts could be translated to MEL. If I had time, I'd love to do the honours
But could anyone really keep up with the pace of this guy?! T you really are belting these things out at a such a rate! Or are these some that you made earlier?...
Anyhoo - I may get my scripting cap on and have a pop at some translation
<<< wait... that's not my scripting hat!!! -
11 Oct 2006its quite amazing the difference that little quirk makes! i rarely notice it in other people, but notice it often in myself.
i agree with global, your pace on this stuff is maddening! -
11 Oct 2006Hey Globes...nope these have all been made pretty much just before posting
...we've had a serious of jobs come in lately that required some scripting, and I've been doing a fair amount of raw r+d in my own spare time as well. -
11 Oct 2006Sheesh! That's pretty quick work though bud!
Would love to have a pop at porting some of these over to Maya. The scripts may well use Max only tools but all I'd need to know is roughly how these things work, then duplictate the idea (not the method) over to MEL. Hmm... Maybe I'll drop by on the MaxScript workshop you're planning to set up
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