Friday, June 26, 2009

Week 4 - Image Planes & Scripting

This week i spent some time on research for the scripting phase of this assessment. It wasn't very easy to find information relating to the mechanics of setting up image planes. I finally figured out how to change from the front perspective to the rear perspective and hiding the camera, through a simple Mel script. It worked like a charm and everything is setup and ready for modeling which i will begin in a couple of hours.

I have taken some screen shots of the Mel script as well which is attached below.

The beauty of this script is that it enables me to switch between the front and rear views of the car and hiding the camera at the same time, so i can only see either the front or the back of the image planes/model. This will prove a god send in the modeling phase, allowing me to switch between the two planes with a click of a button and not having to manually move the camera, which can be really time consuming.

Image 1

This image shows the Mel script which i have put together.

Image 2

This image shows the front Image plane while hiding the rear.

Image 3

This image shows the rear Image plane while hiding the front.

i will begin the modeling phase soon, and will upload some pictures sometime today,

Until then,

See-ya.

Bren~

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