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by Demone Amerson · in General Discussion · 03/30/2006 (7:30 pm) · 1 replies

I want to know how do I go about puting a simple 2d animation on the surface of a 3d model in either Maya, 3DS Max, or any software. Is this even possible? Does any out there know how or can point me in the right direction? Does anyone know of any good websites that have such a tutorial? I can us any advice you can give. Thanks!
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Torque Owner Tim Heldna
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03/31/2006 (4:21 am)
Yep, it's most defiantely possible. Use an ifl animation. An ifl animation is basically a sequence of image files that are applied as a material over a mesh.

The animation can be played in script with this command... 

%obj.playThread(0,"iflanim");  //where iflanim is the name of your sequence

There is a good example of how to set up an ifl animation in max & maya within the TDN site.

Here's the link to TDN

This will take you to the TDN home page.

- Under the 'navigation' tab on the left click the 'TGE Home' link
- Then click the 'For Artists' link, followed by the 'DTS' link
- Scroll down to 'Lesson 4 : Advanced Materials' and you will find the links for 3ds max or Maya