This Way Out

19th July 2004 07:04 UTC

M&M's Preset
You probably all saw the M&M's commercials with the rippling mass of M&M's...I decided to recreate it in AVS :)

I used most of UnConeD's Seismogrid preset and changed it around a bit...changed the BMP to that of an M&M and it works okay...it still has some dimensional problems though...

The images stay in the same order when they turn..so the one which should be in the back is in the front...it has rough edges....and it looks a bit screwy...

I was wondering if anybody wanted to play around with it and maybe lead me in the right path of how I should go about finishing this preset? Keep in mind that I'm only a 14 year old with a basic understanding of how linear equations work etc...but I know how to effectively use them when I see the results right away in AVS. I think I've taken on a bit too big of a project for what I know...

If anybody has any ideas or comments, let me know...keep in mind this is only a rough draft. Any ideas on how to make the order of the images smoothly shift as it turns? should it not turn at all and just stay as it is?

Thanks :)

Tuggummi

19th July 2004 13:29 UTC

Hmm, doesn't look like you did much to it, but not that i checked the code wouldn't understand a thing anyway :p
Also something in your zip filename screwed up the attachment and you need to rename the file after you download it. Also i was missing the texer bitmap you are using.

This Way Out

19th July 2004 22:28 UTC

Whoops...I forgot the BMP...It's attached to this post :)

I did some resizing and a little bit here and there...I didn't do too much with the actual coding itself...it's still a rough draft...

Could you check it out and see if there's any way to make the images change order as everything rotates? or atleast is in the opposite order... because if you take the camera code scope out it's in the wrong order and it could just not rotate and just sit there and be fine :)

Warrior of the Light

21st July 2004 16:16 UTC

Again, either the & or \ messes up the download. please remove them next time.

vanderphunck

22nd July 2004 20:58 UTC

Amazing qork and amazing concept!

Yathosho

23rd July 2004 03:13 UTC

Originally posted by WarriorO/TLight
Again, either the & or \ messes up the download. please remove them next time.

vanderphunck

23rd July 2004 12:11 UTC

Sorry, the above post was not written by me... Somebody created the vanderphunck account in my name and posted lots of nonsense in my name. (Thanks to Rocker for helping me...)

TomyLobo

25th July 2004 18:17 UTC

nice idea... you need to z-sort that however :)

another way would be using max blending and some distance shading like i did in the attached preset

This Way Out

26th July 2004 05:25 UTC

That looks nice :)

Is there any way to do that with a white background? The commercials had a white background and I'm trying to imitate that. Also, in the commercial, each new ripple started it's own color, and the color spread with the outer edge of the ripple. Is there any way to add that into this preset? I know that's a bit complex, but it's just another idea that could be incorporated into this preset eventually.

What's z-sorting? I'm confused. Would that be like adding a z axis and having them automatically resort themselves as the camera turns?

TomyLobo

27th July 2004 21:41 UTC

colorclip:
mode=near(slider to the left)
color=black
replacement color=white
or you draw the whole thing with min blending and other color blending...
doing that now :)

[edit]
done...
a bit different than i wrote but it works :)
it's still max blending but i inverted the bitmap and made its background black after that.
then i moved that trans/invert to the end of the preset and activated it
[/edit]

TomyLobo

27th July 2004 21:54 UTC

here's the preset

This Way Out

29th July 2004 01:12 UTC

Thanks for the help with this, I appreciate it. I'm making an AVS pack currently...would it be okay if I used what you've done in it? I'd include a message noting your work and everything...

I'll finish it up, modify it bit, and make it to my liking before I put the final draft into my pack.

Thanks :)

TomyLobo

29th July 2004 01:39 UTC

np... just promise to learn at least the use of mspaint ;)
that bitmap was quite unclean at first

This Way Out

29th July 2004 01:47 UTC

I used photoshop 7.0's magic wand tool to do that...that's why it was unclean...

I shoulda used a circular cropping tool...

TomyLobo

29th July 2004 01:53 UTC

you should've used mspaint for that small .bmp :)
it's excellent for such cleanup work

This Way Out

29th July 2004 03:52 UTC

I'm gonna use MS Paint or some other app for 'lil BMP editing from now on...good idea...