Escape-To-Reality: Animated textures in Maya

Hey Guys,

I thought I’d explain animated textures. Years ago In a galaxy far far away using 3dsmax I used a sequence of files for example:

Test.0001.tif
Test.0002.tif
Test.0003.tif
Test.0004.tif
Test.0005.tif

You would store these files in a folder and then write a small batch file and save it as an IFL (Image File List), so - animated.ifl

It seems maya uses IFF instead of IFL

You would also have a path name to where the files are being stored.

So in theory you can have animated reflections, if you export the footage opposite your scene as tif’s.

Here is a link on the subject, maybe Theiry can have a look ? might be quite interesting.

Seb

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