Parenting in animations

hrpschrd

I think it is true that one cannot change parenting (or hierarchy) in the midst of an animation. The parenting starts at 0 seconds.

So how would someone, for example, sweep with a broom which catches the debris on the broom and carries it with the broom?

If you create a target helper on the broom and point to that with the debris at some later time, would the debris "attach" as the broom comes by?

Surely someone knows how to make a person pick up a ball and take it with them?

WendyLuvsCatz

I use two and toggle visibility.

Steve K

How about render two clips and piece them together in the video editor.

3DAGE

Hi :)

This was done last year to help answer a similar question

the little man is "always" holding a wheel/cog/thing) ,. and there's "always" a copy of that object lying on the ground.

One object becomes invisible,. on the same frame that the other object becomes visible.

So,. in your Broom sweeping scene,. the broom would always have debris attached to it,. and the floor would always have debris lying on it,.

you animate the broom,. and animate the Visibility / Invisibility of the debris, so that it appears to be vanishing from the floor,. and stuck to the broom.

Hope it helps :)

 

hrpschrd

3DAGE;

Did you switch visibilities?

Bob

3DAGE

all the time :)

Whenever I blink,.. everything disappears,.

 

hrpschrd

Yeah, don't we all!

Thanks. I think that is an elegant solution even if it leaves invisible objects all around. They don't need feeding . . .

Bob

DUDU

Cool Andy!

I use the same trick here:

3DAGE

Superb DUDU :)

hrpschrd

 

 

Diomede

+1

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3DAGE said:

Superb DUDU :)

 

PhilW

Switching visibility is the usual trick. I cover this in my Animation for Carrara video training, both picking something up and throwing something.