Origami in maya.

[Keith Rogers]

Any interesting/simple/quick/free solutions welcome.  It crops up time and again and I don't think the creative industry is quite finished with that 'paper look' just yet.  

[matt estela]

Someone over on the python-inside-maya group just posted a script for something similar, it generates joints aligned to poly edges, then rolls/folds them up in strips. 

https://groups.google.com/forum/m/?fromgroups#!topic/python_inside_maya/ZuPhPy1DTAY

Also found this reference on the SOuP forums, but the general vibe seems to be 'doing it by hand is easiest'. 

http://soup-dev.websitetoolbox.com/post/OrigamiFolding-Book-Style-Ads-6197356

I worked on an amaaaazing origami ad at the mill many years ago, the rigging and anim team just brute forced their way through some of the trickier transitions. One of the nicest things I ever worked on, then the client hated it and it never aired. :/

On Thursday, April 18, 2013, Keith Rogers wrote:

Any interesting/simple/quick/free solutions welcome.  It crops up time and again and I don't think the creative industry is quite finished with that 'paper look' just yet.  

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[Sid]

I saw you guys working on that ad, it was *awesome*. But yeah, just good ol' fashion brute force!

[Sachin Shrestha]

Ha! Thanks for the links Matt. I had posted the topic on the soup forums in search of inspiration some time back and that's what I came across too -  straight old brute force method seems to be the quickest way to go about it.

-Sachin

[matt estela]

All inspiration is good inspiration. :)

Staying true to my broken record, grass-is-greener attitude, here's a quick show-off demo in houdini...

http://vimeo.com/13460558

...and an intriguing look at the UI for it. Doesn't show how it works under the hood, but good for stealing ideas if you wanted to re-implement it in soup (or houdini)

 

http://vimeo.com/23661118

http://vimeo.com/23661229

http://vimeo.com/23661288

While looking for that one, found this other demo done in ICE. This chap appears to be happy to give away his setup if you ask him nicely.

http://vimeo.com/44648941

[matt estela]

or this for $99:

http://danmoreno.com/V03/?p=487

[Keith Rogers]

Cheers guys.  I'm a big advocate of doing things manually as much as possible.  Seeing as you can't script what or when a client will change his mind. ;)

[Milos Vukotic]

Awesome video Matt!

And I think Keith is right, working with clients is just too lose, you can't afford to follow the linear path unless you are 100% certain that client wants just a quick job and isn't really much picky.