Understand how to create flocking behaviors in Maya’s MASH module by create moths attracted to a light. In this video, George takes a simple moth model, animates it, and then duplicates that animation using MASH to create a simulation of moths attracted to a light bulb.
- [George] Hi, I'm George Maestri,…and today we're going to take a look at MASH.…We're going to us MASH and the Flight node…to create this simulation of moths circling a light.…So, this looks like a lot of fun.…So, let's go ahead and get started.…We're going to start off with a scene called Moth_Light.ma,…and it has this light bulb here, plus three moths.…Actually, it only has one moth and two blend shapes.…So, the first thing we have to do is actually…animate the moth,…and we're going to do that using blend shapes.…
So, I'm going to select these two moths…and then select this one last.…And then, if we go into Deform,…we should be able to find the Blend Shape node,…and let's go ahead and add that.…And when we do that,…you'll see that in the Attribute Editor…we have a blend shape for this moth.…And, so, you can see how I can move him up or down.…So, let's go ahead and do a quick animation.…I'm going to start in the up position.…
So, I'm going to move that all the way up,…right-click, Set Key,…and then set a key on the down one as well.…
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George Maestri
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8/17/2017Released
11/3/2016Skill Level Intermediate
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