Turn in your movie!
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Instructor Share coding experience:
Python:
mkmovie
remote animators in production tool
submission plugins tool (AE to RR)
Mel:
select and render specific geo with the rest a hold out (background shader)
fairy dust
What is MEL?
Maya Embedded Language = MEL
Now most scripting is done in pyMel
MEL is what is written to a .ma file.
Solve a simple problem:
We want a light to flicker
How do we do that?
light1.intensity = noise(time)*0.1+1.6;
How do we make a 1x1 box? sphere? with MEL?
Syntax, ':' <object>.<attribute>
What does the mod operator do?
MEL:
What is a variable? why do we need them?
strings
int
float
Declare Var:
string $myName = "<myName>";
int $myAge = <age>
float $myHeight = <hight in inches>
Declare Array:
string $drawer[];
$drawer[0] = ?
$drawer[1] = ?
print $drawer;
string $allInScene[] = `ls`;
string $onlySelected[] = `ls -sl`;
Rand:
rand(-300,500);
Key all your cubes
For Loop:
string $objects[] = `ls -sl`;
print $objects;
for ($singleObj in $objects)
{
float $rx = rand(-30-30);
float $ry = rand(-30-30);
float $rz = rand(-30-30);
move -a $rx $ry $rz $singleObj;
}
move forward in time: key all your cubes
Flags:
polyCube -w 5 -h 2 -d 1 -sx 1 -sy 1 -sz 1 -ax 010 -ch 1;
Show:
- Create a shelf button from the Script Editor
Class: Model a stone
How to Execute others MEL scripts
Download rockGen.mel
source rockGen File, launch rockGen
