SARAH'S ANIMATIONS
PROJECT 1
Planet Animation
Due:Â 2/5/2020
Animations, Screenshots: Sarah DiPatrizio
TUTORIAL ANIMATION
This was created using the tutorial in Chapter 2 of the Derakshani textbook.
MODIFIED ANIMATION
Continuing off of the tutorial animation, there were 3 modifications I made to make this version more unique.
#1
Textures
The first change I made was to add realistic textures to all the different planets, their moons, and finally the sun. All the images I used for the textures were found from free websites (linked below).
​
https://www.solarsystemscope.com/textures/
http://planetpixelemporium.com/index.php
​
#2
Planet / Moon Orbits
The second change I made was to add orbits (all different speeds) to each of the planets and their respective moons. I roughly made calculations based off of their rotation speed and related it to the frame rate. This is why the outer 3~4 planets seem very slow in their orbit around the sun!
#3
Adding a Camera
The last change I made was to add a camera into the animation. While playing around with the features on Maya, I discovered the camera feature and did a few tests. I came up with the final camera animation after doing some research through the Maya documentation/website, referencing a YouTube video for a general tutorial, and just trial and error until I got a result. Below is a link to the tutorial I referenced for starting out with the camera on Maya.
​