pasto Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Hello, I am trying to blend 2 simple shapes (2 curves with the same number of points) and get the in-between steps like the blend tool in illustrator would do. The blend shape is doing the blend easily but how can I specify and keep the in-between steps geometry ? (I am looking for the equivalent of the blend mode in C4D's Mograph cloner) I am very new to Houdini, sorry if it is obvious, but I can't find it anywhere. Many thanx. Jérôme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybar Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 If you animate the blend over a couple of frames and use a Trail SOP afterwards, you'd get the in-betweens. Then just lock and use that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_K Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Hey, You could try animate the blend and add a Trail sop set to "Preserve Original" and use: Trail Length - set it to how many steps you want, but you'll need to ensure there are enough frames to match. Trail Increment - set it to 1 and it will leave a copy on each frame, set to 2 to skip every other frame etc. Cache Size - usually set it to the same value as trail length. Hope that helps! Matt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasto Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 Thanx a lot guys, works perfectly of course. I locked the trail node with a time shift, is there a better way ? thx J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybar Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Thanx a lot guys, works perfectly of course. I locked the trail node with a time shift, is there a better way ? thx J Thats perfectly fine, or you could use the Lock-flag (red) on the node as well. Whatever you prefer really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasto Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 Damn, I thought it was just a security lock, thanx a lot David, much appreciated help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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