SHORT: Bing Bong A Ping Pong Movie

[Xerxes_Sangco]

Ping Pong!!!!


Random video we put together. It gets better towards the middle, I promise!

 

[Hawk Teflon]

I hope more people watch this. Very well done! What did you do for the ball?

 

[Xerxes_Sangco]

Thank you, Hawk!

The ball was just a simple sphere I animated in 3D Studio Max after motion tracking in Boujou. You can see how I set up track points on top of the ping pong table at the end of the video.

 

[Hawk Teflon]

Yeah, I figured that's what those were for. Well done, again. Another question: What did you use to calculate the inertia of the ping pong ball?

 

[Xerxes_Sangco]

I set up key frames at the point where I assumed the ball would touch the paddle. Then I animated the inbetweens using keyframing and animation curves.

I winged most of it, but then again I guess it helps that I was an aspiring animator before I got into film

Hope this helps!

 

[dre83]

Very nice. Maybe some more "fast cuts" and "jump cuts" during the "battle" ?

And it's alle VFX (the ball) ha !! I thought you guys could play ping pong like a chicken could run

 

[Xerxes_Sangco]

Thanks! In reality, we suck at Ping Pong haha