"It's not over" ... how'd they do it?

[Hawk Teflon]

Ah, I see. That's cool. I guess that's how things like hair and grass in Maya have independent moving that looks good.

I opened up Maya 3 years ago. Stared for about 45 seconds. Closed it down.

 

[Hawk Teflon]

So I did a quick test just to see how i can make it look in literally 5 minutes.

Heres my test.
http://www.swfcabin.com/open/1244133087

What program did you use?

 

[Marc Villafan]

What program did you use?

I did it in After Effects in 5 minutes. But I totally forgot about simulating it in a 3d program. That will be the easiest and most flawless looking animation you can get in my opinion. It seems hard but once you learn to use those physics engines within the 3d program its a snap. One good tutorial on a physics engine for a specific 3d app should suffice to learn the basics of it.

 

[Jason Miller]

this is just AE motion graphics, it isn't to hard, in AE it is easy to manipulate a 2d image in a 3d space.