Creating a continuous waterfall loop ?

something like

http://videohive.net/item/looping-wat...ion-/70521

or this?

http://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/37...-loop.html

I it is difficult to make animations in Filter Forge

you have to use the COMMAND LINE RENDERER

http://www.filterforge.com/more/help/...derer.html

ANIMATION WIKI

http://www.filterforge.com/wiki/index.php/Animation

Here you go.
Just change the frame number to animate it.
Note that you have 100 frames max, but since you only need 10, you can use 0, 10, 20, ..., 90.
For that you don't even need the command line renderer.
If you want the whole 1024x1024 full of water, just set the width and the edge to 100.


Credit goes to Kraellin, it's his waterfall. I just removed the background and added frame control.

waterfall anim.ffxml

Here's a 600x600 10 frame animation...
Is that not what you wanted?
http://www.dumpt.com/img/viewer.php?f...qj7nde.gif

Tell you what - post the settings you had on the filter to get the results you like, and I'll send you the 1024x1024 frames for the animation.

What I uploaded was made with Kraellin's default preset. If you want your water more transparent, the waterfall wider, or whatever, just tell me the slider values you need.

In photoshop you have the Rulers, find them under the view menu I think.
When you make the first selection, put it at the very top. Then click on the top ruler, and drag down into the image. You will get a guide. It should snap to the bottom of your selection (If not, turn on Snap to selections).
Now when you make your next selection, it should be easy to snap it's top to the new guide (If not, turn on snap to guides also). Now just rinse and repeat for all the selections you need.

However, I still find it easier to just do it in FF... Set all the settings you want on the waterfall with Frame control on 0.
Save that image, and then only change the Frame slider to 10, keep all the other settings as they are.
Now change the Frame slider to 20, save the image... And so on untill you are on frame 90.
Then all you have to do is take the 10 frames and keep them in the right order.
That's how I did the animation above.

Again, if you want, you can just tell me the setttings on your waterfall, and I'll do the rest.

Hmmm... Have you changed anything in the filter? Because your settings look nothing like mine.
Or maybe you're using an older version of the filter. I have version 4a.

Yep, I just saw this
It's late here right now, after 2:00 am. I will see how I can help tomorrow

vurt,

i made a couple animations using my filter, but the best way is to use Sjeiti's batch renderer, found here: http://ffbatch.sjeiti.com/

we can only hope that FF, inc. will eventually incorporate something like this into the program

the thread that finds sjeiti's renderer is here: http://www.filterforge.com/forum/read...ssage71482

Hey Kraellin yes i know about the batch renderer, it's a great utility. Good that you linked to it because i couldnt find the link in my Favorites, i used it some year ago or so.

Morgantao: It's because the game uses 10 frames for this model, but in fact it was less difficult than i thought to add more frames to the actual waterfall mesh, so i will go with more frames i think. I did a 10 frames animation, by rendering a huge 1024x10240 image and then cutting it into 10 1024x1024 pieces. But i think it can look better with maybe 30 frames-

can e see what you have so far?

Looks good