Real-world plant motion

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

You may find this question somewhat strange, but I was wondering is it possible to recreate real plant movements in Maya. For example, if I filmed the movements of a small bush under a wind speed of 2km/hr, and extract all movement coordination (amplitude, frequency, angle of the moving branch etc.). Would it be possible to input all these data into a plant model and recreate these movements, if so what are the major processes involved?

Thanks heaps!

Snow

[sean.heasley]

Hi @Anonymous I'm not sure about using all the numbers that you listed but this video has a really good breakdown of animating grass with control over turbulence, frequency etc. Hope this helps!