Crumpled paper balls with 3dsmax

Something like a scrunched up ball of paper can actually be a challenge to realistically create in 3D -due to the complexity of the required folds and crumples. This is a technique I found to work very well and i also briefly go over an easy option to animate it rolling along.

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Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• 3dsmax
• paper
• crumpled
• paper ball
• cloth
• sim
• simulation
• matt chandler
• animation

[MrPuffballboy]

glad to hear it helped out

[MrPuffballboy]

Hi there RobMonk - good to hear you find it useful.

A simple way to reverse would be to invert/reverse the pointcache.

If you point cache the mesh and then set the range on the cache modifer to custom - you can simply specify (for example) frame 100 to begin with and end on frame 0.

This can just look like things backwards and rather linear though - so you could open up the pointcache framerange in the Trackview and manaully add some keys/tweak the curves on them to create some tension/delay

[MrPuffballboy]

cool. glad you enjoyed it. so post any paper related stuff you try out. - matt

[IkesInk30]

great tutorial, will be a great help to me and others, keep up the great work

[sisssssta]

I love you soooooooo much. you're my life saver :))

thank you so much

[RobMonk85]

cool tutorial. Is there a way to make it 'unfold'- so to animate it unfolding?

[gordontarpley]

Great tutorial. I've faked this a few times and this is a WAY better method. Thanks for posting!

[fordaloveable]

I love to watch people coming up with a smart work around! Very smart & good job! cheers