christmas lights on a wire

[Munz]

So I am creating a christmas tree and am lighting it now, I want to do an array along the wire path so the lights are spaced evenly along the wire. any ideas on how to do this.

 

thanks

 

munz

[Munz]

never mind figured it out...

 

animate the light on a path contraint, then do a snapshot of the light along the path...

 

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[Koper]

huh??, snapshot as in render at different times along timeline and composite??

 

you can do it the same way and if you want 10 lights on the wire put 10 lights on it with the path constraint, then just change the time% for each so they are spaced out evenly

[jvlive]

I think its snapshot as in snapshot tool.

http://www.cgarchitect.com/upclose/article10_TB.asp

haven't tried it, but do you think that you can animate the material (light color in this particular project) as well? that way your xmas lights color varies along the path.

[Koper]

hehe, now here is something i havent seen before or maybe just didn't stuck in im head, cool, something to play with, yepee

[pipjor]

create 1-christmas light and 1-path, select the light and hit "shift-I"

[anthony cortez]

Try using the spacing tool.