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[Jesse-H]

Hey, I would like to create a sky scene with moving clouds like the one on this website: www.phrase.com.au! Please help me, thanks!

[funkysoul]

Create a movieclip with a enough big clouds picture and let it scroll through the movie.. there are a few tutorials around for scrolling images. Have a search in here

[Pax]

Might want to also look at making a seamless sky background. There should be tutorials out there, and I know photo-stitching software is available and could possibly work for a seamless sky. If you dont have the seamless sky, its going to look kind of sloppy when the sky jerks around at the end of the animation.

[Jesse-H]

Yeah thats the problem. I was trying to work out how Id do a seemless background.

[Pax]

You'll probably need to photoshop one. Unless you are able to find a stock image that is seamless? Might be worth the effort to do that. If not, just use the clone tool and airbrush in photoshop.

[bgrezeszak]

my suggestion for a seamless sky is to find a cloud map that is made to be used as a texture for 3D rendering, since they are designed to wrap around a surface and line up, which has the by product of being exactly what you need. I have attached a texture map, I made the animation and it worked, but you would need a bigger map to use for a website background.

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[Jesse-H]

oOo! Thats a great idea, thanks heaps man. Nah it would fit, I just need it for a banner. Thanks once again I'll try that!

By the way, what code did you do to make it keep repeating? Thanks!

Edited by Jesse-H, 24 January 2007 - 05:20 AM.

[Pax]

easiest way would be to hand tween it inside a movieclip, and just let that keep playing.

[Jesse-H]

Hmmm, maybe. I'll give that a try and see how it goes, thanks.

[Ben]

I created, a while ago, a cloud generator for a game I was making. Generates clouds in random size, order, and transparency. I wouldn't mind giving the source if you'd want it.

Although the animation thing would probably be easier and look better.

Edited by Ben, 10 February 2007 - 07:28 AM.