“Cloth animation for Star Wars: Episode I “The Phantom Menace”” by McLaughlin and Anderson
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- Production & Animation and Rendering
Title:
- Cloth animation for Star Wars: Episode I “The Phantom Menace”
Session/Category Title: Star Wars Episode I Technical Animation Challenges
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Abstract:
There were two key challenges in designing the procedural animation software for the clothing in “Episode I:” development of appropriate representations for the physical properties of the large range of materials that were needed for the film, and development of a set of controls to define the performance aspects of the clothing.