VAT (Vertex Animated Textures) PLANT with Anim States – Presentation 2023 Digital Dragons

Hey everybody,

Not too long ago, with my work colleague Krystian, we went to the Digital Dragons Convention (Krakow, Poland) to current just a few ideas of VFX we’ve been engaged on.

The presentation was recorded, and as soon as it’s on-line, I’ll put up it right here if a few of you is likely to be .

To offer you a fast breakdown – I labored on an animated Plant utilizing Vertex Animation Textures, and all of the animation states, logic and extra VFX are made in Niagara with none blueprints.

I’ve created anim states utilizing ENUMS and switched between them utilizing distance from the particle to the participant (Digicam question + Offset). I’ll depart some breakdown gifs and likewise YT movies in the intervening time whereas I watch for convention organizers to add the presentation on-line. Hopefully, it gained’t be lengthy.

Thanks, in case you have any questions, be at liberty to ask, and I’ll be completely satisfied to offer some solutions in case you’re interested by how that is made.