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Material Animation Group

 
 
 
Movie Textures are animated textures that are created from a video file, they can be applied to objects while being in the Animation workbench.
 
 
 
To add an animated texture, you have at first to select an object then click above the Movie button. The Material Animation dialog box appears (as shown in the following image) asking the user to specify a movie and to enter inputs as desired.
 
 
 
 
The Material Animation dialog box consists of the following fields and buttons:
 
  • Movie: Browse and select the desired movie from your disk drive.
  • Movie Length: Enter the length of the movie (in seconds). This displays the the first n seconds of the selected movie.
  • Begin Frame: Determine the frame where you would like to start showing the texture in animation timeline.
  • End Frame: Determine the frame where you would like to finish showing the texture in animation time line.
  • OK: Confirm and accept settings.
  • Cancel: To abort the operation.
 
Supported file types are MP4, avi, or flv.