Channel tunnel drive

**salaam** · 07 July 2007, 03:18 PM

A never ending trip from England to France.

**jamesmc** · 08 July 2007, 03:05 AM

Are we there yet? Are we there yet?

Excellent motion illusion Salaam!

**parahandy** · 08 July 2007, 08:07 AM

Most convincing illusion Salaam.

**salaam** · 08 July 2007, 09:37 AM

Thanks,
I spent a fair while trying to get the effect of travelling. In the end I just attempted to move the middle section & not bother with the effect & there it was, accidental motion
It's a shame that bevels do not work with 'tweening'.

**gwpriester** · 08 July 2007, 06:52 PM

Interesting effect. Makes me dizzy.

Gary

**Brivtech** · 09 July 2007, 06:52 PM

Reminds me of things I'd program on my old ZX-81!

**pauland** · 10 July 2007, 07:13 AM

'Nice' effect - fatally flawed since you can't actually drive through the channel tunnel.. ;-)

Whatever tunnel it might be I won't be driving through it!

**a4hire** · 10 July 2007, 02:43 PM

Pretty neat! Maybe you can make one with a car ?

**Egg Bramhill** · 11 July 2007, 05:25 AM

Salaam,

About 3 years ago I saw a Flash animation that used raster images in a very similar manner. As the viewer moved further into the scene the bitmap enlarged, whilst a new smaller bitmap in the background gradually took it's place.

To join all the bitmaps together it had a vector "root" or "branch" like object running throughout the sequence, which was seamlessly looped.

Unfortunately I can't find the original url but your animation reminded me of the technique.

**salaam** · 11 July 2007, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by pauland

'Nice' effect - fatally flawed since you can't actually drive through the channel tunnel.. ;-)

Ooops! Yeah you're right (I always assumed you could).

Originally Posted by salaam

It's a shame that bevels do not work with 'tweening'.

That should have read; 'It's a shame that Blends don't work..' It would have reduced the frames tremendously.

Originally Posted by Brivtech

Reminds me of things I'd program on my old ZX-81!

My first Tunnel was brown and white. I.e. a ZX Spectrum version.

Originally Posted by a4hire

Pretty neat! Maybe you can make one with a car ?

Thanks Bruce, the driver is actually in the background with the lines running on top of him. I wouldn't know how to do what you've suggested in XXpro, although it would be very easy in my SWiSHmax.