Create animated textures

Using the Paint Effects view plane you can create animated textures. For example, you could create a texture that has vines growing on it, or create a texture that changes color, then apply the animated texture to surfaces.

To create an animated texture

1. [Optional] For a seamless repeating texture, turn wrap on as follows:
   • Select Paint Effects > Paint Effects Globals. The Paint Effects Globals window opens.
   • Expand Scene and turn on Scene Wrap H and Scene Wrap V. This causes strokes in the scene to wrap over the edges of the view plane, as if the view plane were a canvas.
2. Select Paint Effects > Paint on View Plane.
3. Go to the scene painting view if you are not already in it (press the 8 hotkey to open the Paint Effects panel and select Paint > Paint Scene) and paint your strokes on the view plane. Although the stroke wireframes display between 0 and 1 in world space, the strokes will render on the view plane.
4. Animate the strokes using the techniques described in this chapter.
5. Render the animation. See Create a composite of Paint Effects strokes and your scene.