Vray fur dynamics sequence based on converting scene movement to rgb values

[stevesideas]

I was just thinking about the possibility of having simple physics based dynamics for vray fur where some kind of tool allows movement in an animated scene to create a coloured sequence that relates to bend direction and amount. Is something like this possible?

[hermit.crab]

What do you mean by "movement in the scene to RGB values"? Usually, the VRayVelocity element does exactly that - encoding XYZ translations into the R, G, and B channels. EDIT: Actually, the VRayVelocity saved the difference in translation between frames only.

If you wish to make a simple animated VRayFur, you can load a normal map sequence in the Bend Direction. Such a normal map sequence can be generated via the VRayBumpToNormal node. If I have misunderstood, please clarify.

[stevesideas]

Yes, that's pretty much what I mean. I'm not in front of my computer right now but is it possible to bake a velocity texture sequence into an object?

[hermit.crab]

Made a mistake in my previous post and corrected it.

Otherwise, the VRaySamplerInfoTex can do what I was previously referring to (converting XYZ to RGB values through the Point type and using a coordinate system of your choice) and can be baked via a VRayExtraTexMap.