Squash & Stretch Rubber Ball

Rubber Ball

This rubber ball is animated to squash and stretch when it is bouncing.This ball is created by grouping itself twice. The two group are respectively named, translate ball gp and rotation ball gp. In order for the ball to be able to squash and stretch, Maya allows me to create a deformer. Under the animation tab, there is a create deformer option. In the option, selecting the non-linear followed by the squash option. A squash handle will be form within my rubber ball. By changing its factor within the range of -1 to 1. a squash and stretch effect will be made. To make the ball look more realistic, the 

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Click the link to view the rubber ball in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21EFg1nEcMk