BLENDERSUSHI / AN Alembic Animation Clone and Offset (LIVENODING085)
WHAT YOU WILL BE CREATING:
Just a simple setup that uses Animation Nodes to clone Alembic animation and offset the frame.
BRIEF EXPLANATION:
Since Blender version 2.78, we have the ability to import and export Alembic. Any baked cache of animation from any 3D package that is packaged as Alembic can be read in Blender, and it will be "LIVE" imported via Mesh Sequence Cache Modifier.
I decided to do a quick Blender and Animation Nodes video tutorial on how you could use this method to quickly create kind of passive crowd system.
You could perhaps create a looping animation of birds or butterflies, then use Blender Particles to instances, or use Animation Nodes.
I really like the simplicity of this method, thanks to AN Add-On and Blender!