So it seems that my PC is down again. Having 2 operation systems was causing conflicts for the last couple of days and it finally broke down on me.
Anyhow, for the time being i can’t do any heavy stuff so i decided to have fun with particles on a laptop.
Fully driven by expressions no field used.
This one is nCloth test with no debris fx..
In the previous blog post, I talked about creating circular motion.
Here is my test. I basically created a circle that emits particles, and have added more expressions to get the shape and motion.
However, with this method it may be difficult to adjust/animate the shape if a director wants a tornado shape at a chosen frame.
x[sin(time)] x z[cos(time)]
sin(time) in x multiplied by cos(time) in z will give a circular motion in 3D.
This technique can be very useful for making a tornado type of fx to get the circular motion.
vector $pos = particleShape1.position;
float $timeOffset = (time/3 + particleShape1.particleId);
float $radiusIncrement = linstep(0,12,particleShape1.age);
particleShape1.position = <<4*$radiusIncrement*sin($timeOffset),$pos.y+.1,4*$radiusIncrement*cos($timeOffset)>>;
This is a playblast of fireworks I created for fun. I really want to make a realistic fireworks and composite with a live action plate some time.
I’m already bored. I might do another fx next other than coding! :>
I used roughly 50000 particles to achieve this effect.
Text disappears like smoke from Daisuke Maki on Vimeo.
This is the wallfall I attempted a while ago.. I will keep working on it. This one was rendered in hardware and with no self-shadowing. 160000 particles.. took about 6 hours to render.
