Experimenting With Smoke... 2005-06-06 - By ccoles_avengers
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Hi All,
Just trying to get a grasp on some of Michael's cool plugins. I am
experimenting with his Sprite plugin in trying to create a smoke
effect. Now please note, I am really not that familiar with the
particle system so I don't know if this is the exact way that smoke is
supposed to be achieved in Carrara, but I experimented with creating
smoke with and without Mike's plugin, and the only difference I saw
was that the one that did not use the sprite plugin was a bit darker
(sometimes desireable) than the one using the plugin. Otherwise, I
couldn't really tell the difference.
Could anyone help out here and tell me exactly "what" I should be
seeing that would be different with adding the Sprite plugin? I guess
I am missing the concept here of the polygons needing to "face" the
camera in this instance.
1) Smoke Effect Using Sprite Plugin
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Carrara/files/Selocic/smoke_w_floor(divx).avi>
2) Smoke Effect Without Plugin
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Carrara/files/Selocic/smoke_w_floor_no_sprites
(divx).avi>
Oh, BTW, these clips were generated *before* installing the latest
Sprite Plugin update.
Cheers.
Claudia
"Selocic"
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