Particles Generator

[Sewie]

Dear TVP friends,

I have been fiddling around with the Particles Generator in the FX bin, trying to see what's possible with it and I'm wondering; Is it possible to use you own custom object as a particle? Like a custom brush, for example?

[ZigOtto]

... Is it possible to use you own custom object as a particle? Like a custom brush, for example?

yes, select the source (browse...) and choose your custombrush where it has been stored, it works with animbrushes as well ...

[Sewie]

Which source? The one under the "world" tab?
And I didn't know I could store my custom brushes. How do I do that??

[Sewie]

Ok, I see you can load in a picture (jpeg, for example) under Emitters > Particles > Shape > Source > From File. So you have to export your custombrush first in a different format. That seems to work!

But how does this work with animated brushes? Do you have to export a sequence of images first? I can't seem to load them in if I do...

[ematecki]

Export as 'deep', it can do animaion without losses.

[Sewie]

Thanks.
This Particle thing looks very interesting if I can get it to work well. I'll play with it some more....

[Peter Wassink]

Thanks.
This Particle thing looks very interesting if I can get it to work well. I'll play with it some more....

its quite a world that you'll have to get into, you can also start with a preset effect that comes close to the kind of motion you need and then customize it.

[Sewie]

I tried that but for some reason it's a lot more complicated to me than starting from scratch. I'll play with it some more...

[Fabrice]

yep, not easy to use, but very powerful after some tries.

[artfx]

I love the particles generator, although I still which it had turbulence and stretch (motion blur). You can do a lot with it. Rain, snow, falling leaves, even a flock of birds. It can be very powerful.

[Peter Wassink]

I love the particles generator, although I still which it had turbulence and stretch (motion blur). You can do a lot with it. Rain, snow, falling leaves, even a flock of birds. It can be very powerful.

Yes!these sound like good additions.
And i recently found myself wishing for a sort of "vacuum cleaner/ gravity spot", what i mean is the reverse of the emitter...an element that can collect the particles into a certain spot or area.
no idea how hard that would be to create.

[Fabrice]

Sewie, you can learn a lot from those tutorails :

TVPaint Particle Magic!!
http://www.studioartfx.com/Training/fil ... magic.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Sewie]

Thanks, but site is down.
If I remember, these are tutorials that have to be paid for, no?

[Fabrice]

Thanks, but site is down.

opps ... just send a PM to Terrence to have more infos

[artfx]

Yes. My site is down at the moment. I have to find a new web host. I will be redesigning it at some point as well.

Yes. The tutorials were to be paid for. They include about 3 hours of video explaining use of the particle generator in different situations and, I think, 18 new presets and FX bins.