OrestesMantra
08-10-2002, 05:49 PM
What would be the easiest method to make a waterfall?I know I could use particles but they take forever to render and really slow down my computer.
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InnerVortex
08-10-2002, 11:49 PM
painting effects? just a dumb idea.. but thay have something close to that..or..
drop salt.. or sugar with a black background from about 3 times your heigth, well.. they used it in starwars ep1
drop salt.. or sugar with a black background from about 3 times your heigth, well.. they used it in starwars ep1
OrestesMantra
08-11-2002, 01:58 AM
Well, my idea was the waterfall be the main focus of the scene.
InnerVortex
08-11-2002, 02:33 AM
hoo then forget it:) they used that for a detail:) hehe.. sorry cant help much, what about the new maya4.5 fluids? dont even wanna know the render time for that:p
S E D A H
08-11-2002, 02:55 AM
use realflow really great soft and works with maya
boomji
08-11-2002, 06:18 PM
hey dude,
use illusion particles...amazing stuff can be done with that.
may be you render seperate passes of particles and put them together in post with color correction, off set timing,blur etc.
b
use illusion particles...amazing stuff can be done with that.
may be you render seperate passes of particles and put them together in post with color correction, off set timing,blur etc.
b
OrestesMantra
08-11-2002, 09:23 PM
What are illusion particles?
S E D A H
08-11-2002, 11:30 PM
this is some 2d effect that come with combustion this is only good for fire or shot gun stuff like that but l never do a water fall with that ............for that l will use for sure realflow
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bigGnomon
08-12-2002, 02:03 AM
Creating a nice waterfall would be a mixture of layers. (Time to use your comping program of choice.)
First off you can build your waterfall as a nurb's sheet and then use the paramaterization to control how your water texture flows over it. This way the water can be moving around rocks and near the edges of the waterfall where there's land, etc. It also provides shape as the water falls. Gnomon online has a free tutorial on this kind of thing.
http://www.gnomononline.com/texturing.html
Then it's going to be a mixture of adding particle effects for mist and spray which should be layered on in your comping app for more control.
Finally add some camera shake to show the power of the waterfall. (That is, if you're close enough to it, or it's not a tiny waterfall.) :)
Come to think of it, there's an entire "behind the scenes" of making waterfalls on the Phatom Menace DVD. I'd suggest checking it out.
-jason
First off you can build your waterfall as a nurb's sheet and then use the paramaterization to control how your water texture flows over it. This way the water can be moving around rocks and near the edges of the waterfall where there's land, etc. It also provides shape as the water falls. Gnomon online has a free tutorial on this kind of thing.
http://www.gnomononline.com/texturing.html
Then it's going to be a mixture of adding particle effects for mist and spray which should be layered on in your comping app for more control.
Finally add some camera shake to show the power of the waterfall. (That is, if you're close enough to it, or it's not a tiny waterfall.) :)
Come to think of it, there's an entire "behind the scenes" of making waterfalls on the Phatom Menace DVD. I'd suggest checking it out.
-jason
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