Twister..or sandstorm effect

#1

Hi,

wondering if anyone had anytips on starting up a Twister or tornado effect. I have footage of sand dunes…it’s going to be in the middle of a desert. So there’s goign to be a couple of different fxs going on, but for the twister alone, a buddy said to do it with a deforming cylindrical type geometry with particles flying around it, I’ve also tried strictly particles, but finding it kind of hard to get them to do what i want. Anyone had any luck doing this type of effect? I also have Fume, and afterburn to work with…Anytips would be appreciated. Thanks

#2

Try this link:

http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/premium_content/3d__and__animation/assisted_twister

Hope this is what your after and good luck :thumbsup:

#3

I’d go with a pflow+Afterburn solution. Set up pflow system using vortex and wind as primary forces. You’ll need about three nodes. One for the funnel, one for the dust that gets kicked up and one for debris. There are some great DVD’s by Allan McKay demostrating this technique. http://www.allanmckay.com/products.html

#4

Anyone tried a Krakatoa tornado yet?

#5

that’d be neat havent tried yet!

#6

Somebody did, based on Allan’s tutorials:
http://www.franticfilms.com/software/support/krakatoa/work_in_progress_gallery.php#Llyr_Williams

#7

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