Creating heat waves from a aircraft

#1

I am looking to make heat waves coming off an air craft so that it deforms the view of anything behind it. how do i do this?

#2

I would suggest you check out the DVGarage Heat Ripple Tutorial Video. That is a direct link to the video, but I would reccomend signing up for their free tutorials and features its really worth it.

-Eric

#3

I think get the tinderbox plugins trial.
In one of the three boxes there is a Operator called “T_Heathaze” included.

http://wxx.thefoundry.co.uk/pkg_plugins.aspx?ui=7EB882D6-AFE1-4CCA-B28D-B20DB7A46E7A

#4

A simple noise operator connected to a displace operator will do just about the same thing. Use a B&W noise and set the displace to luminance.

-Eric

#5

isnt the tinderbox plugin for After Effects only ?

#6

Yes you are right.
In the past Tinderbox was also available for combustion, but some filters are not 100 % compatible with it so far I know.
I have tried the Heathaze at a company some weeks ago because they had after effects and combustion. It worked for me.

#7

You could also try using combustion’s own particles and then feed this in to a displace operator and maybe a little blur. work’s a treat

D

#8

I tried it with 3D Max’s particles systems with different colour and the Displace Modifier in Combustion, worked great !

#9

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