This appeared today on the sidefx vimeo channel, possibly to late and not what you need but still interesting :)
https://vimeo.com/123657201 On 31 March 2015 at 13:05, Chris Marshall <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh yes, cool! I think that'll do what I need. > Thanks a lot! > > > On 30 March 2015 at 20:59, Schoenberger <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> For the old school way: Check the SI sample scenes. >> https://vimeo.com/123662527 >> >> I have created some ICE nodes to mimic the rotation of the "cloud chunks". >> It is simply based on the observation that particles rotate away from the >> center. >> No Fluids= fast to simulate+render, over-all movement/scale can be >> adjusted with splines and cages, refinement without changing the >> movement. >> >> You just need a few particles. And you should probably not use many more, >> otherwise you loose the cell shape. >> Many overlapping particles with small density break the billowing look. >> And do not reduce the size. >> If you want to use use more, carve more of the particle away, that you >> have a few cell spikes. >> Render even less particles to view how you shape them via the render >> tree. And use the thumbnails in the render tree that you know what you are >> tweaking. >> >> >> Holger Schönberger >> technical director >> The day has 24 hours, if that does not suffice, I will take the night >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Rob Chapman >> *Sent:* Monday, March 30, 2015 6:11 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: Billowing smoke >> >> heres an old school particle volume way you could still use slipstream >> with. demo scene with link >> >> https://vimeo.com/45430754 >> >> >> >> On 30 March 2015 at 16:50, Chris Marshall <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> OK yes looks very cool >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> On 30 March 2015 at 16:37, adrian wyer <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> emfluid for sure! >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Chris Marshall >>>> *Sent:* 30 March 2015 16:34 >>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>> *Subject:* Billowing smoke >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> i need to do some thick billowing smoke and have Slipstream and Fury, >>>> but I'm struggling to get that thick smoke look. Just wondering if anyone >>>> can help or what alternative solutions are there? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Chris Marshall >>> Mint Motion Limited >>> 029 20 37 27 57 >>> 07730 533 115 >>> www.mintmotion.co.uk >>> >>> >> > > > -- > > Chris Marshall > Mint Motion Limited > 029 20 37 27 57 > 07730 533 115 > www.mintmotion.co.uk > >
