OK Thanks Guys, Plenty to think about. Cheers
On 30 November 2016 at 14:38, Jonathan Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > I love Houdini for particle advection but it's slow to render in > comparison to Krakatoa once you're up in the 100's of millions of > particles. It all depends on the resources Chris has available to him. > > On the other hand, when judged purely on creative control, Mantra is a > magical renderer with hundreds of millions of particles. > > Krakatoa is more often the tool for the job if it can be handled without > the need for a farm. If it's a farm rendering job both Mantra and Krakatoa > are equally capable but Krakatoa will be far more efficient. I agree with > staying away from plugins where possible but when a plugin has such a > strong competitive advantage, it'd hard to resist and pays for itself very > quickly. > > On 30 November 2016 at 14:16, Jordi Bares <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I rather don’t invest in plugins if you can avoid it (that is just me), >> plus you get a Houdini’s full toolset that in the future will surely prove >> useful… plus the price is not that dissimilar (you will need the full FX >> license though) >> >> Have a look >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaJKKgJSNhY >> >> Some more particles - Divergence >> http://insekt8.de/I/houdini-custom-divergence/ >> <http://insekt8.de/I/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Divergence_03.jpg> >> >> Advection example >> https://vimeo.com/16944204 >> >> High-res particle rendering >> http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PBWxtbVGQhU/UjbSfdU9N-I/AAAAAAAAA5 >> o/ahc-UIwgk-Q/s1600/krakatoaTest_01.jpg >> >> Volumes >> http://www.iamag.co/features/itsart/wp-content/uploads/2015/ >> 05/Houdini-smoke-solver-3.jpg >> >> enjoy >> Jb >> >> >> >> >> >> On 30 Nov 2016, at 13:57, Jonathan Moore <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> OpenVDB is a good option for rendering, especially in combination with >> Redshift. However, I've found that point rendering gives far more control >> for this type of effect over VDB (which more often than not still looks >> more like a smoke volume rather than fluid dispersion). Additive >> plasma-like effects will be far faster to render because there are no >> lighting calculations but lighting will add a huge amount of creative >> control with the self shadowing. >> >> With Krakatoa for Max & Maya much of what you are paying for is the PRT >> partitioning and Magma (their nodal interface for driving the particle >> vectors/channels). Magma and PRT isn't required in Softimage as Alembic and >> ICE take their place. Don't get me wrong Krakatoa is a better product for >> Max and Maya (especially Max) but it's $1000. If you have C4D in your >> studio, Krakatoa for C4D is a great option as it's only $100 more than a >> pure KrakatoaSR render license and works fantastically well in combination >> with X-particles and TurbulenceFD. >> >> >> >> Get in contact with Thinkbox for some demo licenses and compare your >> different options. I'd personally use Houdini for an OpenVDB workflow over >> Blender (but that's just me). >> >> On 30 November 2016 at 13:10, Thomas Volkmann <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I would probably do a smoke simulation in blender (you can import the >>> animted alembic character now), cache that to openvdb and render with >>> whatever. >>> When you play a bit with the density in the shader you can have the >>> denser parts more defined. >>> https://youtu.be/iw8hj2Uycvk?t=11m2s >>> >>> cheers, >>> Thomas >>> >>> >>> >>> Chris Marshall <[email protected]> hat am 30. November 2016 um >>> 12:55 geschrieben: >>> >>> >>> Hi All, >>> I'm looking to create an effect similar to the Robinsons Squash Advert >>> from a couple of years ago. >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6l47atGxa4 >>> This isn't the exact effect I'm after, but would anyone have any >>> pointers on this, but more specifically the rendering of that look? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Chris >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------ >>> Softimage Mailing List. >>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >>> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------ >>> Softimage Mailing List. >>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >>> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>> >> >> ------ >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> >> >> >> ------ >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> > > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > -- Chris Marshall Mint Motion Limited 029 20 37 27 57 07730 533 115 www.mintmotion.co.uk www.dot3d.com
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