Re: electric plasma effect

2016-11-03 Thread Gerbrand Nel
don't know if you've made up your mind about life after soft, but if you like this, you'll love houdini On 2016/11/03 12:44 PM, Chris Marshall wrote: Not strands as that's a problem with the two ends. It's a lot of particles distributed between the two nulls, then turbulised twice, once for the

Re: Exploding fractured mesh

2016-11-03 Thread Fabricio Chamon
If you are keen to staying in softimage Momentum + implosiaFX should pretty much serve all your needs. As Simon stated it will be not as stable as houdini, but I've done some pretty decent setups with it.. some intermediate ice skills and an understanting of the whole workflow of momentum is needed

Re: electric plasma effect

2016-11-03 Thread Pierre Schiller
Any screencaps allowed? 😃😃😃 On Nov 3, 2016 6:07 AM, "Chris Marshall" wrote: > This was more a demo than the actual final delivered result. > > > On 3 November 2016 at 11:03, Mirko Jankovic > wrote: > >> I would just say that initial connecting of arc could be a bit faster >> like to be snap za

Re: Exploding fractured mesh

2016-11-03 Thread Cristobal Infante
Just out of curiosity, do you need the pieces to then fall or fly away? Using the normal as inital vel? Best, Cris On 3 November 2016 at 16:00, Orlando Esponda wrote: > Have you tried with Momentum? Your description sounds like the perfect > job for it. > > El jue., nov. 3, 2016 9:55 AM, Mor

Re: Exploding fractured mesh

2016-11-03 Thread Orlando Esponda
"If you dont want to have to use expressions all the time avoid Maya not Houdini :)" ROLF! Killer comment! El jue., nov. 3, 2016 10:12 AM, Simon Reeves escribió: > I did lots of fracturing and deforming (rather than simulated) on a job a > year or so ago in xsi with momentum ice etc. Though I

Re: Exploding fractured mesh

2016-11-03 Thread Simon Reeves
I did lots of fracturing and deforming (rather than simulated) on a job a year or so ago in xsi with momentum ice etc. Though I was fairly happy with the system I had (based on a vimeo video from eric mootz by the way! About controlling pieces in ICE) really it was pretty buggy and slow, had to be

Re: Exploding fractured mesh

2016-11-03 Thread Orlando Esponda
Have you tried with Momentum? Your description sounds like the perfect job for it. El jue., nov. 3, 2016 9:55 AM, Morten Bartholdy escribió: > It was long ago and I know Houdini has progressed immensely, but from what > I hear you still have to use expressions a lot, and I am much more a > conn

Re: Exploding fractured mesh

2016-11-03 Thread Morten Bartholdy
It was long ago and I know Houdini has progressed immensely, but from what I hear you still have to use expressions a lot, and I am much more a connect nodes and click buttons guy. It is awesome what can be done with Houdini, but it is just not very userfriendly that you have to remember or keep

Exploding fractured mesh

2016-11-03 Thread Cristobal Infante
"To get anything working" That's simply not true. Yes you can use some expressions here and there, and some of it is the houdini way. Once you learn expression they make your life easier. I personally use Evernote to write them down, eventually you will learn them. The setup you described can be

Re: Exploding fractured mesh

2016-11-03 Thread Morten Bartholdy
Well yes, I am sure Houdini is up to the task, and almost as sure I am not ;-) I tried a bit of Houdini tutorial once and quickly got stuck because you have to type in expressions here and there to get anything working, and I am just not the syntax type. I actually found that Gustavo Eggert Bo

Re: Exploding fractured mesh

2016-11-03 Thread Cristobal Infante
This would be very straight forward in houdini, and possibly a good exercise to get going ;) On 3 November 2016 at 13:19, Morten Bartholdy wrote: > I am trying to put together an effect where I need to explode prefractured > chunks of geometry from a mesh. > > Ideally it should be controllable s

Exploding fractured mesh

2016-11-03 Thread Morten Bartholdy
I am trying to put together an effect where I need to explode prefractured chunks of geometry from a mesh. Ideally it should be controllable so I can move a null o an object around and start bits flying off away from the original unfractured objects surface along the normals. I Have fractured

Re: 3d scanning - shoes etc.

2016-11-03 Thread Adam Seeley
Brill Cristobel.. will look them up. Cheers, A. On 3 November 2016 at 11:35, Cristobal Infante wrote: > This guys are one of the best around: > > http://fbfx.co.uk/ > > On 3 November 2016 at 11:29, Adam Seeley wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> Wondered if anyone could recommend a well good pukka 3d

Re: 3d scanning - shoes etc.

2016-11-03 Thread Rob Chapman
Have used these guys before for some laser scans of trainers as that other place is always busy or perhaps not as cost effective. ;) They clean up mesh scans also https://www.digits2widgets.com/ -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com w

Re: 3d scanning - shoes etc.

2016-11-03 Thread Cristobal Infante
This guys are one of the best around: http://fbfx.co.uk/ On 3 November 2016 at 11:29, Adam Seeley wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Wondered if anyone could recommend a well good pukka 3d scanning company? > > > I may need a trainer scanned and would like the most useful data I can get > out of it. > > Te

3d scanning - shoes etc.

2016-11-03 Thread Adam Seeley
Hi Folks, Wondered if anyone could recommend a well good pukka 3d scanning company? I may need a trainer scanned and would like the most useful data I can get out of it. Textures/ normals/ displacement etc. If they can provide post processing like clean-up / material separations it woudl be g

Re: electric plasma effect

2016-11-03 Thread Chris Marshall
This was more a demo than the actual final delivered result. On 3 November 2016 at 11:03, Mirko Jankovic wrote: > I would just say that initial connecting of arc could be a bit faster > like to be snap zap ;) > > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ.

Re: electric plasma effect

2016-11-03 Thread Mirko Jankovic
I would just say that initial connecting of arc could be a bit faster like to be snap zap ;) -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.

Re: electric plasma effect

2016-11-03 Thread Chris Marshall
Here's a revised version https://vimeo.com/190072844 ;-) On 3 November 2016 at 10:44, Chris Marshall wrote: > Not strands as that's a problem with the two ends. It's a lot of particles > distributed between the two nulls, then turbulised twice, once for the > large scale effect and once for

Re: electric plasma effect

2016-11-03 Thread Morten Bartholdy
Ah, I see. Thanks. //MB > Den 3. november 2016 klokken 11:44 skrev Chris Marshall > : > > > Not strands as that's a problem with the two ends. It's a lot of particles > distributed between the two nulls, then turbulised twice, once for the > large scale effect and once for the small jittery

Re: electric plasma effect

2016-11-03 Thread Chris Marshall
Not strands as that's a problem with the two ends. It's a lot of particles distributed between the two nulls, then turbulised twice, once for the large scale effect and once for the small jittery effect. On 3 November 2016 at 10:40, Morten Bartholdy wrote: > Cool, thanks. Strands with noise I g

Re: electric plasma effect

2016-11-03 Thread Morten Bartholdy
Cool, thanks. Strands with noise I guess - how do you get them to be constrained in the other end? //Morten > Den 3. november 2016 klokken 11:34 skrev Chris Marshall > : > > > Here you go > > https://vimeo.com/190067829 > > > > On 3 November 2016 at 08:33, Morten Bartholdy wrote: > >

Re: electric plasma effect

2016-11-03 Thread Chris Marshall
Here you go https://vimeo.com/190067829 On 3 November 2016 at 08:33, Morten Bartholdy wrote: > Pictures or it didn't happen ;-) > > Morten > > > > Den 2. november 2016 klokken 18:24 skrev Chris Marshall < > chrismarshal...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > OK I managed to create the effect I needed. IC

Re: electric plasma effect

2016-11-03 Thread Morten Bartholdy
Pictures or it didn't happen ;-) Morten > Den 2. november 2016 klokken 18:24 skrev Chris Marshall > : > > > OK I managed to create the effect I needed. ICE is sooo effin amazing. > Cheers > > > On 2 November 2016 at 11:47, Chris Marshall > wrote: > > > OK Thanks. > > The LKL controllers d