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Any X-Particles wizards?

GordigGordig Posts: 10,107
in Cinema 4D Discussion

I've been working on a fan film based on Avatar: the Last Airbender, specifically a fight between Zuko (fire bender) and Katara (water bender). I've been able to execute on all my ideas for the fire just fine, but I'm having a really hard time art directing the water the way I want to. My biggest problem has been getting sheets of water to follow a path or trajectory while retaining their shape. If I use gravity, they'll just taper into a point, FollowSpline collapses the particles into a line, SplineFlow doesn't maintain a cohesive shape, FlowField works up to a point but doesn't distinguish between different parts of the spline...so far the best results have been from using an object (plane or cylinder) following the spline with a Cover modifier set to target, but I'm having trouble calibrating the settings so that the particles don't just congregate around the object. I feel like there's some really simple way to do this that I'm just missing, like a setting that would make FlowField behave more like FollowSpline, but I'm coming up with nothing, and it really seems like it shouldn't be that hard to do what I want.  

Here are the shots that I'm currently reworking:

The last shot of this sequence used simple gravity into a pair of spheres acting as attractors, leading the water to a pair of FollowSplines for the last bit

A Direction modifier here, because simple gravity was letting me down. 

I appreciate any help you might be able to offer. 

Comments

  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393
    edited December 2022

    Not much help here since I'm just learning it myself,  but their official YouTube has a few videos that might help or give some ideas to build off?

    Also their formally premium ($200 something)  Training Series is being uploaded entirely free;  I think the Logo Design and FUI Elements might have some tricks that could help?

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  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,107

    I actually figured it out, mainly using the Follow Path modifier. Thanks, though. I've got redone scenes queued up to render, so I should be able to post them in the next few days.

  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,107

    Here's an updated version of the first four shots. The last two are re-rendering now.

  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393

    Lookin' good.   I need to practice it more myself,  lot of cool stuff to be done

  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,107

    Still a few problems to solve, but I'm getting there.

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