Reallusion Forum / iClone / Hints and Tips / iClone2 Forum / SFX / Latest PostsInstantForum.NET v4.1.4Reallusion Forumhttp://forum.reallusion.com/forum@reallusion.comThu, 04 Dec 2008 00:25:53 GMT20RE: SFXhttp://forum.reallusion.com/Topic11-10-1.aspx<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U><FONT color=#dddd77><FONT size=3><STRONG>Resize Particle Helper to Hide it<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></STRONG></FONT></FONT></U></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Category:</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> iClone_Hints &amp; Tips_SFX<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Version: </SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">iClone 2.0<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Date: </SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">2007.04.20<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN><BR><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: white; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT color=#bbbbbb><STRONG>The particle helpers are showing up in my final render, it kind of spoils the effect. How do I make them vanish?</STRONG></FONT></SPAN><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><SPAN class=spnmessagetext><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN class=spnmessagetext><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: white; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT color=#bbbbbb>You can hide particle helper (as a prop) by modifying the opacity map to turn it black.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: white; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><BR><FONT color=#bbbbbb><SPAN class=spnmessagetext>Scene &gt; Prop &gt; Modify &gt; Generate UV and Map setting &gt; Opacity &gt; Diffuse (Image Editor) &gt; make the map black</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN class=spnmessagetext>Then, you will see no helper in output or preview &#119;indow.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: white"><o:p></o:p></SPAN>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:35:18 GMTViscontiSFXhttp://forum.reallusion.com/Topic11-10-1.aspx<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><U><SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#dddd77><FONT size=3><STRONG>Modify for Your Own Particle F/X<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></U></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR>Category:</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> iClone_Hints &amp; Tips_SFX<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Version: </SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">iClone 1.52<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Date: </SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ffff99; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">2006.11.22<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT color=#bbbbbb><SPAN class=spnmessagetext><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: white; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG><FONT color=#bbbbbb>Q: Wanna know how Particle</FONT> <FONT color=#bbbbbb>F/X could be modified?</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=spnmessagetext><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: white; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN class=spnmessagetext><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: white; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p><FONT color=#bbbbbb> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN class=spnmessagetext><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: white; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT color=#bbbbbb>Though iClone supports five texture channels (diffuse, opacity, bump, glow, reflection), only diffuse and opacity maps take effect on particles. Diffuse maps define the texture and primary color of the particles, and opacity maps define how transparent and the cut-out shapes of the particles.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: white; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><BR><SPAN class=spnmessagetext><FONT color=#bbbbbb>Modify the "particle map" by "diffuse" and "opacity", and then you will see the terrific result as below.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT color=#bbbbbb><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"><v:stroke joinstyle="miter"></v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></v:f></v:formulas><v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"></v:path><o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"></o:lock></v:shapetype></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p><FONT color=#bbbbbb> <BR>[img]http://forum.reallusion.com/image/2007.08.28_001.gif[/img]</FONT><A href="http://forum.reallusion.com/image/2007.08.28_001.gif"></A><BR></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: white; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><FONT color=#bbbbbb><STRONG>Know more about SFX<o:p></o:p></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: white; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #50759e; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN style="COLOR: #50759e"><FONT color=#99bbbb><A href="http://www.reallusion.com/iclone/ic_features_sfx.asp#sfx">http://www.reallusion.com/iclone/ic_features_sfx.asp#sfx</A></FONT></SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P></SPAN>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:08:47 GMTVisconti