johnl3d

I think Gene only rendered one frame..he does that

in case you want to tweak it xtree.zip

put this together the last 30 minutes needs a "bit" of tweaking V11.1a flake.mov

smaller size is to hide corner problem..increased size and added color the idea was to show motion in pipe with just animated material..corner "flaw" could be covered by band at seam like the floor band steam3.mov

THis was rendered as mini to save time but looks ineresting if you strech qt window and loop so right click download and view weird2.mov

Thanks Jack..and Jeff heres another version steam2.mov

here's the project v11.1a should work in v11 Now includes steam2 shown below steam.zip

thought I threw this together the corner bends show a little but overall for a quick try it looks okay to me oh its a animated material check chor for settings for groups on inner pipe steam.mov

thanks bill ..yes sometimes trying things can produce interesting results project files here http://johnl.inform.net/pages/mapmaterial.htm

Was just playing with parts of AM I didn't try before just thought the effect was worth sharing yes the projection map works here's a trail with out the atmosphere in the other attempt and a smaller map eplanetdecal.mov

I never played with the materials like evironmental map so I decide to try it with a tga i had played with in PS. I created a planet which looked good until I "flew" toward it. I'll post the project on my site if anyones interested because its too big for the forum because of the tga aplanetdecal.mov

project for tree including tga best I could do in 15 minutes palm.zip

did a quick palm tree in v11.1 palm.mov

playing with v11.1 hair and notice that gravity can be varied in chor ...interesting...anyway leaves minor stem and fruit are one strand of hair will post project later htree.mov

I usually like to respond to questions on the forum/list especially if it looks like fun so yes I did that on purpose ..and wasn't going to redo with sprites but if I have time I might to see the reflection ..that I forgot look here http://johnl.inform.net/pages/9particle17.htm

here's the project V11 right click save target as land.prj

Tried to bounce some streaks...forgot they didn't reflect also...sprites would bounce better land.mov

Project file not including sprite from cd (right click save target as) fontsline.prj

v11.1 fonts all one model all "letters" have a bone translate to constraint with lag based on position then model constrained to path fontline.mov

Boolean cutters don't like sprites..that was my first idea..but early terminate of the render ended that chain of thought. The sprites are wrong just grabbed one off the cd for testing and the action was also done in haste as it wa getting late and I wanted to test the overall effect idea. Will clean it up and post as time allows. I often get these ideas right before I should be shutting down so they are often rough tests . the boolean without sprites was going to expose a crumbled version simliar to this post..use imagination... http://johnl.inform.net/pages/boolmorph.htm

Yes I know the sprites are wromg and some of the action is too but this was the first quick render done in about 45 minutes before I turn in close or way off crumbled.mov

Don't stay a newbie post more often!!!

added a couple of images to v11 hair and renderd for awhile also added some sprites..one of the same tgas as the hair alien life form ? f11_2.mov

a John with some talent...great modeling

to be honest i think the movement...again i "think" is caused by the collisions when the hair "turns on" and just continues at least for the period I rendered. I was just playing with the hair in general and so i posted what you see because it looked interesting. Project below f11_1.prj