johnl3d

They don't fit because you are to use the idea not the effect...I really don't know what some of the stuff I post is "good" for I just try different ideas based on something I see or read here in the forum and occasionally I even help someone..sometimes off the "list if they ask. The idea I posted here was a simple way of showing that you can have particles/hair move along a path it would have probably looked better if the ground moved up and along too. But this reply is way to serious. Actually you might be able to see some of my stuff soon used on a site. Later more ideas to try

put this together in about 30 minutes someone asked about example of ground breaking along a path this is simple trial of the idea with AM and added some hair to it too groundtest.mov

the yoda quote is off of a poster my son has..I used it when I had another email account and then forgot about it for a while. added it here because like you said it fits ..too many times people are afraid to do something..or even try.. heck with AM trying is half the fun and often ends up as doing...with all the stuff I do I still haven't hurt myself..embarassed maybe but hurt.... johnl3d

this "hair" test was used because of the linear way the hair reacts where sprites react differently also with the right animated hair decal you could show brain matter or blood or whatever spraying an you could add sprites for the small detail it was just a brainstorm like test johnl3d

got this idea so I did a rough run ..it looks like it might have potential anyone else agree ? v11d sgross explode plugin with a little hair added can.mov

oh I found some old things I posted using the plugin http://johnl.inform.net/pages/10testing.htm more details..also the plugin allows you to explode an object as iit moves

tried it in v11 other examples here http://www.sgross.com/plugins/plugin5/sample_e.html v11exploded.mov

Nice job I guess you are the list plant expert now....

Just to try it I rerendered the sprite follow path thing I posted with an alpha channel and used it as the hair "sprite" to see how it would look growing and moving at the same time johnl3d weirdhair.mov

interesting so far..

you could check out the knight model on the cd for armor ideas

I like the style and feel of the shot including the robbery im the background..nice touch...lol johnl3d

another attempt to play with hair using an animation this time with 2 qts hcreature.mov

nice job !! Nice to see the results of all that workk turn out looking great.

I have been too "busy" trying out some ideas and testing things to get back to the tree..by the way let me know if the alpha channel hiccups for you

did this in 1/2 hour just to try another sample spear000.mov

looks pretty good to me....glad someone followed through..I keep starting to many ideas at once then I'm slow at getting back to them. you're welcome to use anything else I start johnl3d

>That is a very interesting idea. Now I'm going to be up all night trying to figure out how to use it Actually I hope it works .....as I think it should .....but I have a few projects that were never posted because the mind is more powerful then the reality of the software johnl3d

look at the mesh on this new post http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5754

http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4556&hl=treez distributed by ZPiDER Marcel Bricman Master

Thanks Rodney but even you can do these strange things just spend 3-5 hours in traffic listening to the radio play the same songs over and over as you dodge cell phone equipted drivers. You'll get inspired... Now this is another twist on V11 hair..a big hairy army I did a simple animation of a line guy shooting..(at a cell phone. ) then used the animation as the hair decal..the white strip in this film is the model the hair material was applied to. the idea is you animate a variety of "real" characters say for a war scene or wild dance then add them to a field as various decals in hair. You now have a wild crowd for a battle scene etc. By the way the density for this shot was .01 to get the best effect keep clicking the movie so it repeates lineguy.mov

Got version 11 today now I can add leaves and really try my idea ..make the branches stiff cloth..the posted sample was default... then with leaves the stiff cloth tree branches can move as the cloth reacts to either a force or an object hopefully simlar to a real tree

just playing with the tree trunk plug in or what trees do at night cloth_tree.mov

Great job I'm quacking up ...lots of creativity

Nice chair and the lighting does look great ..it doesn't fold but does it animate well otherwise......