Admin Rodney Posted March 12, 2005 Admin Posted March 12, 2005 Note: The 2005 Edition of The Art of Animation:Master has updated Exercise 16 to include Particle Sprites. You are welcome to complete either the old or new version of the exercise but the new version is recommended. You can download the 2005 manual here: ftp://ftp.hash.com/pub/updates/windows/Am2005/2005Manual.pdf *Note that this is a 25MB download. The Art of Animation:Master (Online) Please add your exerices to this topic and others will join in. The Art of Animation:Master is being completed on a continual basis in the New Users Forum. Meeting deadlines can be an important skill to master early on but this course is self paced to allow each person the flexibility they need to learn the basics of Animation:Master. The course can be completed in as little time as necessary or as much as is needed by each participant. Note: You may want to download the videos first. All available Video Tutorials related to TAOA:M can be found on one page: The Art of Animation Master Video Tutorials The Art of Animation Master Part III: Technical Directors Training TECHNICAL DIRECTORS TRAINING 14 - Playing Marble (Materials) 15 - Eat My Dust (Volumetrics) 16 - Smoke, Wind, and Fire (Particles) (No available video tutorial) 17 - Cosmic Bowling (Dynamics) 18 - Waving the Flag (Cloth) 19 - Flying South (Flocks) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Exercise 16: Smoke, Wind and Fire ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Exercise 16 does not have a video tutorial. This is an opportunity to take what you've learned thus far and apply it in Exercise 16. The text and illustrations of TAoA:M along with the project files on the A:M CD give you the tools needed to successfully navigate Exercise 16 and further develop your ability to solve problems as they arise. Additional Resources ------------------------ Shaun Freeman has an excellent tutorial on particle fire and smoke. You can see it via the Hash Inc FTP. Warning! This file is 175MB! ftp://ftp.hash.com/pub/misc/sprites_tute/ Quote
animateden Posted April 6, 2005 Posted April 6, 2005 Name: Den Dotson Exercises Completed: Sixteen Date Completed: Wednesday April 6, 2005 Instructor: Rodney (where there is smoke there is fire) and that guy on the web tutorials kinda gettin used to the new web guy Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: No comments. Here is a link to the 16th completed exercise with the night strutting his dusty stuff (dust cranked up to show on web): Thanks Rodney, -Den No link to Smoke, Fire exercise so here it is.... SmokeWindFiresm.mov Quote
Admin Rodney Posted April 6, 2005 Author Admin Posted April 6, 2005 Thanks Den, Great job on exercise 16! Although there is no video tutorial for Exercise 16 there is now an exercise page. ... and here we are! You are entirely too quick. Someone hire this man! For those on broadband I highly recommend downloading Shaun Freeman's excellent tutorial linked above to complement Exercise 16. Thanks Shaun! Quote
animateden Posted April 6, 2005 Posted April 6, 2005 Rodney, That is one of the things I love about you, a natural teacher, as I get close to completing my lessons you give me plenty more to fill my days when I am done. Thanks, -Den Quote
Admin Rodney Posted April 7, 2005 Author Admin Posted April 7, 2005 TheMike, Glad to have you posting with us! I wasn't sure what you wanted me to do with the Choreography file so... I adjusted the camera slightly and rendered... The Cho files don't maintain images so that part is missing from the render. ...at any rate...here 'tis! (See attached image) Den, I'll miss you when you move on to bigger and better things. You've helped me move toward improving the exercises and I hope in time they will be even more fun to work through here in the forum. Thanks! Rodney Quote
tommyj1112 Posted May 9, 2005 Posted May 9, 2005 Name: Tom Jansen Exercise: #16 Earth, Wind & Fire .... er.... or something like that ;-) Date: May 6, 2005 Comments: Thanks for the hint on turning off particles while working on the animation of this scene, that was VERY helpful. Sorry if a few of the sounds in this one are a little weak (my recording gear is in use on another project right now, so I just used some stock sounds). Here's my clip: http://cybersummit.org/AM/Ex16_FireSmoke.mov Thanks, Tommy Quote
forevernameless Posted May 26, 2005 Posted May 26, 2005 Name: Tenez Waggoner Excercise Completed: 16 Smoke, Wind, and Fire Date Completed: May 25, 2005 Remarks/Suggestions: The smoke didn't come out too clearly. uh babba booey babba booey SWandF.mov Quote
Admin Rodney Posted May 26, 2005 Author Admin Posted May 26, 2005 The smoke didn't come out too clearly. No it didn't. There is a setting (can't recall just off hand) that allows the overlapping elements to add color to each other. What was that... Additive color?? Quote
Leo73 Posted June 8, 2005 Posted June 8, 2005 Name: Leo Mitchell Exercise Completed: #16 Smoke, Wind, and Fire Date Completed: 08 June 05 Instructor: manual Smoke, Wind, and Fire Quote
pwaslen Posted June 27, 2005 Posted June 27, 2005 Name: Paula Waslen Exercise Completed: #16 Smoke, Wind and Fire Date Completed: Jun 24, 2005 I tried to do the new one from 2005 TAOAM, but it didn't work to well. In the end I just did the one in the book I have. Fire Quote
zowat Posted September 17, 2005 Posted September 17, 2005 Name : Erik Kirschberg Exercise Completed : #16 Smoke Wind and fire Date Completed : 9/17/05 Instructor : Maunal Comments : I had some trouble finding the smoke tutorial in my library. so i went ahead and did this exercise from the 10.5 book. smoke_wind_and_fire.mov Quote
c-wheeler Posted October 14, 2005 Posted October 14, 2005 Name : Chris Wheeler Exercise Completed : #16 Smoke Wind and fire Date Completed : 10/14/05 Instructor : Maunal Comments : Resurected an old model, and this time got the fire and smoke worked out. Quote
Admin Rodney Posted October 14, 2005 Author Admin Posted October 14, 2005 Chris, That's a great scene. A first (adding such extensive environment/background) for this exercise I think.** Very nice! (Makes me think of potential Tin Woodman of Oz scenery) I'm not sure if you got my email. Ken Heslip is going to grab your other files from your website and move them to a place where I can grab them. I'm looking forward to seeing them. Rodney ** Tom Jansen's is the other one of note (shown a few posts above and reposted below): Quote
c-wheeler Posted October 15, 2005 Posted October 15, 2005 Sorry Rodney, I dont think I got your mail:( . Let me know if your still having problems viewing the files. Is it my webspace?The above scene looks better with grass, but it was going to take too long to render. I am hoping to use the forest for nimee amee's house Quote
Admin Rodney Posted October 15, 2005 Author Admin Posted October 15, 2005 Chris Wheeler queried: Is it my webspace? Nope. It's the dreaded firewall I'm stuck behind. I'll try to collect all your links and send them to Ken. He probably didn't get my last email either... Rodney Quote
Elissa Posted October 18, 2005 Posted October 18, 2005 Name: Melissa "Elissa" Heldenbergh Exercises Completed: 17 Date Completed: Oct 18th, 2005 Instructor: A few years of A:M use, the book, and web tutorials, plus also doing the mentor program with Paul Daley. David Rogers book... Jeff Lew's DVD. Comments: I was going to do the tutorial based off the video, but it seems in v11.1 A:M is a bit to different. Over Life options aren't available, so I couldn't follow along with the updated PDF manual or Shaun's wonderful video. However, I do think I think all tutorials should be narrated by Shaun, but I reserve the right to pretend it's Russell Crowe... not crazy phone throwing Crowe, but L.A. Confidential looking Crowe. Ohh! Hugh Jackmen instead... fire3.mov Quote
Dhar Posted October 31, 2005 Posted October 31, 2005 Name: Dhar Jabouri Exercises Completed: 17 Date Completed: Oct 30th, 2005 Instructor: TAoA:M book. Comments: smoke_wind_fire.mov Quote
Odog2020 Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 Names: James A. Owens Exercises Completed: 1-10, 12-19 Date Completed: 22 October 2005 [attachmentid=10740] sw_f.mov Quote
kuep Posted November 11, 2005 Posted November 11, 2005 Name: John Kuepper Excercise Completed: 16 Smoke, Wind, and Fire Date Completed: Nov 11, 2005 Remarks/Suggestions: lesson161.mov Quote
noewjook Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 Name:Marc Vancouillie Exercise completed #16 Smoke, Wind, and Fire Date completed 12/05/05 Instructor:t.a.o.AM book and reading in this topic what people have done before me. [attachmentid=12013] fire_web.mov Quote
noewjook Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 Name:Marc Vancouillie Exercise completed #16b Smoke, Fire and sparks. Date completed 12/05/05 Instructor:Shaun freemans'videotutorial on particle systems. Remarks:I have learned a lot with this video tutorial. Its very informative.I could not find the tga's on the web which I needed for this tutorial.But it found out that it was easy to make the images myself in photo shop using a gausian blur filter.[attachmentid=12014][attachmentid=12015] fire_two_web.mov Quote
Admin Rodney Posted December 6, 2005 Author Admin Posted December 6, 2005 Beautiful still of Shaggy Marc. I like! Would you be willing to share the project file (with spriticle images) in a zip file? I know I'm beggin' but darn it... This exercise needs that to plus up the lesson for those that want to experiment further. Seriously! Rodney Quote
noewjook Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 Beautiful still of Shaggy Marc. I like! Would you be willing to share the project file (with spriticle images) in a zip file? I know I'm beggin' but darn it... This exercise needs that to plus up the lesson for those that want to experiment further. Seriously! Rodney I have not posted a project before , i hope this will work First I have clicked "embedd all" and then I have saved the project in a other directory.So I presume everything is now included in the file.I have tested it and reload the project in AM without the cd in it.(because the shaggy model was on the cd)and AM asked for the cd (which was not in the drive)but loaded the shaggy model anyhow. Please let me know if it worked. Greetings Marc http://users.telenet.be/MarcVancouillie/rodproject/ Quote
splinesmith Posted December 20, 2005 Posted December 20, 2005 Name: Splinesmith(Kurt Lange) Exercises Completed:16 Instructor:the manual. Remarks/Suggestions for improvement: Fire_Pot_Exercise_16.zip Quote
dkarpp Posted January 1, 2006 Posted January 1, 2006 Name: Douglas Karpp Exercise: Exercise 16: Smoke, Wind and Fire Date Completed: January 1, 2006 doug [attachmentid=12792] Ex16.mov Quote
MMZ_TimeLord Posted January 5, 2006 Posted January 5, 2006 Name: Jody Krivohlavek Exercise Completed: Exercise 16 Date Completed: January 4, 2006 Instructor: AM Handbook, Video Tutorial and everyone that's ever posted to these forums. (Been around since the Playmation days ) Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: I replaced Shaun Freeman's 'flames.tga' file with one of my own pieced together from some night time bonfire pictures from the net. I've provided my flames (in zip format) for everyone to use. Enjoy! SmokeandFire.mov flames_JLK.zip Quote
Admin Rodney Posted January 5, 2006 Author Admin Posted January 5, 2006 Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: I replaced Shaun Freeman's 'flames.tga' file with one of my own pieced together from some night time bonfire pictures from the net. I've provided my flames (in zip format) for everyone to use. Domo Arigato! Definitely a welcome addition to my spriticle collection. I'm sure others will agree. Thanks! Rodney Quote
Dhar Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 Jody's on fire (pun) Thanks for sharing, very generous of you Quote
rossk Posted January 24, 2006 Posted January 24, 2006 Name: Ross Klettke Exer completed: 16 Date completed: 1-24-06 remarks: Added fire and changed the headline to a scene I made this past summer. Quote
Robert-Jank Posted January 25, 2006 Posted January 25, 2006 Name: Micah Jank Exer completed: 16, Fire Wind and Smoke Date completed: January, 25, 2006 remarks: If i had enough props i was going to make him in a real stadium with people cheering and a goal keeper jumping for the ball. Ill try and make it like that sometime. Quote
fybs Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 Name: Claudio Ravenstein (fybs) Exercise completed: 16 Smoke, Wind and Fire Date completed: 1. March 2006 Instructor: The handbook Had problems with the colour of the fire and the sparks. Could not follow it well from the book. I will do the exercise again once I am really in need of a nice hot fire. Fybs 02FireAgain.mov Quote
Atomike Posted March 9, 2006 Posted March 9, 2006 Mike Dalton Exercises Completed: 16 Date Completed: March 9th 2006 I did this from the book (Sorcerez), and for some reason, it's different than everyone else's project. Hopefully it will still count. fire.mov Quote
bobkoonce Posted March 28, 2006 Posted March 28, 2006 Name: Bob Koonce Exercise Completed: 16 Smoke, Wind, and Fire Date Completed: 3-25-06 Instructor: Individuals on forum, TAoA:M, Video tutorials, and other material. Remarks/Suggestions for improvement: None at this time Any comments or constructive criticism will be appreciated. Thankx, Bob Koonce Quote
Leo73 Posted March 28, 2006 Posted March 28, 2006 Bob, Excellent twist on the tutorial. Always good to see people putting their own spin on things. Keep up the great work Leo Quote
DonR Posted March 31, 2006 Posted March 31, 2006 Hi! I having a problem with the settings in Shaun Freemans Particle Sprites tutorial. When I set the Rate of Emission to 15 for the smoke and 10 for the sparks they disappear. If I increase the rate of emission for either item above 35 they show up but much to intense. Im using version 12.0s. Thanks in advance for any help on this problem. Don Rhodes Quote
stinkyu111 Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 Name: Stephen Molloy Exercise Completed #16 Smoke, Wind and Fire Date: April 25 2006 remarks : in memory of Richard Prior shaggy_on_fire.mov Quote
Leo73 Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 Excellent Stephen. I really like what you did with this exercise. Excellent job. Quote
stinkyu111 Posted April 25, 2006 Posted April 25, 2006 Thanks Leo wasn't sure if anyone lit Shaggy on fire before :0 sm Quote
Admin Rodney Posted April 26, 2006 Author Admin Posted April 26, 2006 That is just SO wrong. Nice job! Quote
cuboos Posted April 26, 2006 Posted April 26, 2006 thats kinda what i hade in mind for my heat ray effect only more fire Quote
cuboos Posted June 10, 2006 Posted June 10, 2006 after i got my V12 upgrade it came with the upgraded book so i though i would try some of the updated tutorials so heres the updated smoke wind and fire the sprites are different from the one in the tutorial but i did all the same setting the sprite emitter sprites are fun Quote
stinkyu111 Posted June 10, 2006 Posted June 10, 2006 after i got my V12 upgrade it came with the upgraded book so i though i would try some of the updated tutorials so heres the updated smoke wind and fire the sprites are different from the one in the tutorial but i did all the same setting the sprite emitter sprites are fun i couldn't play the video .... the media stat's ready ...but wouldn't play hmmm... there was an error on the page ...not sure if just wasn't the web page just messing up Steve Quote
Admin Rodney Posted June 11, 2006 Author Admin Posted June 11, 2006 I couldn't view the movie either but the still image looks really great! Quote
Leo73 Posted June 11, 2006 Posted June 11, 2006 I couldnt see the video either. Images looks outstanding, but would like the see the video. Quote
cuboos Posted June 11, 2006 Posted June 11, 2006 hmm thats odd well heres a zip with the movie [attachmentid=17372] mysticlefire.zip Quote
Leo73 Posted June 11, 2006 Posted June 11, 2006 Thanks for posting the zip file for the video. The fire looks great. Quote
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