blackpantherx Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 I was wondering if there is a way I can recreate the ash effect like when a vampire dies in the Blade movies. I'm making a vampire movie and want to utilize this effect. I'll probably do it half real ash and half CGI but I'm not sure how to do make a person ash like they do in the movies. Can anyone help me out? Quote
John Bigboote Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Do you have a sample or a YouTube link of the clip you want to emulate...for us 'Blade'-virgins. Quote
Fuchur Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 This one could help: Blade - Trinity Have a look at 1:04... I think a Material-Effector in combination with a nice Particle-Emitter (Sprite) and the "Eugene"-Model ( a skull-model on the A:M-CD) could help. A tutorial for the material-effector can be found here. It is old, but should still work more or less like that: Material Effector Tutorial by Jeff Paries *Fuchur* Quote
johnl3d Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 mateial effector would effect the skeleton also ....it is not selective I see a pose controling material with sprites as the ash or a boolean cutter I wil post a arnie head with that effect later as I am on "lunch" at work right now. Found arnie head with halloween here http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showt...49&hl=arnie Quote
John Bigboote Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 That is one highly advanced effect. You would need to combine practical (live shot) and 3D particles in a compositing program like Adobe After Effects... Welcome to the world of the 'technical-director' Quote
UNGLAUBLICHUSA Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Haven't tried this but sounds like it would work correctly. You would have to do a fade composite for this trick to work but: Model the character. Make the model transparent & flip the normals to face the inside. Assign particles to surface with full gravity so they fall down. Render animation. Composite the live & CG. Just a thought. Quote
johnl3d Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 just threw this together so it really rough dust.mov dust.zip Quote
Gorf Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 I was wondering if there is a way I can recreate the ash effect like when a vampire dies in the Blade movies. I'm making a vampire movie and want to utilize this effect. I'll probably do it half real ash and half CGI but I'm not sure how to do make a person ash like they do in the movies. Can anyone help me out? First post after another long hiatus. I'm trying to achieve something along these lines, which is more akin to the (ignore the music) from War of the Worlds, but I believe that the two effects are similar in preparation, if not in final look. If I make any progress I'll add something to the thread Quote
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