foleypro opened this issue on Sep 07, 2003 ยท 37 posts
foleypro posted Sun, 07 September 2003 at 9:37 PM
Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/artistdownload.ez?fileid=6448&key=277727
Well folks I am here once again to show folks the Awesome Product called "MetaForms"...This Modeling Module for Poser is just the start for the stunning Possibilities of modeling within Poser now,We will be able to build anything possible,Animate Volumetric Fire,Water,Smoke,Blood,Magical effects mist/Blood/gore rolling across the ground or smoke trailing from an animated Torchfire or campfire all this is possible and only limited by your computer...This animated Gif is just a small one that the makers showed us Betatesters and I couldnt help but let you guys in on this stunning animation and the possibilities are endless..Excerpts from the tutorial follows:
In this simulation, Metaballs rise from a single point into a broad column. At the base of the column, where the Metaballs have their highest intensity, and greatest degree of overlap, the high combined field strength makes more of the bright yellow and orange inner layers visible. At the top of the column as the Metaballs expand and seperate, the combine field strength is lessened and the outer (black) layers of the surface dominate, giving a smoky impression.The simulation is built from 45 Metaballs, all members of a single surface,The surface mapping mode was set to Field Spherical to take advantage of the rotation of the Metaballs and the tiling was set to a factor of two.
U and V Map Perturbation was also added to create additional swirling. The Pertubation Phase of the surface prop has been keyframed to create a smooth change throughout the course of the animation.
Now this is just the start and I will let you all see the progress as I do the Torchfire and smoke...
PS...Click on the link to see the fire....