Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL

Subject: Rain

Robo2010 opened this issue on Dec 13, 2004 ยท 8 posts

Robo2010 posted Mon, 13 December 2004 at 10:57 AM

Since no one brings up Rain in Poser. Maybe I can get someones attention. Looking for a Splashed Rain drop obj file, or if someone could make one. I am unable to make one in poser, so I could add in this Pic (Couple of em). Made this in Poser, no postwork. Although still needs adjustments.

randym77 posted Mon, 13 December 2004 at 11:27 AM

Check Forester's store in the RMP. She has a zillion "water splash" props. Which of course can also be used for any liquid, with the proper materials applied.

lmckenzie posted Mon, 13 December 2004 at 2:02 PM

Attached Link: http://www.kerlinsoftworks.com/software/ripplerain.htm

Robo2010 you might want to take a look at Ripple Rain. It's designed for animation but I think you can probably use the generated maps for stills. I couldn't fain a way to use it with Poser 4 but with Poser 5's texture options it may work. It's included in the untitled image utilities on the download page. I get a plugin error on their page but it loaded when I clicked the messages away.

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Rance01 posted Mon, 13 December 2004 at 4:25 PM

I've used Kerlin's Ripple Rain myself -- a plugin for trueSpace. There's a feature that will create an object as well as all of the bump maps. That could be imported into Poser I think. The rain comes down in layered planes and the software also creates a horizontal plane mapped with rippled bumps. Pretty cool. Thing is you'd have to point your camera directly into the object to make it work correctly. Best Wishes, Rance

Robo2010 posted Mon, 13 December 2004 at 4:45 PM

I was hoping to do something like this. I guess I will work on this as well. I will find a way.

randym77 posted Mon, 13 December 2004 at 5:14 PM

You might be able to do that with Forester's splash props. One of her sets contains four of those splash rings, which are that succession you show. Probably with some scaling they would work for animation.

Rance01 posted Tue, 14 December 2004 at 5:40 PM

Robo2010, Ripple Rain creates nothing like the drop above. Geometry is limited to planes holding the trans and bump maps and one horizontal plane holding the bump map. It DOES time things out so that when a drop hits the horizontal the rippled bump is generated at that moment from that spot. It's pretty neat but may not be what you are looking for. Best Wishes, Rance

Robo2010 posted Tue, 14 December 2004 at 5:43 PM

Yeah, I should have replyed after randym77 last post. I will look more into this product. Thanks Rance for the advice. :-)

Message edited on: 12/14/2004 17:49