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  Element: Making a Liquid from the Motion Design kit a multi object

  Posted by Mike Schmitt on July 26, 2012 at 2:41 pm

  Hi Guys! I’ve been looking for a reason to play with Element and thought of one this morning.
  I’m doing a shot of a guy self-administering a Heimlich Maneuver. I thought it would be fun to have a spray of spit emerge with the steak.

  Right now I’ve got a layer with Particle Illusion and it looks okay, but I thought that if i could animate one of the liquid models in Element, it might look better.

  So far I can’t make the liquid into multiple objects. I followed Andrew’s Tute where he mentions selecting: Multi-Object/Enable. But this doesn’t seem to do the trick.

  Is there a fast way to do this? I’m dropping the attempt for now and trying to make particles out of primitives.

  Thanks for any suggestions!

  MIKE

  Joseph W. bourke replied 14 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Mike Schmitt

  July 26, 2012 at 3:22 pm

  I’m going to try to cut out water (spit) drops and apply them the same way I would use text. Then maybe I can use small primitives for the smaller droplets.

  I’ll let you know how it works.
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  Mike Schmitt

  July 26, 2012 at 4:12 pm

  Oh, hey. There’s a water drop in the primitives. Very handy!
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  Joseph W. bourke

  July 30, 2012 at 8:41 pm

  Hi Mike –

  One thought on the water droplets. When someone does the Heimlich manuever, the result is pretty explosive. I would think that a simple particle expulsion/explosion from a point or area, with motion blur turned on would remove the need for actual 3D, since it happens so fast. Just a thought…

  Joe Bourke
  Owner/Creative Director
  Bourke Media
  http://www.bourkemedia.com

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