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  • Rising from below the ground.

    Posted by Nick Bruzek on January 29, 2018 at 9:30 pm

    Been searching the web for a while, and haven’t found much help. I want to make a scene with text that rises from below the ground, and disturbs the dirt above. Im thinking like a zombie from a grave. I have figured out how to make some dirt particles using a cloner like in my file. I am wondering if there is a simpler way to go about doing this?

    12107_sample1.c4d.zip

    Justin Thomson replied 8 years, 3 months ago 4 Members · 15 Replies
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  • Brian Jones

    January 30, 2018 at 3:20 am

    in 3D terms that’s a very easy way, typically you’d want to make it more complex (chunks of the ground break up and out, particles for dust etc, etc) but that’s not necessary, your way is simple and direct. What kind of effect are you going for?

  • Nick Bruzek

    January 30, 2018 at 2:25 pm

    What I’m actually trying to do is raise the word “earth” from the ground as if it were being pulled up from underground. im not sure how to go about it though. I know I want large chunks of dirt, (I’m thinking trausi) and dust/dirt particles, but I’m not sure what I’d use for the dust

  • Jim Scott

    January 30, 2018 at 3:18 pm

    Since you are familiar with Thrausi, you might want to look into NitroBlast 2 since it can add dust. Here’s a quick example:

    Other possibilities for dust are X-Particles or Thinking Particles.

  • Nick Bruzek

    January 30, 2018 at 3:22 pm

    Cool, that actually looks exactly like what I’m looking for! I’ll have to look into that, thanks!

  • Nick Bruzek

    January 30, 2018 at 4:24 pm

    Cool, that actually looks exactly like what I’m looking for! I’ll have to look into that, thanks!

    Edit: looking around, there doesnt seem to be a lot in the way of nitroblast 2 tutorials, do you know of any off hand?

  • Jim Scott

    January 30, 2018 at 4:34 pm

    Here’s some tutorials:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1vjdN_nTBg

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fll8vjLIP9s&pbjreload=10

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upnqV78C7ng

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  • Justin Thomson

    January 30, 2018 at 5:50 pm

    I feel like this can be achieved without any plugins. Animate some landscape objects and add some large dirt objects.

  • Jim Scott

    January 30, 2018 at 6:53 pm

    [Justin Thomson] “I feel like this can be achieved without any plugins. Animate some landscape objects and add some large dirt objects.”

    Yes, it certainly can. And if you have R18 or later, the Voronoi Fracture can do all that Thrausi or NitroBlast can offer, but without the dust.

  • Jim Scott

    January 30, 2018 at 7:20 pm

    Pixel Lab is a great source for tutorials. Here’s their tutorials page. Scroll down to find several for NitroBlast and many other free and paid plugins:

    https://www.thepixellab.net/tutorials

  • Nick Bruzek

    January 31, 2018 at 4:15 pm

    Yes, I really like this! How did you get the different sizes and shapes? And the ground was a nice touch

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