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  • How to make a squirrel break wind?

    Posted by Hamish Paterson on December 12, 2008 at 12:06 pm

    I am trying to create a serious effect for a corporate project, but the effect I’m after is identical to that shown in this amusing air freshener clip:

    https://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=48-iAlk2lvw

    I’ve been playing about with Trapcode’s Particular, but just can’t nail the ‘jet’ of air feel.

    Have they used a single emitter or layered two (the main cone and the lower velocity cloud around it)?

    Any tips or advice much appreciated!

    Hamish Paterson replied 17 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Darby Edelen

    December 12, 2008 at 7:31 pm

    Using a couple of layers of particular will often improve particle animations.

    I would think that the key would be using a high initial velocity for the particles. Then under the physics section increasing air resistance and adding a slow large amplitude spin that has a fairly long delay. You may also want to use an auxiliary system that produces only as the particles get closer to death (these options are in the Settings dialog).

    Darby Edelen

  • Hamish Paterson

    December 15, 2008 at 11:09 am

    Thanks for the response Darby – amplitude spin wasn’t something I’d tried playing with before and t seems to be a missing ingredient!

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