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Footprints
I have an idea for a PI emitter that I wanted to suggest : Footprints / Animal tracks / Vehicle tracks etc …
I was thinking of (for example) white footprints on a black background that either walk in a line, or maybe in random patterns around the screen, and then gradually fade out.
I was thinking that the output from such an emitter could be used as a bump or displacement map on a moving plane that could be used (E.g. in Vue) to simulate say wet footprints or tracks on the sand and move like a treadmill, so that the footprints remain relatively in-place as the plane moves forward – I don’t know if that makes sense?
Footprints are something that are usually hard to create in basic 3D animations, but I think this would work well.
Anyhow – knowing that my ideas are usually better than my efforts – I thought i’d mention it here to see if anyone could do this justice. >8o)
Kind regards
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Cool idea. I’m big into using PI for my 3D stuff – as texture maps, bump maps, lighting gels…etc. I even made a tutorial on just that sort of thing which you can find on the wondertouch website tutorial section.
Thanks for the info!
Aharon
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Hi Aharon
Thanks! In fact it was your tutorial that got me started on exactly this line of thinking! >8o)
This these were my first attempts incorporating PI3 & V5I:
PI3 Rain Effects with Vue 5 Infinite
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PI3 Smoke Filter Lense in Vue5 Infinite
I’ve found some nice footprint and animal track images off the internet, but please feel free to make another great tutorial…
( No pressure lol! >9op )
Kind regards
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