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  • Make a tree explode in Motion 4? good tutorials?

    Posted by Dave Chavinsky on July 12, 2011 at 12:15 am

    In the theme for a game at the summer camp I do videos for, there is a bad guy who enters through a “portal”, which is a hollowed out tree. I want the portal to explode for a video at the end of a game.

    Any recommendations of how to make this tree explode in a cool epic way? I was thinking of masking off the tree and then maybe some kind of particle accelerator or something?

    I would like to use the Particle Metrix plug in but it puts a background logo in the trial version and we can’t afford to buy it.

    Suggestions or good tutorials anyone can recommend? I also have After Effects, which I’ve learned basics but am less familiar with.

    Thanks

    Gareth Randall replied 14 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Gareth Randall

    July 14, 2011 at 12:10 pm

    If you get Patrick Sheffield’s book “How To Cheat In Motion” you’ll learn how to create ParticleMetrix-style effects using just Motion’s built-in capabilities.

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