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Particles from a path?
I’m trying to find a way to emit particles from a stroke / path. I’m using trapcode particular. I’m not having a lot of luck. Is this possible?
And in a similar vein what is the best way to generate fire?
Basically I am trying to simulate a burning oil well.
Thanks in advance
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4 Replies
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Actually forget the fire part – I just found a preset that I can mess with.
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I know of an expression you can use to help. If you alt+click on the XY position in particular, pick whip down to the position of the stroke. Hit enter after and now Particular will emit particles from the stroke position. I hope this helps.
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For a particle path…
1. Create a Point Light called “Motion Path 1”
2. Align your Particular emiter XY to the Light XY
3. Animate the light
4. In Particular go to Physics>Air>Motion Path.. and select “1”.
You should now see your particles moving along the path of the light.
Harry J Frank
Freelance Motion Designer
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Im actually looking to make the path “The” Emitter. I think I may be able to simply make a very thin mask and using a Layer Emitter
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