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Particular ‘Glitter’ Effect tutorials – Pierre Michel style…
Hey All,
I was just wondering if there were any tutorials about on how to get that ‘glittery’ look with Particular… As if you have just dropped hundreds of grains of glitter in front of your lense… The best examples of it are in some of Pierre Michel’s work here (https://pim.showreel.free.fr/videos/Fire_Flower_PJ_SD.mov) or in the original Apple TV start up movie: (here)
The other thing of particular interest to me (yes, bad pun. I know) is the ‘aurora’ space type effect in the Pierre Michel video… Reminiscent of some of the imagery in the fountain/the fountain theatrical one sheet. I presume thats just a dust type effect, layered up (two different emitters) and then color tinted, but I’m not 100% on that?! Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
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3 Replies
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A single piece of glitter is a small reflective square. As it falls through a fluid (water or air) it will tumble. If there is a light source it will reflect that light source into your eye momentarily when it is at the appropriate angle.
My advice would be to set up a comp where you have a tiny square that rotates (X, Y, Z) in 3D. Then I’d create a light. I’d set the Specular Reflection of the solid way up and the Metal way down (so it’s very shiny). Then I’d place my light appropriately (head-on light or over head light).
I’d bring that pre-comp into my working comp, hide it, and set it as the particle (Random, Play Once).
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By the way, that suggestion will get you no where near as awesome as the Pierre Michel video you linked to. That’s just too awesome.
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I think he used particular for most of those glitter scenes.
I would suggest playing around with the “Opacity over life” settings during the slow-motion glitter.
When you want it to just randomly appear at a fast pace, drastically lower the particle/sec count.
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