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  • Particular – Particles are offset from path

    Posted by Benedict Hein on November 9, 2018 at 9:37 am

    Hi there,

    pretty new to particular.
    I am trying to have my emitter/particles follow a path. Looks fine so far, but whatever I do the whole thing is emitted sligthly beneath the path.
    Any offset or other position options are on “0”. Any Ideas?

    Thank you and regards!

    Benedict Hein replied 7 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Kalleheikki Kannisto

    November 9, 2018 at 10:00 am

    Two things seem apparent:

    1) There seems to be some sort of positional smoothing going on. Did you start with a preset? Check the emitter position accuracy setting (don’t remember the exact name of the property); the options are something like 1, 1/10 and precise.

    2) If the path and reference image are 2D and you have a 3D camera, any movement of that camera will offset the path. You can try creating a new camera or moving the existing one if this is the case.

    Kalleheikki Kannisto
    Senior Graphic Designer

  • Benedict Hein

    November 9, 2018 at 10:23 am

    I found “Position Subframe” Linear/Smooth/10xSmooth etc. which didn’t change anything.
    But actually I did not have a camera set up. Did that now and adjusted some settings, which worked. Perspective seems fine now.

    Thank you!

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