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Pass in front/behind?
I’ve used a simple mask and multiple layers to simulate and object flying around another object (thank you Trish and Chris AE books!) and that’s easy enough…
But what if I need to do it with a lot of objects all from the same source that cross over each other? Say, a particle field?
For example, a planet with a particle ring around it but only at a slight angle… this would make the closer and farther edges of the ring cross over each other visually if the planet wasn’t in the way. There is a lot of tiny tiny objects in the cloud of the ring so trying to use a simple masking method isn’t working…
Thanks for any tips!!
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Yes it is a Particular layer so the trick you mention with the obscuration layer might work. I will peek at that tutorial as I use a lot of particleillusion to create other stuff so learning a better way is … well … better! lol
Thanks Kevin!
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hi brian, are your rings created using particular? if so, if it is just a single layer that you need to have the particles move around (like a planet layer), then you could try setting that layer as an obscuration layer in the visibility properties in particular may work (the obscuration layer does need to be a 3d layer)…
you might also check out this tutorial for a technique for splitting a particular particle system into separate layers to achieve a similar (somewhat better) effect.
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
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Wow I thought I had watched everything CC has from Aaron how the heck did I miss this one?? Thanks again!
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