Alan Lorence
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COW Coin
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Combustion tracking data should import fine. If somebody knows that it does not, please let me know.
Alan.
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Convert the AVI to an image sequence?
Alan.
wondertouch -
Make sure that your desktop is set to 24 or 32 bit color — not 16 bit.
Alan.
wondertouch -
When you load the AVI, does pIllusion know that it has 902 frames (does “902” show in the layer window)? If so, and you’ve already made sure that the project end frame (set in the playback toolbar) is 902 at least, then I suggest checking the OpenGL page of the pIllusion prefs, and checking the “don’t use texture RAM for bg images” option and see if that helps.
Alan.
wondertouch -
You should be using 3.0.1a. Check the wondertouch downloads page.
Alan.
wondertouch -
Don’t know anything about Blackmagic. The Windows version does not support QuickTime right now.
Alan.
wondertouch -
I suspect OpenGL is the culprit. First, open the pIllusion prefs and on the OpenGL page check the “do not use texture RAM for bg images” option. If that doesn’t help, then try running with software rendering instead of hardware acceleration. The easiest way to do this is from the Start – Programs – particleIllusion 3.0 menu on Windows, and by launching pI3 with the Shift key held on OS X.
If the problem goes away when running with software rendering, then you need updated video drivers.
Alan.
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You need to install a DV codec. particleIllusion does not support DV files directly on Windows.
Do a websearch for “Panasonic DV codec” and you’ll find several websites with that free codec and instructions for installing it. After installing it, you’ll be able to load DV AVIs in pIllusion.
Alan.
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I don’t think so. It’s a pretty complex effect (which is why they use fluid dynamics for it).
Alan.
wondertouch -
There is no grid. You can do a few things.
1) select the emitter name in the hierarchy so the position graph shows, then r-click in the position graph and select “reset”. This will put the emitter in the center of the stage
2) With the position graph selected, press the “N” key. This will bring up the numeric entry for the emitter position, and you can enter the pixel coordinates that you want.
Alan.
wondertouch