[Simon Twine]

you’ll have to drop the RPF to 16-bit, thats the only way i’ve managed to import it successfully.

[Simon Twine]

The benefit of using particular would be the ability to make the smoke react to wind, the environment, get stuck to the roof etc…

in all honesty, using BOTH real smoke elements and particle effects would be the best IMHO 😉

[Simon Twine]

If i were you, i’d take a look here:

https://www.motionscript.com/mastering-expressions/simulation-basics-1.html

at dan ebberts’ awesome site and if you know a bit about expressions then just take one of those and start playing with the variables. Then i’d take stick that expression on a particle emitter… Trapcode particular or Trapcode form would probably work well…

in fact, if you have form then you can pretty much use displacement maps in there to achieve that kind of effect.

[Simon Twine]

To start the particles at random times in the animation, then just twirl down the ‘particle’ menu and then twirl down ‘custom’… in here you’ll see ‘time sampling’ – select the option you want from this drop down box i.e. “random – loop”.

Hope this helps.

[Simon Twine]

The false economy depends i guess – probably for him, yes. But if you take a look at Vincent Laforet’s work with the 5D Mk II you’ll see the potential that camera has – you just need to know what you’re getting yourself into (and have a bucketload of fast glass available to you).

For filming broadcast PAL – big mistake.

[Simon Twine]

Dave, i think the 5D Mark 2 is hard-coded to 30fps regardless of where you buy it. I dont even think it is 29.97, although i could be wrong.

I dont think there are any settings to change this (much to the chagrin of most 5D Mk II buyers/potential buyers).

I guess that is the compromise you make when you use a DSLR to record video!

Asif – take a look at Vincent Laforet’s blog – he is currently shooting a doc on the 5D Mk II and i think he had some details on his workflow on his blog.

Good luck!

Si

[Simon Twine]

CTRL-SHIFT-H is the shortcut i use to hide masks..

[Simon Twine]

If you want to know exact packages, drop an email to someone at Red Bee – they are the people who do BBC’s sports packages; MOTD, Football Focus, Final Score etc etc.

I’m not sure who does Sky’s though.

[Simon Twine]

I did a quick test, think you need to either start the motion before you need it (Like the ‘handles’ mentioned by bogiesan). Or, try keyframing the ‘life’ to a small amount at the beginning of the motion and then increasing it as the particle moves away from the start point.

Basically i think you’re creating a bunch of particles right at the start of your animation which are staying static and not ‘dying’ quickly enough.

HTH
Si