a waterfall tutorial

[edward80]

hello all..this is my 1st tutorial & also my 1st thread in here hope u can keep up with my bad english...

 

a waterfall tutorial

 

 

 

1- Reset your Max & go to Create panel > Geometry > Particle systems > Blizzard

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/edward80/max/1.jpg

 

2- in the basic parameters choose these settings (you also can choose your own settings)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/edward80/max/2.jpg

 

also change these settings in the Particle generation

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/edward80/max/3.jpg

 

3- make another blizzard object & change its settings like this

Basic parameters :

width:85

length:10

percentage of particles:5

 

Particle Generation :

 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/edward80/max/5.jpg

 

Now you should have something that looks like this

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/edward80/max/6.jpg

 

After that we should add some wind to give the waterfall a realistic look

 

4- Go to the space wraps icon & choose wind then change the settings like this

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/edward80/max/7.jpg

 

then link it to the 1st water fall

 

5-make another wind with these settings

strength:0,105

icon size: 36,771

& link it to the 2nd waterfall

 

Now we should start with the Material

 

6-Press M to open your material editor

 

change the diffuse color to white,

click on the square next to the Diffuse button & choose particle Age

 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/edward80/max/8.jpg

 

then choose these settings

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/edward80/max/9.jpg

 

after that go the opacity button & click the square next to it

& choose Particle MBlur

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/edward80/max/10.jpg

 

apply the material to both of the waterfalls

 

7-Now..select the 2nd waterfall, right click & choose properties

choose General tab

then at the bottom of the screen on the right you should see Motion Blur settings

change the settings like this

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/edward80/max/11.jpg

 

Now repeat the last step on the 2nd waterfall & choose these settings

Multiplier:100

image slected

 

8-hit your render button & you should have something that looks like this

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/edward80/max/12.jpg

[colorID]

hey you. ahla o sahla

thats nice to find someone from jordan finally posting at this forum,nice tutorial,

 

are u an architect?

[dexter]

I like the cloud tutorial and this one too edward...thank you...it's so much fun to create a falling water...

 

Thanks man...

[edward80]

i am an architectecture student color id, but i'll graduate within 1 month

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you are welcome dexter....

[wdaf]

My Particle MBlur don't works with the blizzard, and the Max 7.0 User Reference says:

 

"The particle system must support the Particle MBlur map. Particle systems that support Particle MBlur include PArray, PCloud, Super Spray, and Spray."

 

???

 

Wolfgang