how to make fountain like this

[chow choppe]

Hi everyone

can anyone please tell me how to make an animated fountain like this(the attached is a although a still)

whose starting point is a small sized than the one where it meets water. Also its along a curve.

 

 

I am not very good with animation. I am using max2008 and VRAY.

And howto assign material to the falling water from this fountain

have been using RPc fountains till now so have never used animated fountains inside max

 

Kindly help me learn the process

 

Thanks

Edited November 18, 2008 by 3dsmaxed

[amer abidi]

look into particle systems in the max help rollout. Fairly simple and straightforward to startup, then it depends on your creativity and/or desired effect.

[Frosty]

Those look like an image or image sequence mapped onto a curved plane to me, not particles.

[whori]

Those look like an image or image sequence mapped onto a curved plane to me, not particles.

 

yeah but this whole image is horrible

[Claudio Branch]

Real Flow

[Frosty]

yeah but this whole image is horrible

 

Ha! i didn't say it was well done.... just how I thought it was done.

 

With a little care and a bit of smoke and mirrors, a mapped surface can work well.

[chow choppe]

Those look like an image or image sequence mapped onto a curved plane to me, not particles.

 

i mentioned that it is a still image but i want to make an animated fountain like that in my animation

[whori]

so go for particles:)

[chow choppe]

3 things:

 

how will i make it start from a narrow point and grow into bigger size as it falls down

secondly how to texture it so that it looks realistic.

do i give them same material as my water

third, How do i animate the water below it so that i get natural effect of the falling water merging into the water body and not appearing as if its falling on the floor and bouncing back

 

Thanks

[Frosty]

i mentioned that it is a still image but i want to make an animated fountain like that in my animation

 

Using a mapped surface for a still or animation is basically the same process. The only difference would be using an image sequence for the map instead of a single image. I would likely try to use particles for the splashes, but I would def use a mapped curved surface for the actual water flow.

[Nic H]

i reckon just get in there and experiment! nothing to lose.

 

try particles, or geometry mapped animated textures (noise in bump with a stretched animated UVW might work)

[amer abidi]

plenty of tutorials on the web.. not to mention the magic button, F1

 

there one i remember for creating waterfalls on evermotion.org.. lemme go grab it for you...

 

here you go..

http://www.evermotion.org/index.php?unfold_exclusive=251&unfold=exclusive

 

hope it helps.

[chow choppe]

thanks a lot to everyone