hoseinasadi Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Hi, is there any good plugins or tutorials to simulate a decent looking snow in 3ds max? like something similar to what Disney used in their picture " Frozen ". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris MacDonald Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Do you mean falling snow, snow on the ground, trails in snow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoseinasadi Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Do you mean falling snow, snow on the ground, trails in snow? yea falling snow that covers the deflector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGrover Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 PFlow? I mean, it's a super simple process to just dump some particle's down from way up high with a slow downwards speed (I wouldn't use gravity - whilst technically more realistic, it'll keep increasing in velocity if you do this which you probably don't want for snow) and a very soft, slightly turbulant wind knocking it to the side. You can set the particle's to just "stop" when they hit the deflector (floor) and use a "stop gradually" to have them gently rotate to the floor, where they'll stay. Of course, for the sake of efficiency you'll probably want there to be a decent looking snow material on the floor already. But if you dump enough particles on the floor, you can cover up anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoseinasadi Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 PFlow? I mean, it's a super simple process to just dump some particle's down from way up high with a slow downwards speed (I wouldn't use gravity - whilst technically more realistic, it'll keep increasing in velocity if you do this which you probably don't want for snow) and a very soft, slightly turbulant wind knocking it to the side. You can set the particle's to just "stop" when they hit the deflector (floor) and use a "stop gradually" to have them gently rotate to the floor, where they'll stay. Of course, for the sake of efficiency you'll probably want there to be a decent looking snow material on the floor already. But if you dump enough particles on the floor, you can cover up anything! so is there any good tutorial regarding to subject that you just covered ? like Pflow ,wind etc ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Schroeder Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Particle flow presets, they have a few snow ones in there. http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/garyd/over_100_free_particle_flow_presets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGrover Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Snow, Rain etc are pretty much the "Hello World!" of particles - I'm sure, if the presets don't fill your boots, that you won't struggle to find a tutorial or two with a bit of googling; I don't know any off the top of my head, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoseinasadi Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 thanks guys. one more thing, is there any good book or DVD out there for learning 3ds max particle systems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr3Drick Law Olmstead Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Pete Draper wrote a book called Deconstructing the Elements (http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/cw/draper-9780240521268/) which I find to be an excellent source, although he doesn't have anything on snow in particular. He also has a YouTube channel, that should be pretty good starting point. Recently I came across a video that showed a tool to paint snow onto objects, I will post the link here when I find it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoseinasadi Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 Pete Draper wrote a book called Deconstructing the Elements (http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/cw/draper-9780240521268/) which I find to be an excellent source, although he doesn't have anything on snow in particular. He also has a YouTube channel, that should be pretty good starting point. Recently I came across a video that showed a tool to paint snow onto objects, I will post the link here when I find it again. thanks for the info. would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr3Drick Law Olmstead Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 The video I mentioned is this http://vimeo.com/68971538 the tool that's being used is SnowGun Painter. I haven't used it but it looks like a useful thing when you are trying to make a snow scene. SnowGun Realtime and SnowGun are part of the same toolset which I would also check out. Definitely also check out Ronen Bekerman he has a bunch of Making of snow scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoseinasadi Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 ill be checking them out. thanks a lot bud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolai Bongard Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 The snowgun method looks like it is basically just the blobmesh method explained here: http://www.ramyhanna.com/2013/12/merry-christmasand-snow.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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