<![CDATA[3D Particles tutorial]]>Hi,

I have been working with the 3D Particles actor for a couple of years and thought to try and capture some of those experiments in a tutorial document. I am not sure if I have really succeeded in drafting something useful. So I am posting here to get some feedback on this first attempt. Video of the tutorial patches here. Tutorial files are here.

Best Wishes,

bonemap

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/topic/5434/3d-particles-tutorialRSS for NodeWed, 16 Sep 2026 06:18:32 GMTWed, 05 Sep 2018 13:02:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Thu, 30 May 2019 13:47:09 GMT]]>Wow! I just found your tutorial this morning. I've been tinkering with the 3D Particle Actor forever and not not making any progress. I will study your tutorial. Thank you.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/35251https://community.troikatronix.com/post/35251Thu, 30 May 2019 13:47:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Wed, 29 May 2019 06:27:58 GMT]]>@bonemap strange, I got a blank Dropbox page for a while, all good. Amazing tutorial, thanks.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/35224https://community.troikatronix.com/post/35224Wed, 29 May 2019 06:27:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Tue, 28 May 2019 20:59:16 GMT]]>@fred

Yes... the drop box folder is still active. The tutorial does need updating at some point.

Best wishes

Bonemap 

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/35218https://community.troikatronix.com/post/35218Tue, 28 May 2019 20:59:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Tue, 28 May 2019 19:29:08 GMT]]>@bonemap are these files still available? I want to give them to a student.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/35216https://community.troikatronix.com/post/35216Tue, 28 May 2019 19:29:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Wed, 29 Jan 2020 21:24:31 GMT]]>The video associated with this post is no longer available

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/32039https://community.troikatronix.com/post/32039Wed, 29 Jan 2020 21:24:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:23:45 GMT]]>@bonemap

Hi this is so good, I've just glanced through. I will definitely learn these techniques. I compose and perform with dancer with a focus on psychedelia I'n pretty new to Isadora and so far mainly trigger my own movies by midi notes in Ableton as the parts of the music shift (struggling to get precise synchronisation but been told Isadora 3 addresses this). I generally use the effects & difference actors to interact two movies at different positions using eg xor/diff. I've just produced my first user actors! I did a show with Kinect and particles with a friend and so your examples are perfect for my requirements. I use Motion and Final Cut for visuals. I'll let you know how i get on. Can't wait ... much gratitude Dave

O yes I'm a guitarist but compositions combine dance, vision, field recordings, poetry etc - total theatre.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/32036https://community.troikatronix.com/post/32036Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:23:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Fri, 14 Sep 2018 06:26:00 GMT]]>Thank you Bonemap!!!  Just starting to have some fun with this :)

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/32028https://community.troikatronix.com/post/32028Fri, 14 Sep 2018 06:26:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:03:29 GMT]]>here's what i made when experimenting with Bonemap's method of sprite animation mapped to a series of Particles: 

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31993https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31993Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:03:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:52:24 GMT]]>great work! very easy to read and uderstand. 

BRAVO!

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31973https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31973Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:52:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Mon, 10 Sep 2018 11:00:34 GMT]]>@dbini said:

Am I a bad patchman?

 Hi,

Thanks for your comments. I am pretty sure you are one of the best patch pushers around!

Best wishes

Bonemap

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31947https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31947Mon, 10 Sep 2018 11:00:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Mon, 10 Sep 2018 10:52:34 GMT]]>Hi Bonemap. great resources, thanks. beautiful work. i think that you and David Gumbs are my Particle heroes. I have a question about the Texture Map: Should the sprite sheet be default resolution? For my first attempt at animating textures I built a sprite sheet (of butterflies, as it happens) as a single row of 16 sprites, and then could ignore the maths needed to shift up and down a row, just had a Counter linked to the Column input. The results look fine, but this feels like cheating. Is it bad practice? Am I a bad patchman? ;) 

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31946https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31946Mon, 10 Sep 2018 10:52:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Mon, 10 Sep 2018 01:04:44 GMT]]>Hi,

I have taken this about as far as I can go at the moment. It has been really interesting to explore the possibilities - particularly of the 3D Model Particles actor. I had not considered that it would be possible to manipulate individual pieces of mesh geometry from a single 3D file.  The links in previous posts have been updated with newer versions of the tutorial content. My previous post links to the tutorial files and updated PDF documentation. I am open to taking any questions or suggestions about the particle techniques represented. 

Best wishes

Bonemap

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31940https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31940Mon, 10 Sep 2018 01:04:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:40:53 GMT]]>@dusx said:

Do you have a link to the required media?

 Hi,

The files for the 3D Particles and 3D Model Particles tutorial are here (on dropbox):

best wishes

bonemap

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31913https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31913Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:40:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Fri, 07 Sep 2018 13:27:48 GMT]]>Thank you!

Thank you!

Grazie mille!

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31904https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31904Fri, 07 Sep 2018 13:27:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Thu, 06 Sep 2018 08:13:35 GMT]]>Really great thank you.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31855https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31855Thu, 06 Sep 2018 08:13:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Thu, 06 Sep 2018 01:59:50 GMT]]>@bonemap Great stuff, thanks for putting your ideas & methods out there and making them so easy to understand.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31852https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31852Thu, 06 Sep 2018 01:59:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Wed, 05 Sep 2018 23:59:08 GMT]]>Hi,

Thanks for the positive responses. It is enough to push me to finish drafting the tutorial document. I will post back here with the additions and media examples.

Best wishes,

Bonemap

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31848https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31848Wed, 05 Sep 2018 23:59:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Wed, 05 Sep 2018 20:16:38 GMT]]>Awesome resource ! Thanks so much for writing this all down in such a nice and structured manner :)

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31846https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31846Wed, 05 Sep 2018 20:16:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Wed, 05 Sep 2018 20:11:05 GMT]]>Excellent! Thank you for sharing

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31845https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31845Wed, 05 Sep 2018 20:11:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 3D Particles tutorial on Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:17:39 GMT]]>This is really excellent! I find it easy to read thru, and everything is clear/makes perfect sense.
I will go thru it step by step later, and see if there are any specific hang ups?
Do you have a link to the required media?

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31835https://community.troikatronix.com/post/31835Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:17:39 GMT