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    • bonemap
      bonemap Beta Platinum last edited by Woland

      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

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      • DusX
        DusX Tech Staff last edited by

        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?

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        • crystalhorizon
          crystalhorizon Tech Staff last edited by

          Excellent! Thank you for sharing

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          • Juriaan
            Juriaan Beta Platinum last edited by

            Awesome resource ! Thanks so much for writing this all down in such a nice and structured manner :)

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            • bonemap
              bonemap Beta Platinum last edited by

              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

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                RenegadeBoy @bonemap last edited by

                @bonemap Great stuff, thanks for putting your ideas & methods out there and making them so easy to understand.

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                • Skulpture
                  Skulpture Tech Staff last edited by

                  Really great thank you.

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                  • cristina_spelti
                    cristina_spelti last edited by

                    Thank you!

                    Thank you!

                    Grazie mille!

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                    • bonemap
                      bonemap Beta Platinum last edited by

                      @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

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                      • bonemap
                        bonemap Beta Platinum last edited by bonemap

                        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

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                        • dbini
                          dbini last edited by

                          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? ;) 

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                          • bonemap
                            bonemap Beta Platinum @dbini last edited by

                            @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

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                            • Maximortal
                              Maximortal last edited by

                              great work! very easy to read and uderstand. 

                              BRAVO!

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                              • dbini
                                dbini last edited by

                                here's what i made when experimenting with Bonemap's method of sprite animation mapped to a series of Particles: 

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                                  ckim Beta Platinum last edited by

                                  Thank you Bonemap!!!  Just starting to have some fun with this :)

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                                  • Vidasonik
                                    Vidasonik @bonemap last edited by Vidasonik

                                    @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.

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                                    • bonemap
                                      bonemap Beta Platinum @Vidasonik last edited by bonemap

                                      The video associated with this post is no longer available

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                                      • Fred
                                        Fred @bonemap last edited by

                                        @bonemap are these files still available? I want to give them to a student.

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                                        • bonemap
                                          bonemap Beta Platinum @Fred last edited by bonemap

                                          @fred

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

                                          Best wishes

                                          Bonemap 

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                                          • Fred
                                            Fred @bonemap last edited by

                                            @bonemap strange, I got a blank Dropbox page for a while, all good. Amazing tutorial, thanks.

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