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T04a - Particle Tracing
3rd April 2017
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Midge Sinnaeve
Growing trails are a popular effect in motion graphics. Blender's particle system actually has tools built in to it for this type of look. Learn how to convert these trails to curves for more control in animation.
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David mcsween
19th April 2017 - 10:16
Wait... what? All this time hacking around with line segments and I could have been using a path curve? All I had to do was bake?! Hehe, path tracing here I come!! Thanks Midge ;-)
sébastien Hervé
6th April 2017 - 08:30
Man, that is sooooo cool. Best tut series on the cloud. Thx
Midge Sinnaeve
6th April 2017 - 12:06
@sebkseb: Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad you like it!
Stephen Petersen
6th April 2017 - 09:23
I have to agree, learning some real kewl stuff :)
Midge Sinnaeve
6th April 2017 - 12:06
@Stefan59: Thank you!
akira.dawson
7th February 2018 - 09:31
Hey Midge, btrace is in addons just have to enable it. I spent all day trying to figure something similar to this out but can't figure it out. All I want to achieve is motion paths with mocap but btrace doesnt seem to handle it well. I found something along the lines but its quite outdated (Blendersushi) here: https://goo.gl/orzRNF Do you think it's possible using this kind of method to achieve the motion trails effect parented with the mocap data?
Midge Sinnaeve
12th February 2018 - 00:03
@akira.dawson: Yeah, btrace was included after the video was created. :) I'd say it's doable but it wont be super quick. Try rigging a basic mesh to the imported mocap skeleton and then using the method you described in the link. Maybe even start by using a few cubes first, that way you can test your effect on simple geometry first to make sure it works.
Another approach could be by trying this addon that supports importing mocap data in to the generated model: http://www.manuelbastioni.com/download.php It might take some fiddling to get it right. :)
akira.dawson
15th February 2018 - 04:13
@Midge Sinnaeve (The Mantissa): Thanks for the reply, will check it out!
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6th September 2018 - 09:17
y are the videos too huge in size.. please the data too hhhihhihihhihi anywy thanks alot
Midge Sinnaeve
7th September 2018 - 00:41
@mugobe colline louis: If you're having issues downloading them, please let us know.