as far as i know, the curve determines both the "life" and "death" state of the particles.

i suppose you could "fake it" and have a particle emitter stationed at the end of the the curve and just...

i am working on an animation that requires, an india ink bottle be knocked over and for the ink to flow outward and spread across the table in a controlled manner...

...would it be possible for...

for the blast to go around the logo select the explosion particles, shift + select the logo and set them to collide. just a thought really, i rather new to dynamics and particles myself.

but...

im not quite sure how to "inflate" geometry in maya, however to "push' the airbags out of the way you can apply and key a series of deformers that can shape the geometry to your liking...just a...

there is sequence where my objective is to shatter a glass pane...but the shards do not disperse, they collide with the collision object but dont go any further than a few units, and then they just...

applying a radial field will cause the pieces to disperse in all directions...

...you can also turn the shards into active rigid bodies and by colliding them with other polys you can control the...

if i understand this correctly the shatter doesnt acutally do anything to the polys except to break it up into individual shards...to have the pieces actually move you could try applying a force to...

the scene is a computer monitor whose glass pane gets blown outwards due to an explosion that occurs inside the actual monitor...

...i've gone about it all sorts of different ways such as applying...

as it stands...this is what the composited shot looks like...

thanks alot man...i will definetly give that a try.