Particle stars - Page 2 - Simply Maya User Community

Maya 2020 fundamentals - modelling the real world

Get halfway through a model and find it's an unworkable mess? Can't add edge loops where you need them? Can't subdivide a mesh properly? If any of this sounds familiar check this course out.

Watch

# 16 29-06-2003 , 12:50 AM

Subscriber
Join Date: Sep 2002

Location: Texas

Posts: 171

Ah I see. I've saved the images as a targa sequence but I have no idea how to sequence them in After Effects. Can you list the steps please? user added image

~GateKeeper
Not really certified not really new!

Quote

# 17 29-06-2003 , 12:53 AM

The Maya Mountain
Join Date: Aug 2002

Location: Seattle, WA

Posts: 8,245

we have a video going over this process using a freebie program called Video Mach. The video is a freebie, too, in the Free Training section. Check for the Render Globals vid.

-Mike
The Maya Toolbelt

Quote

# 18 29-06-2003 , 01:22 AM

Subscriber
Join Date: Sep 2002

Location: Texas

Posts: 171

Thanks Mike! I just watched the video and grabbed Video Mach!

Man that saves me the time of heading to the PC lab on campus!
Thanks again everyone!

~GateKeeper
Not really certified not really new!

Quote

# 19 29-06-2003 , 02:05 AM

Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2002

Location: Minnesota, USA

Posts: 3,709

That's what we are all here for m8!

Good luck!

Israel "Izzy" Long
Motion and Title Design for Broadcast-Film-DS
izzylong.com

Quote

# 20 29-06-2003 , 04:06 PM

Subscriber
Join Date: Sep 2002

Location: Texas

Posts: 171

Particle starfield

Okay here we go! Here is the result of this little experiment. I really liked the way it turned out. If you have any thoughts please feel free to post them. user added image

Now to do the rest of the scene user added image

Attached Files

starfield.zip (1.67 MB, 277 views)

~GateKeeper
Not really certified not really new!

Quote

# 21 29-06-2003 , 04:45 PM

Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2002

Location: New York

Posts: 2,133

Nice work, GK! I think the latter part of the animation (front-view flythrough) looks pretty wicked! Just for kicks, if you want to see another way of doing a similar thing, check out this thread:

Starfield

There's a short animated fly-through animation there that I did using paintFX and motion blur. You don't get the long streaks but it works fairly nice for compositing motion through a starfield. Afterwards, I experimented with making a "spaceship-styled" window with alpha channels and composited the fly-through with After Effects. Don't have it anymore but it worked well. user added image