VFX303_WIP_MIke Beckman

[mike beckman]

OK, just getting started on this one. I figured I'd work on the flames fist, then go backwards from there. I'm using Fusion's particles to create the flames, so far keeping things in 2D.

-mike

[Silver]

That looks frikkin awesome!

[avillabon]

is this for a still or for a video for the third contest?

it looks very cool, hope is a video!!

[mike beckman]

the flames are animated, I just haven't done a render yet so I posted a screenshot for the time being.

[avillabon]

sweet! will be waiting! good luck with the project

[ShadowMaker SdR]

Too bad you made the comp part of the screenshot so small, otherwise I could have coupled some settings. That looks like really nice fire there. Is it sprite (bitmap) mapped or did you just do an insane amount of single points?

[mike beckman]

Single points for the emitter, with the shape based on a bitmap image of the rider with a soble filter and some masks to isolate just the parts I wanted.

[ShadowMaker SdR]

Nice. It must take some time to render I'd imagine.

[mike beckman]

I've updated the original post with a .mov file.
-mike

[grooove]

really cool fire, i like the reflected fire in the helmet!! keep up burning mike

[SalaTar]

Mikes using his farm again.....

Cant wait to see the (heat)displacement comp

[mike beckman]

actually, I haven't fired up the farm for these tests yet. -So far it's a quick render on the host machine. There really aren't that many particles, just a lot of stuff happening afterwards: like trails, blurs, glows and warps. I hope I have time to get back to the comp -clients are driving me crazy this month.

[mike beckman]

Here's an update: I haven't done a background yet, but I've got a basic test of the bike in motion. I need to fix the flames over the rider's right shoulder and tweak the helmet reflections, but I'm happy so far.

[ShadowMaker SdR]

Nice. I like the subtle way the rider moves. Pretty natural (for someone who doesn't mind being on fire :-) ) In how many layers did you split him up?
Is it all done in Fusion so far? Pretty cool. I hope I have time to do anything at all this time around, but competition will be fierce. (or hot to stay in character)

[mike beckman]

Thanks,

Yeah, it's all done in FU5. I cut the rider up into Helmet, Body, Ferring, Front forks, Wheel. It's basically a 2D comp, but I put the pieces together in 3D space to create a slight parallax, and for quicker parenting.