John Rand

Updated the FX Floater

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:01:05 +0000

This is a revamped update of my other script Fume & Flow Floater.

It has been reworked to be cleaner as well as added functionality.

Install, info, and changes are HERE

Updated the R&D

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:22:27 +0000

Updated the R&D pages

Added some stuff to my Vimeo page

Quick Tutorial on assign Controllers to Pflow

admin — Sun, 09 May 2010 20:53:36 +0000

Just a super quick tutorial on how to assign a Waveform (or any controller for that matter) to the Emission Rate of a PFlow Birth Operator.

Waveform2EmissionRate AVI 6mb – Techsmith Codec TSCC (Here)

FLV 8mb

For some reason the quicktime has some crappy artifacting and it is twice the size. If anyone is interested: Waveform2EmissionRate QT 13mb
You can stack multiple Waveforms in the same controller to achieve varied rates of birth, for example a large burst of particles the tapers down in steps.

Of course you can keyframe all this by hand with a bezier float controller too if you want

Script- BatchFBX

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:39:58 +0000

Simply import a folder full of .fbx object files to a scene with the option to give them their own file named layer and/or rename the object according to its filename.

more info HERE

Tutorial – Box#2 Soft Bodies & Deformations

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:36:15 +0000

A written tutorial on how to create simple soft bodies with PFtools Box#2.

The second part shows you how to maintain a deformation.

You can find it HERE

Script – pFlow Control v1

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:06:11 +0000

Hopefully a useful script to easily manage some common Particle Flow parameters.

More Info Here

CSV Viewer

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:32:18 +0000

Want to check your particle data? Need to look at what Krakatoa is writing in the Channel Data? Well have I got a 4-click tool for you! (spinners optional)

CSVviewer.mcr

Note: this script assumes your CSV file has a header. (I may add an option to fix that later)

Script – Block Beveler

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:36:55 +0000

Simple script to convert to editable poly and chamfer a selection of cube primitives.

Just in case you don’t want to do it with an Architectural Shader

More Info

I added a quick tutorial on how to build a quick block wall using a plane primitive, this script and the Face to Elements script.

Script – CSV2Keys

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:21:22 +0000

I found this little script Bobo had written in a forum post a few years ago, did a few tweaks to it. Added an interface, a scale multiplier, and the option to set the time to match the current frame rate or a specified framerate.

What does it do? It takes a comma separated value file (.csv) and imports the data to a dummy object (a point helper in the case) and creates a keyframe at the time (close to the time anyway) and position indicated in the file.

Note: the .csv file needs to be generated in the form of – time, X, Y, Z

CSV2Keys.zip

It is a macro so run it and go to the Customize->Customize User interface dialog, and it is under the Fume&Flow category, create a shortcut to open it.

Geek Out with your iPhone/Touch accelerometer!

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:32:10 +0000

Some point3 data and PFTools Box#2

I added a quick little explanation of how to get the data into Max HERE

Accelorama QT 33mb

added some iCamera shake too, not so noticeable without any reference.