Final New Technique Post

This post will be commenting on the new technique I set out to learn throughout this module which was particle systems, and this will be the last post on this subject.

Firstly I am very pleased with how I have learnt this new technique and am glad that I decided to learn about the particle systems, as I had never used them before, but they do make such a difference within an animation, they are a very small part of an animation however they make all the difference to make your animation that bit more professional.

The first particle system that I had to learn about was the 'SuperSpray' which is the main particle system used in any animation, I used this particle system to create the smoke for the ships, which was difficult to start with but was easier once I got the hand of it.

This screenshot shows the smoke that I have created using the 'SuperSpray' particle system.

The next particle system to create was the cannons firing, which was the same particle system technique (SuperSpray) however it was using the preset 'fireworks', instead of 'hose' which I used to create the smoke for the ships. This particle system was easy to create as I had already created the other particle system, it was just a case of changing some of the properties so that the cannon firing looked realistic which eventually it did and I was very pleased with how it turned out.

This screenshot shows the particle system I created to make smoke around the cannons when they fire.

Finally there was another element that I learnt about in this module which was the wind, which I had also never used before however it is not part of the particle systems. On the other hand with this new wind technique I was learning how to make a flag blow in the wind, and I also used the wind to make the smoke that I had created with the particle systems blow across the sea and out of proportion, as smoke never flies in a perfect line or at the same height. Below is a screenshot of the wind being used to move the smoke and the flag.

This is a screenshot of the wind moving the flag and blowing the smoke. They are the pink boxes.

Overall I am really pleased that I have learnt this new technique, as I believe that this new technique will come in very handy in other modules and, if possible use this technique later in a work environment, as I think I would like to work with 3D modelling.