Magic Trail A shelf tool

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Overview ¶

This shelf tool sets up a particle simulation of a star shape that emits fairy dust particles and smoke generated with a sparse pyro simulation. It serves as a useful example of how to create, layer, and render multiple effects simultaneously within a single setup.

Important nodes ¶

spiral1

Controls the path the star shape will travel along.

carve1

Controls how fast the star shape is moving along the path.

attribadjustinteger2

Generates a variant integer point attribute based on the current particle id. This is useful to assign the particles into different groups after the simulation.

popnet1

Simulates the particles moving along the spiral path.

pyrosolver1

Controls the smoke simulation emitted from the particles.

lopnet1

This network is used to the render all the layers in the particle effect.

copnet1

This network is used to composite all the layers in the particle effect.

camera1

A SOP-level camera that is used for the rendering of the particle effect.

Learning from this example ¶

To...	Do this
Change the travel time on the spiral.	Shift the animation keys on the First U parameter located on the `carve1` node to control how long it takes to travel through the spiral.
Increase the amount of simulated particles	The Point Separation parameter on `pointsfromvolume1` controls the number of source points used by the particle simulation. Lowering this value generates more source points, but it will also increase simulation time.
Change particle simulation	Dive inside the `popnet1` node and adjust the two `popwind` nodes to adjust the turbulent motion of the particles.
Change the color of the particles	Use the ramp parameters on `attribadjustcolor1` and `attribadjustcolor2` to modify the particle colors.

Magic Trail A shelf tool

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