pyrocluster cinema 4d 9 Manual Do Utilizador

PYROCLUSTER

REFERENCE 11

Settings for

the Volume

Tracer Material

The PyroCluster Volume
Tracer is required for

rendering the PyroCluster
effects. Assign it to the
object within which you
want to use PyroCluster.

The Volume Tracer is the part of PyroCluster that controls how the effect will be

rendered and where it will be rendered. The settings you make for the Volume Tracer
will greatly affect the render quality and render speed for the effect.

There are no hard-and-fast rules for these settings, it will be different for every scene

and will completely depend upon what is being rendered, so some experimentation
will always be required to find the optimum settings for a Volume Tracer. See ‘How
are PyroCluster effects created?’ earlier in this chapter for further advice.

The Volume Tracer is a special ‘material’ and is created in a similar way to other

materials in CINEMA 4D.

To create a new Volume Tracer material:

- In the Material manager, choose File > PyroCluster - VolumeTracer.

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Remember, to create PyroCluster effects you need to add at least two

materials: VolumeTracer and PyroCluster. See ‘Creating a PyroCluster Effect’
earlier in this chapter.

You may have more than one Volume Tracer in a scene. Each Volume Tracer controls the

rendering of all PyroCluster effects that are encompassed by the object to which the

Volume Tracer has been assigned. Each Volume Tracer may have its own settings.

You can edit the Volume Tracer’s settings in the Attribute manager or in the Material

Editor.

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The Volume Tracer settings are ‘global’ insofar that they affect the rendering

of all PyroCluster puffs that are encompassed by the object to which the

Volume Tracer is assigned.

Create a PyroCluster

VolumeTracer ‘material’ in the

Material manager and select it

to see its global settings in the

Attribute manager.

Render Objects, Render Hidden Objects

To render PyroCluster effects in a scene, enable Render Objects. To render any hidden

PyroCluster particle systems, enable the Render Hidden Objects option.