pyrocluster cinema 4d 9 Manual Do Utilizador

Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 1

Overview................................................................................................................................................ 5
Creating a PyroCluster Effect ................................................................................................................ 8
Settings for the Volume Tracer Material.............................................................................................. 11
Gradients ............................................................................................................................................. 15

Using gradients............................................................................................................................... 15
The gradient and its options........................................................................................................... 16
The context menu for gradients ..................................................................................................... 17
Working with gradients.................................................................................................................. 17
Setting colors.................................................................................................................................. 18
Particle settings .............................................................................................................................. 18
The power of life and death ........................................................................................................... 18
Animating colors ............................................................................................................................ 19

Settings for the PyroCluster Shader .................................................................................................... 22

Basic Properties page ..................................................................................................................... 22
Globals page................................................................................................................................... 22
Age page ........................................................................................................................................ 29
Distance page ................................................................................................................................. 31
Cylindrical Distance page ............................................................................................................... 33
Shape page ..................................................................................................................................... 35
Illumination page............................................................................................................................ 38
Shadow page.................................................................................................................................. 42
Noise page...................................................................................................................................... 46

Animating PyroCluster parameters ..................................................................................................... 52
Choosing Light Sources ....................................................................................................................... 53

Gradient Animation ............................................................................................................................. 57
Keyframe Animation............................................................................................................................ 61