another photo

here is another photo, taken last year autumn

Another video

Hi.

Just want to show another video. It is the snow effect that you can check out in the latest version here




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New particle engine, and lots of work

The new particle engine is ready, I just finished it. It took me about 4 months of work to get it work exactly as I wanted it to be. Here are few images I would like to show, the small samples, showing the progress I was making.

The first thing I wanted to make is the billboard particles, that always face the viewer, and maintain the correct size, like this :


It wasn't hard to do. A bit harder was adding the rotation to each particle :


Next step was by adding frame interpolation, so that the particle would flawlessly blend its color :


Then I added size per frame interpolation, and collision detection Particle-Walls:


And offcourse, some bugs and awesome effects can be made :)


The next task was by adding the particle beams, it wasn't so easy at first glance and took me allot of time to get it done. Here is shot, I am using additional lines and points to check if they are possitioned correctly :


The most fun part was making the particle ribbon, I was so overcomplicating everything, but the solution was right nearby :



Here is another interesting shot, This is actually snow, but instead of drawing it with points, I am using billboard chain :)



This is same snow effect, but I am using sprites that emit from their spawn position :


Anyway Here is nice explosion effect that you can create in current version :



The version can be downloaded from here : fant.zip

P.S. I have finally fixed some problems with the site. The Firefox users are welcomed :) fant.adogames.com

Particle ribbon 2

Here is another video, showing particle ribbon effect.



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new photo

Here is another photo, not so new but still.

new camera

I got new camera !

I know it is a costly purchase, at least for me, but I would like to do pictures faster and with more better quality.

I bought canon EOS 350D it is a really good camera, with a good price


I am still learning the features, but I definitely like the speed of shooting, and manual focusing.

New Particle effect Billboard chain ( particle ribbon )

Here is new effect I recently completed, I spended quite allot of time on it, but it was much more easyer to make then I thought first . Anyone who can do particle trails can easily do this effect with only few modifications.

Enjoy !



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new Photo

Here is a new photo: