Incredible effect, Tim.

Would you mind sharing the code? About a dozen uses come to mind instantly.
It would be a great effect for a titles sequence done with POV.

Regards,

ADB

"Tim Nikias" <JUSTTHELOWERCASE:timISNOTnikias(at)gmx.netWARE> wrote:
> I'm attempting something like letters of sand being blown away. This is just
> a rough first test.
>
> The text is multiplied with various functions so that it dissipates and
> fades away from right to left. According to the amount of fade from one
> frame to the next, I add particles which get blown away by the wind. What I
> was trying to achieve is that the text gets blown away from the right.
>
> As is obvious, this was a very simple setup, the particles are discs facing
> the camera and the text is just the same function/pigment which I also use
> to calculate the amount of "dust" to pass to the particle system. I'm really
> after suggestions, not only visually (though the text has to remain white on
> black background, so I guess the dust should be white/gray as well) but also
> how to properly speed things up. This animation, 100 frames, required 6
> hours, which is quite long, keeping in mind that the final resolution has to
> be bigger and I need several such single lines to be blown away (it's for
> the end credits of a short).
>
> Regards,
> Tim
>
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