Nutcracker: Bars effect enhancments

[smeighan]

bars can now so some new things

sparkles , 3 types
Random Rainbow
White
Same Hue

You can now get vertical bars besides horizontal.

Lets start with a horizontal bar effect with no sparkles. I have BOLD marked the new prompts

bars Effect Settings
username   f
user_target   A
effect_class   bars
effect_name   BARS_VERT1
window_degrees   180
frame_delay   100
number_bars   6
bar_type   H
sparkle_type   S
sparkles   0
fade_3d   Y
speed   1
direction   down
color1   #FF0000
color2   #FF8E0D
color3   #FFFF00
color4   #2BFF00
color5   #006FFF
color6   #4C00FF
highlight   Y
seq_duration   4.857255
fade_in   0
fade_out   0
submit   Submit Form to create your effect
OBJECT_NAME   bars
batch   0




First we will try "Same Hue" sparkle_type with sparkles percentage at 50%




Now we will try the Rainbow Hue sparkles.
Since sparkles override the rgb values of the colors you select you can do something like make your colors dark.
bars Effect Settings
username   f
user_target   A
effect_class   bars
submit   Submit Form to create your effect
effect_name   BARS_VERT3
window_degrees   180
frame_delay   100
number_bars   2
bar_type   H
sparkle_type   R
sparkles   50
fade_3d   Y
speed   1
direction   down
color1   #00006B
color2   #00006B
color3   #00006B
color4   #00006B
color5   #00006B
color6   #00006B
highlight   Y
seq_duration   4.857255
fade_in   0
fade_out   0
OBJECT_NAME   bars
batch   0



Finally you can select bqr type ='Vertical'

bars Effect Settings
username   f
user_target   A
effect_class   bars
effect_name   BARS_VERT4
window_degrees   180
frame_delay   100
number_bars   2
bar_type   V
sparkle_type   W
sparkles   50
fade_3d   Y
speed   1
direction   right
color1   #FF0000
color2   #FFF700
color3   #00FF1A
color4   #0800FF
color5   #FF00EE
color6   #FFFFFF
highlight   Y
seq_duration   4.857255
fade_in   0
fade_out   0
submit   Submit Form to create your effect
OBJECT_NAME   bars
batch   0


I will discuss this some tonight in the tutorial.

thanks
sean

[sean815]

the last 2 are pretty sweet!

[smeighan]

the last 2 are pretty sweet!

Yeah. Knowing that sparkles take precedence over the colors you select. Here i set all 6 colors to BLACK.
I reduce the sparkle percentage to 10% and use Rainbow random sparkles. Set Fade_3d=N.


bars Effect Settings
username   f
user_target   A
effect_class   bars
effect_name   BARS_VERT5
window_degrees   180
frame_delay   100
number_bars   2
bar_type   V
sparkle_type   R
sparkles   10
fade_3d       n
speed   1
direction   right
color1   #000000
color2   #000000
color3   #000000
color4   #000000
color5   #000000
color6   #FFFFFF
highlight   Y
seq_duration   4.857255
fade_in   0
fade_out   0
submit   Submit Form to create your effect
OBJECT_NAME   bars
batch   0

[rrowan]

I Sean

I really like that last effect. Is there any way to slow it down

Your model looks like a blizzard

Thanks

Rick R.

[lonewolf41]

I can't get the bars to spiral.  See lonewolf41,MEGATREE~BEGINNING.  I tried right and left and 2 & 3 bars all with the same result of no rotation.

Thanks, -Keith