Hey All, And thank you @FriedPixels for the great tutorial. I found out how you can make it go in he right sequence. You need to reorder the Vertex order in your 3D software. In Maya you do this selecting Reorder Vertices command and then select 3 vertices were you want this effect to initiate from (Ex. the front of the nose). this will reorder everything from those 3 points. It has nothing to do with UV map, you can do the same without any UVs.

@friedpixels

3 жыл бұрын

wow thank you! this is the info I needed. I always figured it was point creation order but didnt think you could manual trigger it to reset the order. I will make a new video about this! thanks! everyone always ask this!

You're a legend man, thank you for putting this out for us.

@friedpixels

5 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed!

These tips are awesome, thanks for sharing your workflow!

@friedpixels

5 жыл бұрын

Great to hear, always glad to share my excitement for this plugin and happy if anyone finds it useful!

thanks bro, we really apreciate the time u take to make this tutorials

@friedpixels

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Means a lot to hear!

Saw your post on reddit and really wanted to know how to do it. Super glad you decided to make a tutorial on it!

@friedpixels

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! yeah, there is definitely so much more that could be done with it, but its the foundation of an interesting technique! glad you enjoyed it!

Awesome! Thank you!

thank you so much for this tutorial and walk through and explaning it so well!! it always amaze me how much you can do with fractal noise. Like you used it for the particle size was mindblowing to me :-)

@friedpixels

5 жыл бұрын

Ah thanks so much! It means a lot when people watch and appreciate it and find it any bit helpful. I often have a hard time focusing on what to explain and what not to -- so being really focused like this video, its easier to see the straight path of explanation.

@ChrrZ

5 жыл бұрын

@@friedpixels i hope you will continue making some tutorials if your time allows it, its such a huge inspiration and learning experience and your videos always stood out when i saw them on facebook when AEscripts or Superluminal shared them :-) i still have to watch all the other videos on your channel you did in the past cheers from austria

Great stuff!

@friedpixels

4 жыл бұрын

Shutterlab Creative thanks appreciate that!!

Amazing!

@friedpixels

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! appreciate it!

...also, thanks so much for these insights into Stardust.

@friedpixels

4 жыл бұрын

You bet!

Nice video.

Hi. Thank you for the tutorial. Very interesting. You didn't say anything about Transform Module. What is it for? Since I don't have the volumetric light, can I use an AE light for the StarDust? Thank you!

@friedpixels

4 жыл бұрын

Hello! I did talk about the transform node in another video, talking about how I use it with 3d scenes and stardust, sorry if I didnt cover it in this one. You can use any AE light to create the volumetric light with stardust! Spot lights work best to control the cone

heyo. great stardust tutorial. I have a question about the edge of the scanning light going across the Obj head. is there a way to make that scanning sharper instead of fuzzy.

@friedpixels

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure I follow, What do you mean by fuzzy? You could choose another technique if you are looking for a hard edge line, you could use a field like a BOX field and then "mask" on the particles with 0 feather?

@geecee1068

4 жыл бұрын

@@friedpixels oh okay, I'll try that way using a 0 feather edge. thanks again

Thanks for sharing! looks awesome, do you use Element 3D to import the obj?

@friedpixels

3 жыл бұрын

Nope! Stardust imports 3d OBJs into AE for you!

Amazing tutorial! I am curious how you did the face outline reveal @ 5:38 ? What is causing the face outlines to appear from front to back?

@friedpixels

4 жыл бұрын

That is the million dollar question that I don't have the scientific answer to, By bringing various geometry across different formats and software, I can say that its something akin to the creation order of the geometry. So if its retopo'd you can sorta have a uniform effect. The Ideal situation is to also have it UV'd and then you can get very speific with using maps to drive it. Otherwise its sorta a free for all, and it'll jump all over the place. Hope that makes sense. I'm sure the stardust team has a proper response lol

@joellelievre7968

4 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks for the reply! I wasn't sure if it was a case of 'secret sauce' and you didn't want to reveal your secret, or if I was missing something in the settings. I'll reach out to the Stardust team and see what I can come up with. Thanks again!

@friedpixels

4 жыл бұрын

@@joellelievre7968 hah -- no way, I'm making videos to share secret sauce not hide it! lol

Hey I downloaded 2 obj files off of a website and tried doing this with them but neither of them worked. the particles just formed a sort of sphere, you mentioned UVs so would I have to UV unwrap the models and re export them as objs?

@friedpixels

4 жыл бұрын

I actually don't fully understand how it is generated the point order. I mentioned it might be UVs, because sometimes it moves around seams but I think its actually the creation order of points in the modeling process. You should send an email to the support team, they might have a better answer for you! Sorry it isnt working! :(

@IssuesVFX

4 жыл бұрын

@@friedpixels I finally figured it out was just the size, but now im having a problem with the z distance. when I add a camera and move the z position the particles start fading, do you know anything about this? heres the example gyazo.com/913f04cc376c80b7bd3b106118ed84fe iv been looking for like an hour through the settings but couldnt find anything that could fix it, thanks.

So which is faster to render and work with when you have a large or even medium number of particles in your scene with more than a 3 second life span? Stardust or Particular?

@friedpixels

4 жыл бұрын

Hey -- To be completely honest, I haven't used the latest versions of Particular in awhile but I really think it depends on a lot of variables. What types of particles, what kind of scene, how many particles, what kinda box your on -- lots of factors. I think every tool has its purpose and I think its all about finding what works for you and what you are comfortable working with. I know its a lame answer, but its the best I can do! haha

@dizz740

4 жыл бұрын

friedpixels thanks man, not lame at all. Thanks for taking time to answer. If you’ve not used the latest Particular then you can’t know so it’s all cool. I was just thinking Stardust might be a significant leap over the speed of Particular in the same way that Particular was over the stock particle effects in AE.

hi.. i already tried your way to create that "scan" animation on 5.38. but the animation didn't start from the face to the back. it started randomly and i alredy set the emitter to sequence. any idea?

@friedpixels

3 жыл бұрын

The sequence effect is based on OBJ point creation order and there is no sure way to controls specific start and end point. If you need to create very specific animations I would suggest another method augmented with this. cheers.

can we have the after effects file ? i have tried this many times i cant get same effect at all

I don't know what it is but first video looks stunning. Catscan animation. Is there any preview of that? I really really love it!

@friedpixels

2 жыл бұрын

I think its on my IG, its been a minute since I made that, its a scan of my cat laying next to my desk heh :)

@Sinlatown

2 жыл бұрын

@@friedpixels Yeah I saw that after I wrote my comment. I thought it was another tutorial but it's more clear now. I think it's much better result cuz your cat's model have disperses and look more otantic. Both results are unique and thanks a lot for all mate!

What computer specs do you have ? I want to do stuff like this I’m just not sure what the requirements for fast and clean playback would b

@friedpixels

4 жыл бұрын

I don't have anything fancy, after effects is mostly single processor, so any latest cpu of your choice will do. Stardust does take advantage of GPU so that is always helpful too if you have a decent card. I have an i7 6core 32 gb of ram and 2 1080 TIs, but the cards are mostly for GPU rendering in 3d.

what version of Stardust are you using for this? can it be done with any version? thanks.

@friedpixels

5 жыл бұрын

Ah -- I just realized that I need to make the first frame of my video the thumbnail so you can see the AE version and SD version. sorry. this is 1.4, you should be able to do it with most versions, they have all read OBJs for emitters.

@artkiko4460

5 жыл бұрын

@@friedpixels ok. thanks. this is such a cool effect. i'm excited to give it a try and i appreciate you sharing the tutorial.

Is there any way to get rid of the few frames where it emits particles on all vertices when emitting sequentially from the edges?

@friedpixels

2 жыл бұрын

That is a great question that I do not know the answer to. you can create your system and then do the stardust time remapping so that you can choose the frame to start on and finish, but thats a hack not fix.

@Freshmograph

2 жыл бұрын

@@friedpixels I was playing with it a bit today and I found that if you crank up the particle count really high (500k) and also the edge sampling (30-50) it minimizes the vertex particles quite a bit. I would do the time remapping trick but the edge particles are being emitted at the same time that the vertex points are visible. I was hoping that it only occurred at the start of the comp, but it repeats unfortunately.

Great tutorial! I cant repeat Face Outline using edge emit. Every time I click on Edge Emit ae got crash, dont see any desicion at this case

@friedpixels

2 жыл бұрын

Intersting, yes they changed Face Outline to Edges in newer builds. Should work fine, if not try reducing your amount of particles to low to see results and then increase. Also make sure your subdivions arent really high at first, you could be trying to create a ton of particles. GL

thx so much, but im want to ask how to get the scaning effect? i already watch the video so much times but still cant find the way to deal

@friedpixels

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully the video helps, i've replied to a few people on this video, maybe those answers help.

@funklui3395

3 жыл бұрын

@@friedpixels thx (^_−)☆

hey man i tried all the steps same to same but i could not get the result at all.. if i send u the file can you tell me where have i gone wrong? i spent 4 hours on this

Hi, i have a question. my mesh doesnt seem to triangulate with each other. I have notice that the property Edge Subdivide doenst do nothing for me. literally doesnt change a thing. I have tried everything to make this property come to life but is seems that is bugged somehow. do you have any ideas:

@friedpixels

3 жыл бұрын

and you have increased the particle amount too?

@JpVF_ArtStudio

3 жыл бұрын

@@friedpixels hi fried, thanks for answearing. your tutorial is superb. I increased the particle amount in the Emitter "paticles per second". about 100.000 and even more 200.000. Maybe is because my version is diferent 1.6.0. The emit type is actually "face" not face outline. it has some differences but anyway, the wires should appear when I alter the edges subdivide

@friedpixels

3 жыл бұрын

@@JpVF_ArtStudio Emitting by faces is using each face of the object and thus will only emit on the center of the face, using face outline is where the subdivide can have an effect, otherwise that parameter does not have an affect

Is there a reason why I don't have Face Outline but only Face on the Emit Type?

@friedpixels

2 жыл бұрын

older version

Would you please make a Tuto that shows a text wich is fill by particles like spices or pepper... Thank's a lot.

@friedpixels

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry cannot, there are lots of other great tutorials out there though.

Face outline dont exisist anymore in the last version ?

@friedpixels

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, this was previously what it was called, it is now just called edges!

@antoniopepe

4 жыл бұрын

@@friedpixels ok. I give a try tomorrow. Thx man

@antoniopepe

4 жыл бұрын

Work in edge mode :) ... thx ... Can u make a tutorial with VDB volume rendering in stardust. :) would be great .

@friedpixels

4 жыл бұрын

@@antoniopepe On the agenda! Once I figure it out myself!

Are you making the OBJ's yourself?

@friedpixels

4 жыл бұрын

bill borez Hi, sometimes I use free 3D models, or modify them or create my own, depends on what i’m doing.

Feature on our tutorial lib: tutorials.cgrecord.net/2019/08/stardust-creating-ui-scan-animations.html

@friedpixels

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!