SCAD x The Mill NY update 10

SCAD X THE MILL NY

10/29/20242 min read

Feedback / Notes:

Emily

framing works better
shadows in center part match to exterior painting
A02 - shadows by frames
A02 - shadows of her?
shadow of painting person onto frame
push the transition to color

Mazyar

A02 - consider the shadow and distance working on the arm
shadow of wires in center get rid of shadows or leave(they look thick)
balance color

David

looks great
motion blur the skittles
bands are layer down - maybe add a bit of randomness
color wash of smoke
lose the shadow on the vase

Adjustments I am going to do this week:

add motion blur to the skittles
add randomness on the animation of skittles(reramp?)
increase color variation on smoke?

Enhancing Organic Motion: Adding Randomness to Temperature Attributes

This week, I received some helpful feedback from our mentor, David. He suggested adding motion blur to the Skittles, layering the bands with a bit more randomness, adding a color wash to the smoke, and removing the shadow on the vase.

The first thing I want to focus on is adding some randomness to the temperature attribute to make the Skittles spread more organically. At the same time, I’d like to maintain the timing as much as possible to avoid affecting the entire simulation.

I’ve been tweaking the values of noise size and amplitude to get the best results while keeping the central Skittle flat.

fixed

Cd attribute of pyro / particles

Based on David's feedback about solve the color wash issue to the smoke, I’ve been working on giving the pyro effect more color variation and clarity. Right now, the colors are blending together too much, so I’m aiming to make each hue stand out more distinctly.

My first approach was to use a blast node to separate the colors for individual control. However, I encountered an issue: some colors didn’t have enough points in the source. As a result, when I transferred the points to the volume, the colors appeared washed out.

Since the first approach didn’t work, I tried another method by adding more green and red to the source. I also reduced the voxel size to capture the color values more accurately.

get the color separately

voxel size .1

voxel size .005

add more red and green

I ran into an issue with this approach. To capture as much color information as possible, I reduced the particle size. However, this made the volume thinner, and after simulation, the pyro couldn’t fully pick up the color data from the source, leaving some parts of the pyro effect white. To fix this, I minimized the voxel size and set the particle size to 1.5 to increase thickness, allowing the pyro to retain as much color as possible.

particles size 1.5

particles size .1

particles size 1

particles size 1.5

Since the pyro colors are now different, the particles’ colors aren’t matching the pyro in the same spots, making the particles stand out more. I also ran a test to transfer the same Cd to the particles to better match the colors. I do like the effect of having the pyro and particle colors align at the same locations.

render view

old particles color

particles color from pyro Cd source

pyro

pyro with particles

color correction in nuke test