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Particle Tutorials
Natalia Zelmanov
Mermaid in Hiding
Join date: 28 Sep 2006
Posts: 101
03-19-2007 13:29
In a continuing effort to prove Miss Second Life 2007 is not a bimbo :P, here is my new series of tutorials on particle effects:

Here are the links to all 3 parts:

http://slnatalia.blogspot.com/2007/03/day-158-creating-attachments-with.html
http://slnatalia.blogspot.com/2007/03/day-167-creating-particle-effects-part.html
http://slnatalia.blogspot.com/2007/03/day-174-creating-particle-effects-part.html

Hope fun with particles :)

There are also tutorials on creating prim shoes, skirts, hair, and clothes in the Build section:

http://slnatalia.blogspot.com/2006/11/build.html
Pyxel Courier
Registered User
Join date: 15 Nov 2006
Posts: 21
03-21-2007 06:38
Natalia's blog is great! It is fun and informative. You do great work, Nat! Everyone should at least check out this blog, if not read it daily!

- Pyx
Learjeff Innis
musician & coder
Join date: 27 Nov 2006
Posts: 817
03-21-2007 12:30
Nat, you're the bees knees! If you ever want any help with scripting, or putting tutorials together for script issues for common building situations, just ask.
Jopsy Pendragon
Perpetual Outsider
Join date: 15 Jan 2004
Posts: 1,906
03-21-2007 12:52
Natalia- Very nicely done tutorials! And thanks for mentioning the Particle Laboratory! :D

(I got a chuckle out of the "scary fast balloon rides ending in a big cloud of smoke"... I know the green cloud is a bit much, but it helps hide the "post-teleport" partial world view and gives the lab a few seconds to materialize and come into focus. :)

There are two newish additions to the lab which might help with some of the things I saw in your blog...

Targeting particles, 4 free/copy/mod/trans samples for setting up emitter and target pairs. 2 for linked emitter & target prims, 2 for emitter and prim in seperate objects. :)


There are also the "Basic Particle Effect" samples in the middle of the lab that are free/copy/mod/transfer and show common effects like fire, smoke, steam, fountain, bling, jet flames, ripples, glows and a handful of others. :)

I have a whole new section almost ready to unveil... Basic on/off switches for particles and how to control multiple emitters in a linked object.

(I'm just waiting for the Child-Prim Particle Shut-off problem to be fixed first.... :) )
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Natalia Zelmanov
Mermaid in Hiding
Join date: 28 Sep 2006
Posts: 101
03-22-2007 22:31
From: Pyxel Courier
Natalia's blog is great! It is fun and informative. You do great work, Nat! Everyone should at least check out this blog, if not read it daily!

- Pyx


Thanks Pyxel! :) Are you patrolling the forums as well? :P Heehee
Natalia Zelmanov
Mermaid in Hiding
Join date: 28 Sep 2006
Posts: 101
03-22-2007 22:32
From: Learjeff Innis
Nat, you're the bees knees! If you ever want any help with scripting, or putting tutorials together for script issues for common building situations, just ask.


Learjeff, I really appreciate that :) Actually, Im new to all this, so its been a great learning exp!
Natalia Zelmanov
Mermaid in Hiding
Join date: 28 Sep 2006
Posts: 101
03-22-2007 22:38
From: Jopsy Pendragon
Natalia- Very nicely done tutorials! And thanks for mentioning the Particle Laboratory! :D

(I got a chuckle out of the "scary fast balloon rides ending in a big cloud of smoke"... I know the green cloud is a bit much, but it helps hide the "post-teleport" partial world view and gives the lab a few seconds to materialize and come into focus. :)

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OMG, its you! Its the Particle God himself (heehee couldnt resist!) Really though, I love the Particle Lab and send people there whenever I get any particle questions. Truely a wonderful place :)

I saw the new area you were working on below the main level. The exhibit on communications between objects look wonderful :) I cant wait to see it open!

Im going to mention those new scripts in the tutorial. Particle script examples are hard to come by and so useful! Please keep up the great work :)
Nefertiti Nefarious
Registered User
Join date: 5 Oct 2006
Posts: 135
04-08-2007 14:59
Nat-
You are a bimbo! A brainy, funny bimbo! Flaunt your bimbo-ness.

And if you can ever get that particle bikini top working in RL, you could be a rich bimbo.
Lucid Snook
Registered User
Join date: 27 Mar 2007
Posts: 5
04-09-2007 21:02
Natalia, thanks for these great tutorials. They are put together nicely.
Ken March
Registered User
Join date: 2 Apr 2007
Posts: 333
04-10-2007 00:23
Very Useful Tutorials, Good Job.

From: Natalia Zelmanov
In a continuing effort to prove Miss Second Life 2007 is not a bimbo :P, here is my new series of tutorials on particle effects:

Here are the links to all 3 parts:

http://slnatalia.blogspot.com/2007/03/day-158-creating-attachments-with.html
http://slnatalia.blogspot.com/2007/03/day-167-creating-particle-effects-part.html
http://slnatalia.blogspot.com/2007/03/day-174-creating-particle-effects-part.html

Hope fun with particles :)

There are also tutorials on creating prim shoes, skirts, hair, and clothes in the Build section:

http://slnatalia.blogspot.com/2006/11/build.html
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