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Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:58:11 +1000
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Subject: Link Trapcode particle size to camera position
From: jarret langmeire <langmeire@gmail.com>
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Hey everyone,

Been dealing with a gnarly issue the past week or so. I'm working on a
couple of star fields which I'm generating using a mixture of Form and
Particular. The issue I'm having is that as the camera moves/flies through
the star field, the stars that are up close to the camera end up being
waaaay to large whilst the distant ones disappear. I've been messing around
with gradients and using this as a layer map to control the size and it
sort of works, but not very well on some of the more complicated shots. So
I'm wondering whether there's another way to control the particle size in
such a way that the closer a particle is to the camera, the smaller it is?
I know this sounds counter-intuitive - stars that are closer SHOULD be
larger but the look I'm trying to achieve really requires the stars not to
visibly scale up as they come closer (after all, we're talking light-years
here).

Thanks for any suggestions,

Jarret

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Hey everyone,
<div><br></div><div>Been dealing with a gnarly issue the past week or so. I=
&#39;m working on a couple of star fields which I&#39;m generating using a =
mixture of Form and Particular. The issue I&#39;m having is that as the cam=
era moves/flies through the star field, the stars that are up close to the =
camera end up being waaaay to large whilst the distant ones disappear. I=
9;ve been messing around with gradients and using this as a layer map to co=
ntrol the size and it sort of works, but not very well on some of the more =
complicated shots. So I&#39;m wondering whether there&#39;s another way to =
control the particle size in such a way that the closer a particle is to th=
e camera, the smaller it is? I know this sounds counter-intuitive - stars t=
hat are closer SHOULD be larger but the look I&#39;m trying to achieve real=
ly requires the stars not to visibly scale up as they come closer (after al=
l, we&#39;re talking light-years here).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks for any suggestions,</div><div><br></div><div>Ja=
rret</div>

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