3D Stroke Effect

[lhdor]

Hi,
I was trying to do the 3D Stroke Effect tutorial that Andrew Kramer created. I get as far as setting all the physics to zero and then I don't even have a spec on my screen. I see nothing, even when I continue on with the tutorial, nothing is there. I tried moving the playhead and played with the Producer positions. Only when I add gravity I see the particle. When I do that it's way to big and my streak doesn't look like a streak. Any ideas.
I am using CS3.
Thanks

 

[Derrick_SA]

yeah, start over with the tutorial from scratch.

sometimes you miss something that is not obvious to you, and by starting over you probably won't make the same error.

- Derrick

 

[lhdor]

Thanks Derrick. I tried doing it over and over again in a spand of 3 days and it's still not working. Is there some kind of particle world setting I am missing? If I change the value of gravity or velocity or what not I have a bunch of particles. If I set everything to zero like the tutorial says I have no particles when I should see just one lonely particle. I am so frustrated. Maybe someone has a different idea on how to create a 3D light streak. I am up for suggestions.
Thanks all.
-Laurie

 

[seejay1031]

I thought that tutorial used Particular (a somewhat expensive plugin, though I understand well worth it)

 

[graymachine]

It would be helpful to see a screen cap of your settings.

Make your the "particles per second" is not set to zero. If this is zero, you'll have zero particles.

 

[Derrick_SA]

can you make your project file available, then we can look at it there?

thanks,
Derrick

 

[JefferyTahl]

I do not have that one. Yet, while using the shatter effect, I experience similar abberations. Once I set the texture setting lower, it went away.
Jeff
www.youtube.com/user/jefferytahl

 

[lhdor]

Thanks guys for plugging away at this and not giving up on me. This is my settings.

 

[lhdor]

oh no, you guys can't figure it out either? I wonder if I have defective software or something. oh man no streaks for me.

 

[Derrick_SA]

give us the project file!

- Derrick

 

[Jim2000]

This is just a guess, but have you tried changing the velocity setting to something other than 0.0?

 

[lhdor]

How do I post a project file?

Jim- Yeah, I tried but even if I set the velocity to 0.1 I have a bunch of pixels instead of just one.

 

[FS Pro]

If you havent already, try downloading Kramer's project file and see if it works on your computer

 

[lhdor]

That's a brilliant suggestion FS Pro. I just haven't had the opportunity to try it yet.

 

[Loney Childress]

I saw that tutorial. I'm pretty sure it used Trapcode Particular, not Particle World.