Cloud tutorial

[Flinch85]

Please check out my attempt at this tutorial in the video response! Took me ages to figure it out but was worth it in the end.

[xfireball929x]

Is this a game or something? If so whats it called?

[AnchorheadMedia]

Has anyone managed this with max 2012? I have all sorts of problems

[thewaysh]

@AnchorheadMedia turn off and the on the Material static, it worked for me (im on 2010 max)

[wazzaTF]

i cant render the cloud :S

any idea why?

[AsgerMortensenVFX]

Det rigtigt flot! Men jeg tror godt at du kan få mere ud af at lave en mere advanceret rendering. Men Thumps Up! Det er imponerende skyer!

[deepwaterDW]

looking good.

[konrill2]

Hi guys,

First of all, wow. I had a great time doing this tutorial but I only have 1 problem. My flightpath is jerky at the splinecorners, a sudden rush to the other side. Does anyone have an idea on how to create a smooth path?

For those having trouble with rendering and only getting blocks instead of fluffy clouds, it's a glitch in Max 2011. Go to the particle vieuw and turn the postion object off and back on, it should work then.

[jussing]

@konrill2: Wow, thanks a lot for the tip about 2011! I didn't know that!

[brandonmrich]

Title misleading.. wheres the tutorial??

[jussing]

@brandonmrich: hey brandon, thanks for checking it out. The link for the tutorial is in the description of the video

[boscher5050]

omg teach me PLEASE

[nicoloopshame]

i've try this....but that didn't work for me....idk what happened ....i put all the same number for the cloud material and use the same pic.....but when i render, all i can c is a bunch of solid color......of course those r translucent ......those r ain't no cloud.....any1 know what happened?

[konrill2]

@nicoloopshame

What version of Max are you using?

[shneckworx]

WTF? The video is nice, but where is the tutorial???

[jussing]

@shneckworx: click in the description, there's the link. (you have to read, though, it's not a video tut)

[shneckworx]

@jussing i'm so sorry and thanks for reply. Next time I'll be more patient and looking aroud :)

[jussing]

@shneckworx: He, no problem. Thanks for your interest. :)

[ReddLFilms]

ER DU DANSKER?!?!

[jussing]

@ReddLFilms: Yup.

[Blackshadow167]

Hey there. First off I love this video. I'm glad you did a tut for it as It's just what I need for my logo animation. I followed the tut all the way to step 1.4 and then when I got to step 1.5..... I got stuck. When I drag my popcorn image into the material editor it doesn't look the same as yours on the pdf. Your popcorn appears on a cube where mine is smeared across a sphere. I'm very new to 3ds Max so is there something I could be missing?

[jussing]

@Blackshadow167: That shouldn't be a problem, it's just a matter of displaying the material on a sphere or on a cube. Carry on. :) Thanks for following the tut.

[xXDylanXx13]

if someone understands the pfd than they shoud make a tutorial!

[xXDylanXx13]

i cant figure out what you mean with the opacity and mitirial with the blob puicture ...do i use a bit map???......i need these clouds for a project im doing with a car i made in 3ds max i already made a video thats just showing them but now im going to animate it like on a roof or somthing

[jussing]

@nunbora83: You'll find a link for the PDF tutorial in the description of the video.

[xXDylanXx13]

is there a video tutorial anywhere?

[jussing]

@xXDylanXx13: No, sorry, I only had time to do the PDF tutorial.

[kj762aa]

Because if it touches the clouds, it dies, lol Great video.

[jussing]

@kj762aa: Lol. That's right. ;)

[DavisRa94]

where's the tutorial?

[jussing]

@DavisRa94: In the video description. Thanks

[dmanakell]

right that´s the tutorial :P

does it use mental or any different renderer?

nice tutorial

thanks

[jussing]

@dmanakell: The tutorial works for the scanline renderer right out of the box, but I've experienced faster render times switching to Mental Ray (though some people have reported the opposite). Thanks for checking it out!

[dmanakell]

yeah man we want yo learn

where is the tutorial

[jussing]

@dmanakell The link for the tutorial is still in the video description. :) Have fun

[snipertec]

tutorial?

[jussing]

@snipertec: the link is in the description of the video

[3danimatorjoe]

I like the clouds!!!

[fabianmartin88]

nice clouds, and where is tutorial:D

[jussing]

Sorry, I moved it to a different location. Now the URL in the description on the right is updated. :)

[TheSword92]

ohh sorry i am too stupet

[TheSword92]

Ok this time it looks a little bit like a cloud but i can still se the teapot shoud i drag the smoke material on the teapot to

[jussing]

No, because in step 1.1 you disabled "renderable" for the teapot, remember. ;)

[TheSword92]

ok i try

[TheSword92]

i did like the tutorial sayed but when i click on Ambient Only everything turns white

[jussing]

Then you didn't do everything step 1.9 said. Try again. :)

[TheSword92]

i have autodesk 3ds max can i make the cloud

or can u plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz make a tutorial

there was many stuff the sayed i had to do but didnt tell where to get the tools from

Eks light and material

soo plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz­zzzzzzz

make a tutorial

[jussing]

Hi, I made a tutorial, google "jonas ussing cloud tutorial" and you'll find it.

[babybluevbworm]

CooooooooLLLLLLL!!!!!!!

[xeogear]

Nice clouds and the plane was nice. I was wondering if you have more of this scene to see. I use 3d studio max alot because it's more user friendly than maya.

[jussing]

Thanks. No, there's not more of this scene, but I have another cloud/plane scene posted as "F117: Danger in the Clouds". You can find it if you click "More From: Jussing" on the right.

[shyfiction]

could somebody please link this tutorial?

[jussing]

Hey, sorry, I restructured the web page and the tut isn't online there anymore. But if you google "3dtotal jonas ussing cloud tutorial", the first hit is a link to the tut on 3dtotal. :) Have fun.

[AtlantiXYL]

I cant follow that tutorial

[jussing]

I'm sorry, due to the complexity of some of the things in the tutorial, I skim really quickly over a lot of particle and lighting stuff. You should take some beginner's tutorials in those areas, and then try to come back to this tut. :) Good luck

[SpecialOperations]

Good clouds. I've been following this tutorial closely and I arrived to satisfacting results. But there are some issues since the particles are facing ones. When they collide one with other you can see that they are single "planes" that face to the camera. I'll be uploading a scene soon where I use another technique. Check my results, ok?

[ArnoldVeeman]

Jussing, thank you for your efforts to make this tutorial.

Some things: Speeding up double time with MR is not worth to try for me, for it takes hours instead of minutes.

And about the texture settings. World map = world XYZ? Otherwise I got these intersection you were talking about.

A little tweaking here and there and I'll get what you mean.

Cheers, Arnold

[jussing]

That's very weird about your MR problem! Try just switching off anti-aliasing, then. It's not really necessary, as all the billboards are antialiased anyway.

[Cyphlix]

Your a legend for making this tutorial - I learnt a lot from it - thank you :)

[Hsk8er]

dude i need help

im stuck with the lighting the aircraft. just before u add in the extra lights. im totaly lost. could u give me a dumb manual for that bit??? i have my aircraft in and the ligting has f**ked it, alli can see is plane texture, what do i do next??

[jussing]

Well, the lights that you set to "ambient" to light the clouds, will not work for lighting the aircraft. You need to go to the "exclude" options for each cloud light, and exclude the aircraft. That will make the aircraft all black, so you need to make new lights, where you INCLUDE only the aircraft. Good luck!

[redfoxarts]

If you could just make a video tutorial, a non native english speakers could understand. Hope you understand.

[redfoxarts]

Its a sad thing that you dont want to make a short video tutorial about clouds in afterburn 4 or 3.

[jussing]

@redfoxarts: lol, thanks, but a) I'm not being paid, and b) I don't know AfterBurn well enough to make tuts, so... trust me, it's really not that sad. :)

[charleyboy74]

you can add a light to track your craft, top left of the screen the are 2 small boxes with dashes between them, click that and then click light and drap to craft, this will follow the craft !!.

hope that helps

[khabchi]

wow excellent

[maxmusavi]

woow yeah but.. this isnt tutorial :(

[jussing]

It says right in the description of the video where you can download the full tutorial. I've moved it to jussing (dot) dk though. :)

[colforce]

it would b a great help if it was a video tutorial

[shakazoula]

cool man!!!

[ivcousa]

Please tell me where can I get this cloud tutorial?