This 3-part video tutorial series will show you how to create a magic wand particles effect, the sort of visual effect you might see when a “magic wand” is waved. This will be similar to a “pixie” dust effect, although not so complicated. In Part 2, we’ll take a look at how to create the particle system that will be used with the sprite graphics created in Part 1.
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=[ You assumed we knew how to open that manipulate window. Can’t figure out what button you used.
One of the best tutorials I have seen for any 3d programs or anything else in my entire life. And trust me. ive seen a few.
Just so weel explained and easy to follow without constant pauses or anything. The perfect level of eplanation and… yea
AWSOME TUTORIAL!
Very inspirational post! Thank you!
Hi,
How do you in Blender 2.5 activate the ‘Speed Curve’ in the ‘Graph Editor’ in contrast to the ‘IPO Curve Editor’ mentioned in the tutorial, where you can make it show up when you set it to path. There is only the ‘F-CurveEditor’ or ‘Drivers’ option in 2.5
Thx,
m.
Regarding my previous comment:
I found a tutorial of how you can access and control the speed of the path in 2.5
You can key it under Curve -> Path Animation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic3nTwnNSXU