[Bf-committers] Texture assignment workflow is confusing

[Roger Wickes]

A few years ago I put forth suggestions for an artists' user interface
to such sfx. Unfortunately, what an artist wants to specify is 
vastly different from the parameters that the simulator needs.
Thus, my thought is to wait until volumetric is stable (I have been
playing with them since before my book was published :) and then
we can design a kick-ass UI for it that translates appropriately, 
kinda like drivers, and probably through a pyPanel that then goes out
and tweaks all the little knobs for you. I think the knobs are in the 
particle system, additional force fields, material, textures, and animation tools.

I am talking about the artist specifying things, like for fire, 
"Combustible Material", "Pressure", "Prevailing Wind", "Ambient Air Temp"
and "Smoke Thickness". 
--Roger


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From: Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com>
To: bf-blender developers <bf-committers at blender.org>
Sent: Mon, May 17, 2010 3:50:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] Texture assignment workflow is confusing

While you guys are looking at this I suggest you try and do some smoke
and fire with 2.5. It is shockingly bad as far as the gui/interface
goes and it all takes place in the material and textures settings.


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