BLANK PARTICLE

THOMASTHECAT

Newbie Joined: May 23, 2010 20:36 Messages: 24 Offline

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Dec 21, 2011 03:00

Hi, i've been watching a tutorial in particle making. In modify i am trying to build a particle with introduced particles, and am shown to remove unwanted particles already included. I select the particle but the remove button is inactive so i can not delete them. Is it possible to create a totally blank particle board with just the transparent background which i can work with? I tried to do it in paint but failed. Couldn't save it to particle room... Regards.tom

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Online

Dec 21, 2011 06:25

Tom -

A blank particle board isn't a particle.

When you select "Create a new particle object", you are presented with a "blank" space on which to work. When you go to "Add new particle object" then "Add/Delete particle", first click the add (+) button and navigate to the pre-prepared .png file.

Once it's imported, you'll be able to delete the default particle.

After you've set all the parameters, you can save your particle template.

Cheers - Tony
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THOMASTHECAT

Newbie Joined: May 23, 2010 20:36 Messages: 24 Offline

Dec 21, 2011 16:50

Thanks Tony. I hadn't seen the "create new particle object' button, (i and my sand flies spent several hours yesterday trying to conquer this challenge) i brought a particle into timeline and then modify to get started, but when you said it was there i looked harder and found it.
Sorry, blame my old eyes?
Stay safe over Christmas....regards tom