custom particles

Heavytiger

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May 22, 2014 12:46

I am trying to make a silver star as a png image in paint.net. I would like to use this as a custom image in the particle room in Pd. I can't figure out how to make the star silver in color. I have already made red, white, and blue. Silver must be some combination of white and gray.

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Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

May 22, 2014 14:29

Try these color combos.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_(color)

One of the RGB values is a light gray.
192,192,192

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ynotfish

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

May 22, 2014 15:43

Hi Heavytiger -

A couple of easy options:
1. Grab a silver star from your clip art resources or net - make the background transparent & resize to about 256px square - save as .png (like the Siver_Star attached)
2. Go to C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDirector12\ParticleObject\Effect-A - select a star - copy/paste to another file location - desaturate it & save (stra-a_0000 example attached)

Cheers - Tony


Filename	Silver_Star.png	Download
Description
Filesize	32 Kbytes
Downloaded:	105 time(s)


Filename	stra-a_0000.png	Download
Description
Filesize	16 Kbytes
Downloaded:	114 time(s)

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Heavytiger

Contributor Joined: Jun 21, 2008 10:16 Messages: 474 Offline

May 22, 2014 16:09

Beautiful star. Thanks Tony

I also need help in the particles room. I want stars to emit from the center of a picture as though from infinity and come straight towards the middle of the screen as though they are going to come out of the TV screen and hit the viewer in the eyes. (Although I am not trying to make a 3D video). I have fiddled with the parameters but can't seem to get what I want. Picture a single stream of stars being created and coming straight at you.

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tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

May 27, 2014 01:46

Great Silver_Star there Tony. I experimented with it and created a particle set of stars that comes from a point and hits the screen and then disappear. Attached is a 4 sec. video with this effect.

Filename	SilverStars.wmv	Download
Description	Silver Stars hits the screen.
Filesize	3584 Kbytes
Downloaded:	347 time(s)

Heavytiger

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May 27, 2014 17:27

Hi Tomasc

I watched your video and that is part of what I want to create and I also have been able to do that with a picture in picture object. But I can't tell from the 3 sec clip if more stars are continually being created so that there is a constant stream of stars from infinity that enlarge as they move toward the TV. Look at the clover 3D effect. New clover is constantly being generated.

thanks for your effort

Ht Windows 10 professional
HP Omen Obelisk DT 875-1131
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GPU Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super
Power supply 750 Watt

Using PD 11 ultimate build 11.0.03026

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