Urgent ! wanted cumulus cloud setting

[sanjayfrancis]

hi all
i am working on scene which requires fly through clouds that last for 2 min long (clouds which are either cumulus or the pelius type of clouds).i have tried using the presets which didnt get me very far with the edges ,which seem to be dotty instead of rounded.have also tried emitting fluids from rounded surfaces which is turning out to be render intensive due to the long animation that is required .
bye
thanx in advance

[duncanbrinsmead]

Did you try fluids->getFluidExample->afternoonClouds ?

You could try modifying the texture settings on the fluid "cloudLayerShape" in this file. Lowering the ratio will make the clouds more rounded. It is using a perlin noise with inflection to make the clouds pluffy looking. If you need more rounded shapes you could try using the billow noise and turning off inflection, although keep in mind that billow takes MUCH longer to render. The billow noise is the sum of a bunch of randomly positioned spheres.

Duncan

[blk]

You could create your own sprite rendered smoke clouds. THis process is detailed in the Gnomon dynamics 14-15 DVDs.

[piratecptsteve]

use this maya script[url=/maya/script/emfxclouds-cloud-generator]

http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/script/emfxclouds-cloud-generator
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it is amazing