Creating smoke effect with Adobe Dimension/Stager
03/06/2021
Since Dimension doesn't support any sort of simulations such as VDB, I tried to create smoke/cloud effect with other ways.
In Dimension, I used image of a cloud as Opacity map on a Plane. The results were surprisingly good even though you have some limitations since it's basically a 2D image in a 3D environment!
Other objects such Spheres helps a bit if you want to have some curvature in your smoke effect.
You can read the full tutorial from here!
Plane's properties
Setting |
Value |
Opacity |
Your opacity map image. (White with a black background.) |
Roughness |
~20% |
Glow |
~20% |
Translucence |
1 |
|
Setting the opacity map and other properties on a Plane.
Playing around with the opacity Plane.
Close-up of the smoke effect.
Check out my Behance to see full project.
Sampler's 3D Capture (Beta)
05/22/2023
Substance Sampler has a new beta feature which you can use to create realistic models by "scanning" them! All you need is your phone or camera, and take at least 20-30 photos from different angles of your object.
How to
As said, all you need is a camera and good lightning. Cloudy daytime has been the best time to scan when I've been doing it outdoors. In this example I scanned some chicken wings indoors, and even when the lightning wasn't perfect I got quite good results.
You can tweak some settings in Sampler, so far I've been using pretty much the default settings on my scans and had good results.
When you've enough images from differents angles (at least 20-30 in my experience), you should be good to go!
Importing photos into Sampler
Only problem so far has been all the extra stuff Sampler took along in the process, and I had to clean up my mesh a bit later on. When scanning indoors you should take away any surrounding objects, this can be harder to do when scanning nature outdoors.
Sampler processing my scan
Finalized render(s)
I finalized my scan by rendering it in Stager. I didn't need to do any texturing, just bit of depth-of-field and lightning edit. See below the results of this and few other scans I've made too. Thanks for reading!
Finalized renders with Stager.
Blog
Blog posts focusing around Adobe Substance software!
Sampler's 3D Capture (Beta)
05/22/2023
Substance Sampler has a new beta feature which you can use to create...
Creating smoke effect
03/06/2021
Since Dimension doesn't support any sort of simulations such as VDB, I tried to create smoke/cloud effect with other ways...
Downloads
I've made free assets mostly for 3D-beginners and Adobe Dimension/Stager users!
Abstract
Includes ten abstract .FBX models for creators!
Cloths
Includes ten cloth simulated .OBJ models for creators!
Surfaces
Includes ten .OBJ files for creating landscapes/water surfaces.
Neon Lights
Includes ten .PNG files, great to use as Environment Lightning in Adobe Dimension/Stager.
Objects Pack #1
Includes six .OBJ models for creators!
Work
All my personal projects can be found on Behance and Instagram.
Spice Ice
In 2022, in cooperation with Duran Creative we created campaigns for well known finnish company called Spice Ice which serves soft ice and icecream servings.
My part was to create the toppings of their soft ice servings in 3D, trying to make images which show clearly all of the ingredients. I used Blender for modelling/sculpting, and Substance Stager for texturing/rendering.
© Duran Creative, Spice Ice Ingman
I've been part of Adobe's projects such as their Behind the scenes blog, Taking Shape website and beta testing their new applications.
© Adobe's Taking Shape, Adobe's Behind The Scenes
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