how do i add partical effects to an sfm poster?

[sabertaco]

im almost done with my sfm poster i just need to know how to add partical effects.

[Pte Jack]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLry-0Oddmo&index=14&list=PL2B46DEB4157E67C4&t=0s

[sabertaco]

some effects won't show up.

[Pte Jack]

Some don't. Did you pull the playhead off the timeline to initiate the particle? Is the particle you're using an actual particle or a child?

[sabertaco]

i was trying to use cig smoke
and shotgun smoke

[Zappy]

When you say "an sfm poster", do you mean "File" > "Export" > "Poster..."? If so, that won't leave enough time for the particle(s) to settle into place (since they're being reset upon the export start, but only have a single frame's duration as the export is all done on the same frame of the session). You should instead do an image export.


- Right-click the viewport, choose "Render Settings...", and set up the progressive refinement settings as you want.
- Move around through time in the session until the scene looks how you want it to.
- Switch to the Clip Editor and have the scene (non-"work") camera active, then stay still in time until the bottom-right "Sample" counter loops back to "1 of X".
- At the top-left of Source Filmmaker, either click "File" > "Export" > "Image..." and save it somewhere with the filename ending in ".png" (without quotes) or such, or click "File" > "Export" > "Image to Clipboard", open an image editor, paste it, and then save it through the image editor.


This will export what's currently in the viewport (thus why you should allow the scene to "sample" before doing the image export), at the resolution currently set in "File" > "Export" > "Movie...".

[sabertaco]

some of the partical effects dont show up like cig smoke

[Zappy]

Originally posted by sebastian:

some of the partical effects dont show up like cig smoke

Do they show up in the viewport before trying to export, though?

[sabertaco]

im trying to set to the side of the model but it does not show up even wheni go back to 0

[Pte Jack]

In order to truly help you, zappy (and I) need more information. Like exactly what particles you have set up, what the start, stop and end times are and where you have the control points set up on your models.

A screen shot like this (without the gif animation) would help.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1326871555

[sabertaco]

i got it to show up its just that it took too long to show up.

[sabertaco]

im gonna just try to make a poster with decent lighting before i start messing with stuff like like that

[sabertaco]

sfm hates me ;_; now it wont let me import a sequence

[sabertaco]

fixed it