Shockwave/Sonic Boom/vapor cone effects?
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Are there any out there? I've looked around and there don't seem to be any. I could probably accomplish something in photoshop but I would like something I can view from multiple angles.
Are there any out there? I've looked around and there don't seem to be any. I could probably accomplish something in photoshop but I would like something I can view from multiple angles.
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I suppose a VDB-ified pair of cones could probably capture the transonic vapor cone, but that action movie "explosive shockwave" would be a bit more complex. hmm. I'll have to look into it.
If you mean a shock cone similar to the attached test piece photo I found on the net, I suspect it could be done with a pair of surfaces close together and a flint glass shader applied. The refractive index, reflectivity and glossiness could then be tweaked to give the right look. Probably just need a ROI of 1.1 or so for it to show, and everything else set to zero.
Might be worth modelling the cone with a morph to change the velocity. The cone in the image seems to have around a 60 degree back sweep, so must be travelling in the order of Mach 3 (which is going some). Mach 1 will be a disc, and Mach 2 a 45 degree cone.
Regards,
Richard
I was able to get some pretty good sonic booms mixing and layering different props from this: https://www.daz3d.com/sy-real-fog-vdb-2 with this: https://www.daz3d.com/sy-real-fog-iray-vdb. I should also mention I used an arial hdri and Polish's S14 fighter jet to keep it on theme while testing.