r/Simulated • u/lostPixels • Jan 25 '19

RealFlow Psychedelic Beachfront Property

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u/prettylittlepanda Jan 25 '19

Something about this is so soothing. One of my favorite simulations on this sub so far.

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u/lostPixels Jan 25 '19 edited Jan 25 '19

Thank you very much! I am playing with the idea of making an animation where it is 10-15 minutes of these sorts of slow-mo clips. I'm not sure exactly how I should put it together yet, but the idea would be to present in to peaceful and meditative visuals with some complimentary lo-fi music. This is just a short bit to the whole thing!

Edit: Thanks people! I will definitely take this on as my next thing and post it here!

Edit 2: I forgot to mention my first video is available to watch on Vimeo if yall are interested. https://vimeo.com/182215872

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u/user5543 Jan 25 '19

Amazing... Where can I learn to make something like this?

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u/lostPixels Jan 25 '19

Thanks! The first step is picking a piece of software that can do FLIP simulations. I recommend Realflow. You will spend months making water drops and rivers and stuff, it's a blast. Then you start to learn about rendering particles, which gives this the color and glow effect. You can make it look realistic or stylized. Both are super fun! I use a piece of software called Krakatoa that can render insane amounts of particles very quickly. This for example is 25-30 million particles, and the frames render in 50 seconds without depth of field, and 2-3 mins with it.

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u/04BluSTi Jan 25 '19

As a casual observer of this sub, may I ask a question of the group?

Are these simulations made by people with a background in fluid dynamics, or does the software sort of "do that for you?" I'm not criticizing the work, it looks fantastic, I'm just wondering what kind of crossover there is between these simulations and CFD.

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u/lostPixels Jan 25 '19

I am very much an artist and not a scientist when it comes to this stuff. I barely understand the underlying math and physics equations, but I really enjoy what they create. My passion is finding ways to make them aesthetically pleasing to the eye. It's fucking crazy to me that computers can simulate real world physical reactions between different elements.

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u/JimBroke Jan 25 '19

If you could loop it smoothly, it would make a great phone wallpaper

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u/Plopfish Jan 25 '19

Medical Footage dated 2032. NaniteUltra sweeping over a positronic Cyberdine-Neocortex model 3.8.

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u/R3TR0R3W1ND Jan 25 '19

Looks like darkness sweeping across the land