PluginPac Shatter3D FX released!

satish wrote on 11/25/2002, 4:05 AM

PluginPac Shatter3D FX for Vegas released. This is a plugin to create the breaking-glass / shatter / explosion kind of effects in full 3D.

A list of features of PluginPac Shatter3D...

1) Divide a video frame into user-configurable number of pieces and shatter those pieces.
2) Keyframmable shattering force allows to animate the explosion/implosion very easily.
3) Random rotate control to give natural random spin,tumbling of individual pieces as the frame explodes.
4) Gravity control to make the broken pieces fall to the ground after the explosion.
5) Integrated 3D rotation and perspective controls to easily rotate/animate the glass shattering effect from various angles.

Free download from PluginPac homepage.

Users who have the earlier 3D LE installed will have to uninstall that before installing this version. This is because of a change in the directory layout for the plugin.

Apart from the addition of Shatter3D, the "crop-producing-stray-lines" bug in 3D LE has been fixed.

Cheers
Satish

PS: If the download site is down or slow, please be patient. :)

Comments

satish wrote on 11/25/2002, 4:09 AM

Forgot to add that there is a tutorial .veg named "ppsh3d.veg" in the "vegas\video plug-ins\pluginpac" folder that you can view first to start with.

Thomas wrote on 11/25/2002, 5:30 AM

Quick test. First class implementation. Absolutely cool!

Added later: Win2000, VV3c138 Demo-Version only, runs fine.

rextilleon wrote on 11/25/2002, 7:59 AM

Satish---when running Shatter, VEgas closes down and this is why:

onic Foundry Vegas Video 3.0
Version 3.0c (Build 138)
Exception 0xC0000005 (access violation) WRITE:0x2C88000 IP:0x5857E6A
In Module 'ppsh3d.dll' at Address 0x5850000 + 0x7E6A
Thread: Engine_RenderFromCookedSlices ID=0xFB4 Stack=0x4B0C000-0x4B10000
Registers:
EAX=04b0e254 CS=001b EIP=05857e6a EFLGS=00010202
EBX=00000001 SS=0023 ESP=04b0c1fc EBP=04b0c2a0
ECX=00000018 DS=0023 ESI=04b0c2d8 FS=0038
EDX=04b0c338 ES=0023 EDI=02c88000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
05857E6A: F3 A5 FF 00 E9 30 01 00 .....0..
05857E72: 00 53 FF 15 D8 55 86 05 .S...U..
Stack Dump:
04B0C1FC: 04B0C318 04A10000 + FC318
04B0C200: 04B0C3B4 04A10000 + FC3B4
04B0C204: 00000000
04B0C208: 00000000
04B0C20C: 00000000
04B0C210: 00000000
04B0C214: 00000000
04B0C218: 00000000
04B0C21C: 00000000
04B0C220: 00000000
04B0C224: 00000000
04B0C228: 00000000
04B0C22C: 00000000
04B0C230: 00000000
04B0C234: 00000000
04B0C238: 00000000
> 04B0C2A4: 05857F9F 05850000 + 7F9F (ppsh3d.dll)
04B0C2A8: 00000001
04B0C2AC: 02C80D00 02C60000 + 20D00
04B0C2B0: 04B0E254 04A10000 + FE254
04B0C2B4: 04B0C2D0 04A10000 + FC2D0
> 04B0C340: 76518037 76400000 + 118037 (Msi.dll)
> 04B0C370: 05857F9F 05850000 + 7F9F (ppsh3d.dll)
04B0C374: 00000002
04B0C378: 02C80D00 02C60000 + 20D00
04B0C37C: 04B0E254 04A10000 + FE254
04B0C380: 04B0C39C 04A10000 + FC39C
> 04B0C43C: 05857F68 05850000 + 7F68 (ppsh3d.dll)
04B0C440: 00000003
04B0C444: 02C80D00 02C60000 + 20D00
04B0C448: 04B0E254 04A10000 + FE254
04B0C44C: 04B0C480 04A10000 + FC480
> 04B0C508: 05857F9F 05850000 + 7F9F (ppsh3d.dll)
04B0C50C: 00000004
04B0C510: 02C80D00 02C60000 + 20D00
04B0C514: 04B0E254 04A10000 + FE254
04B0C518: 04B0C534 04A10000 + FC534
> 04B0C5D4: 05857F9F 05850000 + 7F9F (ppsh3d.dll)
> 04B0C6A0: 05857F68 05850000 + 7F68 (ppsh3d.dll)
- - -
04B0FFF0: 00000000
04B0FFF4: 0054ABF0 00400000 + 14ABF0 (vegas30.exe)
04B0FFF8: 033AF7C8 032B0000 + FF7C8
04B0FFFC: 00000000

I tried it on both my machines (Windows XP and Windows 98). Any ideas????

satish wrote on 11/25/2002, 8:55 AM

Thanks i'll see what's going wrong. Can you save the .veg and send to me

rextilleon wrote on 11/25/2002, 9:21 AM

Sure--but what happens is that Windows wants to shut down Vegas---one other problem I am having is that when you open up Shatter, the default settings have the shatter occuring--not set at 0---so in order to do my first key frame I have to set everything back to zero---Let me see if I can send you a Veg file---I will try to save before Vegas crashes.

satish wrote on 11/25/2002, 9:28 AM

Or you could tell me what values you are entering in the fields.

Also i'll change the default values that you mentioned - thought it would be good to see in action as soon as you apply the plugin.

rextilleon wrote on 11/25/2002, 9:31 AM

Satish---sent you an email before looking in here again---it seems to happen intermitently, often when I put the Subdivision level way up---or the Shattering force way up-------

rextilleon wrote on 11/25/2002, 9:33 AM

Satish, it seems to happen when you increase settings like subdivision, Shattering force--last time it happened i increased subdivision level to 60.

satish wrote on 11/25/2002, 9:43 AM

oh! That is the problem :) Cant increase subdivision level more than 16... Remember, number of pieces is actually 2 power 60 which is sucha huge number. Keep subdivision level small (within 8/10) and try other parameters.

tserface wrote on 11/25/2002, 10:13 AM

Hi Satish.

This is a cool plugin. Suggestion: Could you add a setting to the drop down that puts the event back to normal (all of your settings at 0). Perhaps you could have the shattered version and the normal version as two selections??? That way it would be easier to set everything back to normal (or start there) which is likely what one would want at some point.

This plug-in and the 3D one is excellent. I really appreciate your time, and your heart, in bringing this to us.

Tom

wcoxe1 wrote on 11/25/2002, 11:16 AM

Hi, and THANKS

You asked for feedback. I suggest that each of your plug in have an icon that is labeled RESET to ZERO, or some such, similar to all other SoFo VV FX. Please.

rextilleon wrote on 11/25/2002, 11:39 AM

You can create your own on the pulldown menu---I called mine reset----Although it wouldn't surprise me if Satish has it default to zero on the next build.

satish wrote on 11/25/2002, 12:26 PM

Default to zero is done. You can download the latest now :) And yea, there is a reset button too in the dialog which will do the same.

tserface wrote on 11/25/2002, 12:30 PM

You da man.

:)

Tom

wcoxe1 wrote on 11/25/2002, 2:59 PM

Cool. And, thanks.

craigunderhill wrote on 11/25/2002, 3:55 PM

cool!

fetch wrote on 11/26/2002, 7:23 AM

Satish, you're a credit to this forum and a true gentleman. I can't thank you enough for the time and efforts you have put into creating these amazing plugins. To say that you're amazing is an understatement and I'm sure in years to come you will still be remembered as one of the Vegas greats!.

Well done mate!.

From down under.
Fetch

Erk wrote on 11/26/2002, 10:15 AM

Satish, you are a gentleman and a scholar. 3DLE is great, and this Shatter FX is perfectly timed for my next project.

Thanks for all your efforts.

g

sonicboom wrote on 11/28/2002, 12:21 AM

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!1
satish thnx
i just downloaded the 2 plugin packs
all i can say is THNX
also, the value of VV3 just went up
i love the 3d and the breaking glass
i can't wait to edit now with these two additional weapons at my disposal
i love special fx
and these two are definitely special
thnx again
sbsbsbsbsbsbsbsb

IRvideo wrote on 11/28/2002, 9:14 PM

Satish,
I have just quickly reviewed the 3D rotation effect and it is great. I look forward to experimenting with all the cool effects in the plug-in. Great work, we all owe you for your contribution to this art form. VV3 has put the fun back into video editing for me.

VV3 has reduced my production time by at least 50%. The "real time" review makes composition fly. I was using cinestream and VV3 blows it away by far.

My render time is still longer that I hoped for but I think it is due to the P3 500 processor I have. I am considering upgrade to P4 2.4. Any thoughts on how much performance to expect.

Thanks a million,

watson wrote on 11/29/2002, 12:04 AM

See the rendertest posts under SPOT and Veg files

W

satish wrote on 12/1/2002, 9:20 AM

Yes, i havent optimized them to the core... all my plugins are currently aimed at functionality, not speed. Once i get PluginPac's first version out as a bunch (with more FX), i'll do the optimizations.