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Technical discussions => General discussion => Topic started by: Revilo on February 12, 2017, 07:27:20 PM

Title: Showing off laminar flow in product renders?
Post by: Revilo on February 12, 2017, 07:27:20 PM
Hey Guys

My team has had some issues showing off laminar flow of fluid in a 'diagram' way in our product renders. I noticed this gentleman (https://www.behance.net/hoyoung) has nailed what we wanted to achieve here https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/1400/82364420992979.562fa3bf9ec0b.jpg (bottom two images with blue lines).

Dyson also does this very well:
(http://www.dyson.com.au/medialibrary/Group/Haircare/Mobile/Professional/Dyson-Supersonic-Fast-airflow-Mobile-BG-000000.ashx?mw=2400)

I know this can (sort of) be achieved in photoshop, but do you know how this could be achieved in keyshot with a 3D object?

Or if you had any other ideas?

Thanks a bunch guys
Title: Re: Showing off laminar flow in product renders?
Post by: DriesV on February 13, 2017, 04:12:58 AM
Hi Revilo,

KeyShot does support Curves through the Maya, 3ds Max and Cinema 4D plugins.
The benefit of using curves is that in KeyShot you can apply a Gradient procedural texture to them with the gradient type set to 'Curve'. This will create a gradient that flows across the length of the curve. I assume that would be quite helpful in your application.

Dries
Title: Re: Showing off laminar flow in product renders?
Post by: Revilo on March 02, 2017, 07:52:13 PM
Hi DriesV,

Thank you so much for your advice.