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Creating Hoar Frost in Cycles with Particles and Compositing

Community Reporter · January 5, 2012

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In his hoar frost tutorial, Frederik Steinmetz shows how to use particles in Cycles and how to add finishing touches with the compositor.

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11 responses

  1. Philippe ROUBAL
    5 January 2012 at 14:10

    Nice image and tutorial. However, for what I know, wheat is mature and cut in summer, even “winter” wheat ! So there is very few possibility of seeing this kind of image in nature imho ! Maybe forgotten ears…

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  2. ianofshields
    5 January 2012 at 14:30

    A photograph of winter wheat!
    http://www.tomkennedyphotography.com/v/tp/256/296/5172263250_4_snow-wheat-MG-7440.jpg

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    1. Adam Falldorf
      6 January 2012 at 01:17

      That sir is grass lol
      Winter wheat is typically planted in the winter and harvested in the spring/summer but that doesn’t mean that the farmer always has the time to get it all done before it snows, it is possible just not common to see wheat with snow on it.
      Coming from someone who has been farming since he was born :P

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      1. ianofshields
        6 January 2012 at 14:28

        Fair.

        Im just a city boy with an itchy Google finger.

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  3. Zvitez
    5 January 2012 at 15:38

    Awesome tutorial, thanks. It’ll be my intro back to blender since 2.49 :)

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  4. Seba
    5 January 2012 at 17:25

    Haven’t watched it yet, but I thought Cycles can’t manage particles yet.. will take a look, sounds interesting, thanks

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    1. Gottfried Hofmann
      5 January 2012 at 19:13

      Cycles renders particles only as objects, not as halos. But with an insane speed thanks to instancing. Btw, thanks for the plug, Bart :)

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  5. rickyblender
    5 January 2012 at 19:13

    sorry but could  not download  the zip file !
    goes to a missing page somehow!

    anyway the pic looks great for winter
    which we hwe have right now with something like – 15 C

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  6. Blendiac
    5 January 2012 at 19:26

    Maybe they were baked into a mesh or something…

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  7. Cgi Trainer
    5 January 2012 at 23:32

    Excellent tutorial,really well presented and the result is awesome.Thank you for sharing,Peter

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  8. Radi Bear
    2 October 2014 at 04:24

    now it can render as halos… but this comment is 3 yrs ago…

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