Thinking Particles in The Penguin S01 E03 Joe Scarr 2026-06-08 | An overview of how TP was used in the Penguin Season 1 Episode 3 to handle the seawall breaking and hitting the freeway with secondary fragmenting as pieces split.
Tron Ares - TP DNA breakdown Joe Scarr 2026-06-28 | A quick overview of how Thinking Particles was used in Tron Ares for the DNA chains in this shot.
Face Detach and Reform on Deforming Object v007 Joe Scarr 2023-08-05 | testing tP's ability to fragment and reform on a deforming surface
Face Detach and Reform on Deforming Object v5 Joe Scarr 2023-08-05 | Test fragmentation on deforming object that splits off and reforms and follows the deforming surface
tP 7 3 ME L Simple Intro Joe Scarr 2023-04-04 | Quick overview of Thinking Particles v7.3 new multi-threaded ME-L (Math Expression Language) scripting inside tP.
Machine3d TP Group Manager V2.00 Joe Scarr 2022-12-24 | Walkthrough of the new Thinking Particles Group Manager v2.00 scripted tool that includes various new features like mass-editing multiple group properties at once, saving and loading favorite group properties based on group name, rollout creator grid view, and more.
tP tutorial Tubes at 90 degrees Joe Scarr 2022-12-10 | Walkthrough the tP system for the "Tubes at 90 degrees" example
tP 2022 SC and BT properties via operator assignment Joe Scarr 2022-11-10 | Years ago tP changed how SC properties were assigned - no longer on the Group Manager but now assigned via operators (e.g. SCRigid)
tP Low res to High res mesh animation using SimpleDeform VDB and ShapeDeform Joe Scarr 2022-09-10 | Shows a method to create a low-res cage using VDB Distance field, then use SimpleDeform to create vertex, surface and volume particles who control the particle mesh animation, and then ShapeDeform to pass that low-res mesh animation to a high-res particle.
TP surface deform release by vel Joe Scarr 2021-04-10 | how to birth particles on a deforming surface, detect when the velocity of the vertex is high enough and release the particle from the surface
Thinking Particles XYZ Iterate 3D Map - Joe Scarr Joe Scarr 2018-04-30 | Quick tutorial on how to build an xyz texture map sampler to create interesting meshes.
APF using Particle Alignment Joe Scarr 2018-04-21 | One approach to use particle alignment to populate a Thinking Particles Advanced Particle Field (APF) with velocity data.Visit effectivetds.com/forum for more great ideas and discussion.
2D Velocity Maps with TP Joe Scarr 2018-03-05 | How to control particle velocity direction with color (hue) in Thinking Particles.
TP sphere packing Joe Scarr 2018-03-05 | A method of packing particles without collisions.NOTE: this is not fully optimized and could use some updates.
TP Benchmark 1 Joe Scarr 2018-01-30 | How to perform the TP Benchmark 1 testsMore notes here:sites.google.com/site/tpmayhem1/home/files/tp-benchmark-files/benchmark-1
TP 6 5 BT deflector uses Floor Shape settings Joe Scarr 2017-12-07 | Bullet's "deflector" group setting will use the "Floor Shape" setting, so be sure you set this correctly. SC's deflector group will use the actual voxel settings on the group.Thanks to Fabian Buckreus for pointing this out!
TP 6 Understanding Voxels and Collisions Joe Scarr 2017-12-07 | An explanation video about why certain particles might get stuck during an SC collision sim. Voxels are a cubic division of a particle and any voxel-cell that contains faces will fill the whole voxel for collisions, so for big particles you need lots of voxels (e.g. 24, or maybe use 1 for face-accurate collisions though this will sim slower). I do make a small mistake around 0:50 when saying the selection is 'base-static' - it's actually all the particles, but the 'base-static' overlaps enough with the lower 'crater' and 'vb crater' particles to cause interpenetration collisions, which makes particles slow down or stop.Also be sure to use the "Delay Frames" parameter under SC Collision Dynamics. This lets particles move for X frames before being affected by collisions.If you find this video useful, please consider donating at http://tpmayhem.com
TP Tips: IsSimStart and Blackboxes Joe Scarr 2017-12-01 | Learn the easy way to procedurally detect the beginning of a TP simulation, and hear some tips on how to handle blackboxes that crash.
TP Torque Force and the Importance of Programming Skills Joe Scarr 2017-11-28 | Learn why scripting & programming skills are so important, and see how to create a custom "torque force" inside Thinking Particles.
FastCutter - Demo 2 Joe Scarr 2017-11-17 | Demo 2 with FastCutter Pro - see some of the features exclusive in the Pro version.
FastCutter - Demo 1 Joe Scarr 2017-11-10 | FastCutter is an artistic mesh-cutting tool for 3dsMax. It allows drawing cuts with various noise parameters and can be configured for fast auto-cutting. Stay tuned for more details!
TwoVecAlignment TP scriptOp with Deforming Geo Joe Scarr 2017-10-13 | Example showing why TwoVecAlignment (custom TP scriptOp) is useful when attaching particles on deforming geo, because it avoids flipping the axes.
m3d TP Helper Math TwoVecAlignment Joe Scarr 2017-10-10 | Covers the new, free script operator "TwoVecAlignment" for Thinking Particles (TP) v6.xThis scriptOp aligns particles using an X-axis direction and Y-axis direction, and automatically calculates the Z-axis direction and orthonormalizes the alignment matrix.Very useful for keeping alignment of particles who are attached to a deforming surface.
Joe Scarr Live Stream Joe Scarr 2016-11-18 | Cebas and 52Moshi.com present "Introduction to Thinking Particles" LIVE webinar. Joe Scarr discusses VFX, work at Scanline, shows an introduction to Thinking Particles, and answers questions at the end.
Joe Scarr Live Stream Joe Scarr 2016-11-18 | Cebas and 52Moshi.com present "Introduction to Thinking Particles" LIVE webinar
TP4 - Adv 11 - Painted VB Cell Breaking.avi Joe Scarr 2016-05-28 | TP4 - Adv 11 - Painted VB Cell Breaking.avi
TP4 - Adv 12 - Canyon Camera Map Activation.avi Joe Scarr 2016-05-28 | TP4 - Adv 12 - Canyon Camera Map Activation.avi
