Particles for Nuke

I started collecting scripts about the Particles for Nuke because every time I didn't want to start from scratch. So, slowly slowly, with all the tutorials on YouTube/Vimeo, scripts and gizmos on Nukepedia and on the TheFroundry website, I have arrived to this Collection.

I've tried to report all the references and links where I took the scripts. If you don't want to be any more in this Collection, please text me. In other way, if you have something to suggest, please send me the script and I will add it to the next update!

You can download the Folder for free from the link below:
Download Complete Collection

Download from Nukepedia the Lite Version

HOW TO INSTALL IT?

It's really easy to install the package, because all the paths and folders are already created.

1. Extract the folder from the file .zip
2. Drag and drop the folder in your .nuke folder
#path would be something like this:

#Linux: /home/login name/.nuke
#Mac OS X: /Users/login name/.nuke
#Windows: C:\Users\user name\.nuke

3. Add this code to your file init.py (don't delete the 'r')
nuke.pluginAddPath(r"/Users/yourPath/.nuke/ParticlesCollection")

4. Run Nuke

Useful Links

Overview

This Collection works perfectly with Nuke 12 and 13. Be careful and always double check in the node ParticleEmitter the knob "start at" and "emission rate".

Click on the links below to go directly to the section you want:

01. Animals

In this first category you can see different animals: birds, insects, bugs. This will give you just a starting point for your amazing background animals

BIRDS
Create a flock of birds to use in the background of your image

BUGS
Create bugs or insects. They can fly or just walking on the ground

FLIES

02. Expression and Blinkscript

Some of the Expressions and Blinkscript you can do with Particles:

BLINKSCRIPT
Some of the tools done with Blinkscript.

CHANGING COLOR

03. Modelling

In this third section, Modelling, I'm going to show you how you can even create models using Particle system in Nuke.

LEGO
An amazing Lego surface! It's really easy to do.

ENVIRONMENT
With simple images, it's really easy to populate the ground with static objects. In this way you can create a forests, cities with buildings or other complex environments.

04. Pyro and Sparks

Some useful tools for Pyro and Sparks.

EMBERS
There are 3 different tools to create sparks and embers.

SPARKS

SMOKE

05. Utilities

These are the utilities. They are the simplest tools of the Particle system that you can find already inside Nuke and others that I took from The Foundry website.

PARTICLE NODES

PARTICLE ADJUST SIZE OVER TIME

DRAG

VORTEX

06. Various Setup

Various setup that you can find on some Tutorial around the web: YouTube, Foundry's website... I recreated them inside Nuke and shared in this Collection.