Holi Powder Simulation

Support Particles and Physics Simulations
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Hey,

So I’m still pretty new to the Blender smoke simulation, and I was trying to get a result that resembles the colored powder used at Holi festivals. I played around with a lot of settings, but didn’t manage to get anything close to this.
I almost always get sort of mushroom-shaped clouds of smoke, but I would like something like this:

holi-festival-gulal-colored-powder-paint.jpg2100×1400 314 KB

I guess adding colored particles would help to sell the effect, but first I have to get the basic shape and dynamics right.
As you can see in the picture, it’s almost like little powder “rockets” shooting upwards…

Could anybody help me with this? :slight_smile: I would be so incredibly happy if I managed to get a nice looking simulation.

Also: Do I need to make a separate domain for every single color?

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use a particle system as the smoke flow source :wink:

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here’s an example file :wink:
color smoke.blend (1.43 MB)

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Thank you! Now I feel kinda stupid for not having thought of that :slight_smile:

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youre welcome :wink: