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  • Create a scene with a → SPH standard particle emitter and simulate 50 frames.
  • Adjust the viewport's point of view.
  • Display shelf > OpenGL Preview
  • Please make sure that RealFlow exports preview images under Edit | RealFlow > Preferences > Preview > Save Image Sequence
  • The preview appears in the → “Movie Player”.
  • The preview image sequence can be found in the project folder under preview/video/frames.
  • Open “Simulation Retime” from Tools shelf > Simulation Retime

Retiming the Simulation

There is see a stylized timeline in the middle of the window:

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  • In this example the number of frames will be doubled, but this means that playback speed will be halved, because we want to extend the simulation.
  • Time factor > 0.5
  • A custom time factor can be calculated with this formula: Time factor = New number of frames / Current number of frames

Previewing the Retimed Simulation

“Simulation Retime” provides two preview methods. The first method is to use the “Timing example” feature:

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  • Press “Try on Movie Player...” and select a frame from the preview sequence.
  • The result appears almost immediately, and you have a realistic preview.

Defining Export Resources

The last step is to do the actual retiming. Switch to the “Input/Output Settings” tab, and check if the emitter's export resources are enabled:

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