Employ Maya particles and fluids to generate stunning special effects simulations, including exploding fireworks, tumbling snowflakes, and burning flames. Using a project-based approach, Aaron F. Ross shows how to emit and render particles, write expressions to control and fine-tune effects, and animate and shade dynamic fluids. The course also includes tutorials on batch rendering and compositing in After Effects.
Topics include:
- Laying out the scene
- Sketching particles on a Live object
- Connecting particles to Fields such as Gravity
- Emitting particles from particles
- Varying particle shader attributes
- Modeling and shading for the Particle Instancer
- Importing and instancing geometry onto particles
- Randomizing particle rotation with Creation and Runtime Expressions
- Adding Turbulence
- Rendering depth of field with mental ray
- Creating 3D Fluid containers
- Emitting dynamic fluid attributes from an object
- Animating a dynamic fluid
- Using a fluid for atmosphere
- Modulating light intensity with a noise expression
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