Creating Particle and Fire Effects with Maya with Aaron F. Ross

MOV + Exercise Files | Duration: 3h 46min | 960x540 | Video: 30 fps 1593 kbps | Audio: AAC 48 KHz 157 kbps 2 stereo | 1.22 GB

Genre: eLearning | Level: Intermediate | Language: English | Released: Jul 12, 2011

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