Dynamics & Special Effects - Page 33 - Simply Maya User Community

Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold

This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble it i

Watch

Welding glow

I've been fooling around trying to make a realistic laser welding, but it is quite hard to make the the color on the weld fade from glowing...

Thread by: DukerX Subscribe

by DukerX

09-12-2002|08:53 PM

Replies: 3

How can I simulate the explosion of a plane?

Hi! Can someone tell me how to make an object explode? I know how to make an exploding fireball and so on, but how do I let explode an object...

Thread by: .:morpher:. Subscribe

by Kevin

09-12-2002|05:09 PM

Replies: 8

window shatter

Trying to get the window of a storefront to shatter when kicked from the inside. I have a poly plane which I've shattered and a ground plane on which...

Thread by: ereitz Subscribe

by ereitz

03-12-2002|08:14 PM

Replies: 10

Explosion

I have seen the tutorial on the A|W website on how to make a fireball, but that to me doesn't look real enough. Could some one help me in making a...

Thread by: MKess007 Subscribe

by ragecgi

25-11-2002|02:02 AM

Replies: 4

Crashing Ocean Waves in MAYA

Hello everyone, I'm trying to build a stormy ocean in MAYA using deformers and softbodies. I'm trying to figure out 2 things: 1) How can I get...

Thread by: Calvin Subscribe

by Calvin

24-11-2002|05:24 AM

Replies: 4

Few questions about particles

1. How can I reset the initial state of particles after I've set it with Solvers -> Initial State -> Set for Selected? 2. What kind of things can...

Thread by: kbrown Subscribe

by Calvin

21-11-2002|12:53 AM

Replies: 3

Want particles to move in a curved line.

I can make particles go through volumetric objects just fine, but can't figure out how to make them go in a curved line. Think of a cylinder that is...

Thread by: Darkware Subscribe

by Roman

20-11-2002|08:30 AM

Replies: 6

Request for a tutorial?

I'd love to see some more tutorials on Dynamics, like using Soft bodies. Someone in another thread asked about creating slime that drips down a...

Thread by: sdch1000 Subscribe

by mumbojumbo_13

19-11-2002|12:51 PM

Replies: 3

Maya Fluids?

I need to stop going on to other forums that arent strong with Maya and just stay here!!!I need to know if anybody has done or seen a tutorial for...

Thread by: Heinrich Subscribe

by ragecgi

19-11-2002|05:13 AM

Replies: 6

Maya Cloth Help

I've been trying to figure out Maya Cloth and I am have trouble doing it. What I want it to do is hang a long verticle banner off a cylinder. I make...

Thread by: MKess007 Subscribe

by BabyDuck

17-11-2002|06:49 PM

Replies: 4

How do I make Paint Effects tubes respond to dynamic forces?

I'm using Maya 4.0 on Win2000. In the on-line guide, it says that it is possible to make Paint Effects tubes respond to dynamic forces like gravity...

Thread by: JulianBT Subscribe

by JulianBT

12-11-2002|05:24 PM

Replies: 5

A bit of sad news...

The rumors of Habib "Particle Man" Zargarpour leaving ILM have been confirmed. His next destination? Electronic Arts in Vancouver. If there is...

Thread by: ragecgi Subscribe

by ragecgi

12-11-2002|12:47 AM

Replies: 9

Particle projected images??

ive got modelling down pretty well, but can someone tell me where i need to start for particles, smoke and such. Im trying to find a way to make a...

Thread by: iron_tick Subscribe

by mtmckinley

11-11-2002|12:54 AM

Replies: 1

Rendering dynamics......

Hi, Is there a special way tpo render dynamics? here's why. I have a scene with dynamics, when i batch render the iff sequence and play it...

Thread by: grunze Subscribe

by grunze

10-11-2002|07:23 AM

Replies: 4

How Do I Animate A Lava Lamp?

Okay, I'm basically in curious mode right now... I'm interested in finding out how to make a lava lamp... for future reference. ;) Anybody...

Thread by: Russell Subscribe

by ragecgi

09-11-2002|09:00 PM

Replies: 2

Realistic sparks?

Anyone come across a good way to crate realistic sparks with particles. I'm trying to create a fuse, this is what i have so far animated. ...

Thread by: mrmacca Subscribe

by mrmacca

04-11-2002|06:17 PM

Replies: 5

Slime and adhesion

anyone figured out a way to make slime ooze down a spherical object then drip off, glob by glob.. sorry im so graphic but....

Thread by: iron_tick Subscribe

by ragecgi

31-10-2002|03:07 AM

Replies: 2

Adhesion

i want to make blood run down the face of a woman, is there a way to do that? and if so can someone tell me how to get the most realistic effect?

Thread by: iron_tick Subscribe

by kbrown

27-10-2002|12:46 PM

Replies: 3

Animating Paint Effects

Hi, This too is my last semester's project,...part of it anyway. I used Paint Effects and animated the curves in the Attribute Editor and when I...

Thread by: tvholicjames Subscribe

by ragecgi

23-10-2002|12:17 AM

Replies: 4

Shatter Effect

How many have used Shatter extensively? It kind of sucks.(IMHO) Anybody had any luck getting higher-res cracks and breaks? Anyone know if...

Thread by: Grooveholmes Subscribe

by ragecgi

22-10-2002|03:47 AM

Replies: 4

particles and sprite variation

I have this particle system, and I have some sprite images. The sprites are not a sequence, but I would like to map these sprite images unto the...

Thread by: undo Subscribe

by kbrown

10-10-2002|01:03 PM

Replies: 4

Animation with fire

I've been trying to animate fire, but can only seem to get still images of it with the regular rendering stuff. As most of you know, when you take an...

Thread by: Darkware Subscribe

by mtmckinley

07-10-2002|10:23 PM

Replies: 7

Questions on how to do sprites...

Hi there... This is my first post... no, no... hold your applause ;) I am relitivly new to maya and loving what I have learned so far, but have...

Thread by: lynx Subscribe

by Roman

29-09-2002|01:18 PM