Maya: Dynamics Tutorials and Assets
Software Rendering Particles
Blobby Particles, Part One
The Blobby particle render type is a software render method that allows particles to be assigned standard Maya shaders. The particles are rendered with a hard edge as if each particle is a sphere. ...
Bullets, Dust Hits and Debris
Multi-Chapter Tutorial
When objects impact the ground, such as bullets or footsteps, one often expects to see an effect such as a puff of dust (dust hit) or a burst of debris. This four part tutorial demonstrates how to...
Pixie Dust using Sprites
Multi-Chapter Tutorial
Pixie dust... magical powder that emanates from the land of faery and those that inhabit it. Associated with Disney films, Pixie Dust also manages to find itself in movie theatre promos, bumpers, c...
Creating/Rendering Sparks
Emitters, Fields, Collision Events, Software Rendering
Sparks are a fairly common, yet simple, effect that can be effectively created using Maya dynamics. This tutorial demonstrates sparks from a collision, as well as from a pulsing (expression driven)...
Sprite Rendering Fundamentals
Using the Sprite Render Type and Managing PP Attributes
Sprite rendering of particles is an incredibly efficient and powerful method for designing an almost unlimited variety of effects. When particles are set to Sprites, an image or sequence (with tran...
The Refinery Project
Multi-Chapter Tutorial
The Refinery Project is a four chapter tutorial that demonstrates, in real-time, how to bring a static image to life in seven hours. Starting with a static photo of an oil refinery, Alex integrates...
Ground Explosion
Multi-Chapter Tutorial
This tutorial demonstrates how to generate a volumetric ground explosion that is software rendered with cloud particles. Through the use of emitters, particles, fields, collisions, instancing, expr...
