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Demon Fire Trails

Unlock the full potential of Pyro. In this course we explore optimal setups for particle and smoke simulations.

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⏳ 5h 53m

duration of the course

⚙️ Nuke & Houdini

software needed to complete the course

👨 Intermediate

level of difficulty

  Course lessons  

Demon Fire Trails

Overview & Downloads

  1. Overview
  2. Downloads

Body Simulation

  1. Geo & Curve Setup
  2. PrimUV
  3. XYZDist
  4. Animate Along Curve
  5. Camera & Refine Animation
  6. UP Vector
  7. Optimize Source
  8. Body Smoke Setup
  9. Adding Velocity
  10. Microsolvers
  11. POP Setup
  12. DOT Product
  13. Optimize Simulation
  14. Advection
  15. Advect by Gradient Volume
  16. Adding to Advection
  17. Adjust Smoke
  18. Matrix Rotation
  19. Applying Rotation
  20. Scaling Rotation
  21. Scale Along Curve

Head Simulation

  1. Head Source
  2. Motion Setup
  3. Smoke Setup
  4. Adjust Smoke
  5. Smoke Collision
  6. Particles Advection
  7. VolumeSample & VolumeGradient
  8. Particle Collision
  9. Fix Stepping
  10. Face Particles
  11. Merge everything together

Render – Mantra

  1. Volume Rasterize
  2. Increase Quality
  3. Adjust Density
  4. Scatter Volume
  5. Image Planes
  6. Volumetric Light
  7. Sparks
  8. Mask Utility

Compositing – Nuke

  1. Camera Export
  2. Setup
  3. Depth of Field
  4. Volumetric Pass
  5. Emission
  6. Sparks
  7. Final Adjustments

About the course

Some of the things you will learn with this course are going to be: 

  •  • How to animate a static geometry along a curve, without relying on constraint networks
  •  • How to setup particle and smoke simulations and optimize them for faster results
  •  • Advanced Techniques for Particle advection
  •  • Creating deformations post-simulation with with VEX.

In the rendering section we learn how to:

  • Render particles as smoke with Mantra, and set up different custom passes.
  • Create and render volumetric lights and also set up utility passes.

In the Nuke section we bring everything together to achieve the final look.

Here I share some of my favorite nodes and techniques, and also cover workflows regarding 

the very powerful DEEP compositing system.

Aside from the skull geometry which you will be provided with we will be creating everything from scratch. 

Total Duration: 5h 53m

Level: Intermediate

Category: 3D, VFX, Compositing

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