Help with particle effects?

[Anonymous]

I am currently learning 3d modeling and design, and am using a 2013 copy of autodesk maya. I was looking for tutorials on particle effects, and saw this



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_1nWYqD89s&ytsession=8t6ORhDlHBuP-JjWYcET2XVWU94rPRDBXRPEsCCPSJ-_quX...



i know its a little long, but just copy it to the url line and watch some of the footage. I would like some help creating an effect like this, and possibly even having someone create a tutorial. Any help is appreciated, thanks!

[Anonymous]

I suspect Krakatoa might have been used in your example.
Krakatoa has just been released for Maya.

If you want to do something simmilar in Maya alone you are going to need to do a lot of learning.

For the moment, Maya is not optimal for insane particle count work.

I'd use a combination of particles and fluids. You can use particles to emit fluids.
You then can do some pretty interesting things with the fluids.
You will need to be prepared to put some time in. FLuids are complex and you need to spend time getting to know them.

A good place to start is having a look at the fluid examples in the visor.

useful:
http://thingsunasked.blogspot.co.uk/2007/10/basics-of-maya-fluid-dynamics-by-dale.html

deep:
http://vimeo.com/12486559
Duncan's blog (on this site) is packed with technique demos.

trixy:
http://mayaspiral.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/soup-up-res-maya-fluid.html

that uses Peter Shipkov's Soup plugin
awesome:
http://www.soup-dev.com/

[Anonymous]

To clarify, Krakatoa is for rendering huge particle counts and volumetrics and (as far as I know)is does not have a dynamic solvers.

Exocortex Fury is another particle renderer that is apparently very nice. You have the power of google.

Phoneix Fluid Dynamics is a fluid solver from the makers of Vray. I haven't tried it...As Vray is profoundly awesome and friendly it's go to be worth a look.

[Anonymous]

Hi Metaron.

Have you ever used it i mean Krakatoa

I'm just fed up about it's license

I's been an entire month since it's saying "Valid license could not be found"

When i click on render using Krakatoa renderer:

I'd be so much greatful to you:

I included a screenshot

Thanks in advance!