FumeFX – Dust kick effect...

Hello peoples of the internet! After wrapping up on my latest film project I can finally dedicate some time to my website. I am currently rebuildng it so expect to see more and more content over the next coming months. In the meantime here is a quick tutorial on creating a FumeFX dust effect. If you have any questions just give me a holler. note: if needed the video can be downloaded via Vimeo. 3dsmax 2010 scene file – FumeFX Dust...

FumeFX Tests...

I have had a bit of time before I head back to vancouver to work on a couple more feature films so I started playing around with some more FumeFX setups. One I have been wanting to try for a while now is to come up with a sort of vortex effect that could be developed further to create a tornado, dust devil, or any other type of swirling effect. The basic setup uses a relatively simple Pflow setup to give a swirling mass of particles that can be used by FumeFX to create velocities for the smoke. The video you see below uses the same particle setup with a few adjustments to...

Krakatoa + FumeFX + Pflow = ???...

Basic Intro tutorial using Fume to drive a pflow particle system and then rendering it through Frantic Films’ Krakatoa point renderer. Click here to download the tutorial/files or view below via Vimeo. Update 02/04/2010 : I have lost the original maxfile used to create this effect, but here is a similar scene that should do the trick. The effect is a little more detailed but all you have to do is re-sim it and then feed those velocities into Pflow and then render through Krakatoa. Any questions feel free to contact me. Falling Smoke scene file Note: I neglected to...

Vray & Exr’s...

This tutorial is a simple and brief introduction into using Vray and the exr image format. It documents how render exr’s out of 3dsmax and bring them into After Effects. Click here to download tutorial or view it via Vimeo below. ...

Vray Neon Shader...

Setting up a neon shader using Vray 1.5 and Max 2008. Click here to download the tutorial/files or view below via...

Tutorial – Pflow & FumeFX...

I have put together a quick tutorial outlining how you can use a particle flow event to drive a Fumefx simulation. Nothing fancy really but it should give you the basics into how the 2 can work together to create some pretty cool effects. Click here to download the tutorial/files or simply watch via Vimeo...

Pflow Snow Setup...

Here we use Pflow to create a basic snow...

After Effects Blooming...

A basic blooming effect using After Effects. This is pretty old but may be of use to...

Render Elements – Scanline Rendere...

An example of how to use 3dsmax’s render pass system and AFter Effects to composite it all together into one final...

Backburner...

A brief tutorial showcasing Backburner and how you can use it to render multiple scenes in a...