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Particle effects can be used to create everything from realistic smoke and light to abstract design elements. In Maya Particle Effects, Audri Phillips demonstrates the particles she has found helpful in her work creating dynamic visuals for video games,film and fine art. This course goes deeper than the basics, tackling topics like saving time by reusing MEL expressions, implementing physics to create realistic effects, and manipulating paint effects to give particles the look and feel of an envisioned design. Exercise files accompany the course.

Course Maya Particle Effects Author Audri Phillips SKU ISBN Release Date 2009-06-11 Duration 2.08 hrs / 26 tutorials Work files Yes Price $ 49.95 Retail price $ 99.95 Language Tags Maya

1. Creating Images from Animated Particles Mapping the image onto the plane 02:03 Creating a surface emitter with image colors 05:20 Setting particle attributes 03:49 Creating a vortex field 03:47 Creating and animating the first layer of particles 05:33 Creating and animating the second layer of particles 08:25 Emitting from a 3D object 03:14 2. Creating Smoke Creating smoke 07:13 Adding velocity and texture 02:02 Creating embers 05:48 Smoke demo 03:32 3. Technical Supplements Working with the forces 07:27 The dynamic Relationship Editor 04:19

Creating collisions and events 05:46 Creating attributes in the particle shape node 05:00 4. Simple MEL Expressions Using simple MEL expressions 07:45 Changing particle life spans with expressions 07:15 Changing particle radius with expressions 07:45 Line Step and Smooth Step 07:33 5. Instancing Particles and Paint Effects Instancing particles 07:28 Instancing paint effects onto particles 05:06 Randomizing paint effects 04:23 Instancing animation 01:40 A flock of butterflies 05:05