Begin creating particle simulations in Maya with over 3 hours of comprehensive training. Ideal for new and beginning users.
Popular highlights include:
* Particle Tool
* Particle Emitters
* Particle Shape Node
* Cycle Emission
* Volume Emitters
* Colliding Particles
* Particle Instancing
* Sparks
* Rain
* Smoke
* Fire
* Dust
* All Fields
Lesson Outline:
1. User Interface and Preferences for Dynamics 3:16
2. Working with the Particle Tool 4:28
3. Creating Particle Emitters 7:55
4. Adjusting Basic Properties of the Particle Shape Node 4:49
5. Working with Cycle Emission 6:01
6. Working with Volume Emitters 6:29
7. Emitting from Surfaces 8:33
8. Fire Ring (part 1): Emitting from Curves 8:53
9. Fire Ring (part 2): Particle Shape Node Attributes 7:48
10. Fire Ring (part 3): Hardware Rendering Particles 3:51
11. Re-using Particle Shape Nodes with Different Emitters 3:55
12. Colliding Particles with Surfaces 9:00
13. Working with Particle Collision Events 11:25
14. Controlling Particle Emission with Texture Maps 6:32
15. Driving Particle Simulations with Texture Maps 6:43
16. Using Sprites and Per Particle Attributes Related to Sprites 7:17
17. Using Particle Conserve, Emitting Particles from Particles 5:26
18. Getting Started with Particle Instancing 5:14
19. Adding Particle Instancing to a Plane that is Dropping Bombs 9:08
20. Using the Sprite Wizard 8:14
21. Using the Air Field 5:06
22. Drag Fields 2:34
23. Gravity Fields 3:58
24. The Amazing Newton Field 4:50
25. Radial Fields 4:37
26. Turbulence Fields 5:27
27. Using the Uniform Field, Adjusting the Mass of the Particles 6:44
28. Vortex Fields 3:15
29. Volume Axis Fields 4:52
30. Expressions: Difference Between Runtime and Creation 7:01
31. How Goals Work 7:30
32. Project: Creating a Volcano 16:43