Simulating Sandman Effects in Maya
Throughout these lessons we will execute the technical processes required to create the "Sandman Effect". Software required: Maya 2014, After Effects CS3.
What you'll learn
Throughout these lessons we will execute the technical processes required to create the "Sandman Effect." This tutorial includes tips and techniques to augment the process with Maya fluids, along with the usage of nParticles to control the simulation of a large quantity of sand particles. We'll also learn the steps to create dispersed sand using texture driven fluids. By the end of this tutorial you will have learned to create a quick but powerful sand simulation effect in Maya. Software required: Maya 2014, After Effects CS3.
Table of contents
- Understanding Our Concept 4m
- Preparing Our Scene 7m
- Forming Sand with Fluids 9m
- Improving Fluids with Motion Study 7m
- Enhancing Sand Fluids with Shading 11m
- Enhancing Sand Fluids with Lighting 5m
- Creating Dispersed Sand with Fluids 10m
- Taking Our Sand Fluids to the Next Level 8m
- Using Nparticles 13m
- Shading the Nparticles 14m
- Understanding Rendering Tools 8m
- Improving Our Final Render 6m
- Final Tips and Tricks 9m
About the author
Pankaj Malik is a Senior Instructor of VFX. He has seven years experience teaching and training students. He loves to explore the ocean of Maya commands and recently updated to the world of Digital Sculpting. He is a modeler, texturing, and lighting artist and a self taught dynamics artist. He is an Autodesk Certified Professional of Maya and 3ds Max and Adobe Certified Associate in Photoshop. He has made five short 3D commercial films and two VFX movies. He believes in great knowledge sharing a... more