T0400 - Digital Tutors - Maya Unlimited Fluid Effects

Learn how to accurately create and render fluid effects in Maya with over 3 hours of interactive training. Ideal for new and beginning users.Popular highlights include:

• Dynamic Simulations


• Container Properties


• Texturing


• Color Maps


• Emitting Fluids from Objects and Curves


• Colliding Fluids with Objects


• Pond and Ocean Systems


• Wakes


• Explosions


• Creating Atmospheric Systems

Lesson Outline:

1.	Introduction	1:35
2.	Container Properties	4:02
3.	Setting Content Methods	4:52
4.	Display Properties	4:49
5.	Dynamic Simulations	6:02
6.	Fluids Container Content Details	14:38
7.	Caching and Surfaces	6:14
8.	Shading Attributes	8:49
9.	Shading Quality	3:06
10.	Texturing / Adding Noise	8:17
11.	Shadows	3:44
12.	Displaying 3d Containers	2:22
13.	Emitting Fluids from Objects and Curves	8:11
14.	Painting in 3d Containers / Gradients	6:27
15.	Using Curves to Set Initial State	2:59
16.	Using Maps in Containers	10:46
17.	Adjusting the Resolution Size	2:52
18.	Colliding Fluids with Objects	5:08
19.	Motion Fields	4:13
20.	Working with Fluid Caches	2:05
21.	Getting Started with Oceans	2:27
22.	Adding Floating Locators	8:08
23.	Creating Boats	4:47
24.	Ocean Shader: Ocean Attributes	4:53
25.	Ocean Shader: Frequency Length	2:30
26.	Ocean Shader: Wave Height	4:30
27.	Ocean Shader: Foam	3:41
28.	Ocean Shader: Color	2:50
29.	Wakes	6:55
30.	Ponds	8:07
31.	Creating a 2d Explosion	10:56
32.	Using Fluids as Textures	7:41
33.	Using Fluids with Active Rigid Bodies	4:36
34.	Creating a Stormy Cloud System	5:34
	Total Run Time:	3:08:00