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Description: In most leading 3D digital content creation software there are tools that use rules of physics to simulate natural forces and objects without a definite surface. You specify the actions you want the object to take, then let the software figure out how to animate the object. This allows realistic looking behavior that would be difficult or impossible with traditional key framing.  

Topics: Maya Hair is a component that you use to create a dynamic hair system so you can model realistic hairstyles and hair behavior. With Hair you can simulate other dynamic curve effects such as ropes, chains, cables, wires, a suspension bridge, sea creatures, or even a lofted surface from a curve.   Maya Fluid Effects is a technology for realistically simulating and rendering fluid motion.

Fluid Effects lets you create a wide variety of 2D and 3D atmospheric, pyrotechnic, space, and viscous liquid effects. Fluid Effects also includes an ocean shader for creating realistic open water. You can float objects on the ocean surface and have those objects react to the motion of the water.  

nDynamics is a dynamic simulation framework powered by Maya® Nucleus ™ technology. The Maya Nucleus solver is stable, capable of handling large data sets, and it provides fast simulation results.  

You will learn:

• Visual effects types
• Creating and animating complex special effects
• Generating organic effects such as water, steam, bubbles, atmospheric effects, fire, smoke and explosions
• Volumetric lighting effects to produce fire, glows and flares
• Animating using procedural physics-based simulations  

Duration: 2 days  

Level: Intermediate/Advanced  

Prerequisite: Maya Modeling & Materials, Maya Lighting & Rendering or equivalent knowledge required.