Video Tutorials

 

 

Essentials Part 1: Introduction and Overview

 

In this video tutorial we will go through the very FumeFX basics and cover topics such as:

- Voxels and Grid Spacing

- FumeFX Main UI

- Your first simulation

- Viewport display

- Adaptive grid and Boundless

- Working with caches

- Playback and Out-of-Range Types

 

 

Essentials Part 2: Simulation Basics

 

In this camp fire tutorial for 3ds max you will learn the FumeFX simulation basics. We will cover topics such as:

 

- FumeFX Geometry Source

- Using boundless simulation

- Shader adjustments for fire and smoke rendering

- Time scale

- Wind force

- Wavelet Turbulence to add more detail to your fluid simulations

 

 

Essentials: Rendering with Redshift Render

 

As of FumeFX 5.0.6 and Redshift 3.0.17 it became possible to render FumeFX fluid simulations directly by using a powerful 3ds max GPU renderer - Redshift by using only the RS Volume material. This eliminated the tedious task of exporting FumeFX simulations to .vdb and re-importing them back into the RS Volume Grid. This FumeFX Essentials tutorial will guide you through all the necessary steps needed to render FumeFX with the Redshift renderer. This direct support allows artists to render their FumeFX fluid simulations on the GPU easier and faster than ever before.

 

 

Fire and Smoke Portal

 

In this tutorial we're going to show you how to create a portal effect that was inspired by the Avengers Infinity War movie portal that appears when Thanos arrives to Wakanda. The portal in that shot displays dark tendrils with small lightings that illuminate it. Instead of the bluish glow we went with the fiery look and simulation that has benefitted from more detail.

 

We're going to use FumeFX Effectors to control the smoke tendrils around the torus and for final rendering we will use the Arnold renderer. Scanline renderer scene is also provided.

 

You can download files from: https://bit.ly/2JBeLc2

 

 

Billowing Smoke/Fire

 

This basic tutorial shows you how to setup a realistic billowing smoke that can be used for various effects ranging from  pyroclastic clouds to avalanches.

 

We'll show you a great new FumeFX 5.0.4 addition - the Parameter Check option that allows you to quickly spot which parameters were changed.

 

Conservative advection will make sure that the smoke keeps rolling and does not lose any mass during this 260 frames of animation.

 

We'll go through the simple and efficient Arnold Standard Volume shader setup that converts billowing smoke into a raging wall of fire that rushed towards the camera.

 

Download complete scene from: http://bit.ly/33h2y2K

 

 

Carpet Bombing

 

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a carpet bombing explosion by using the FumeFX 5 and Arnold renderer in 3ds max 2019. This sort of explosion occurs with a liquid fuel like napalm. Next time we'll cover other types of explosions.

 

This is a relatively simple tutorial that does not require extensive 3ds max or FumeFX skills and will earn you how to use FumeFX expansion, Geometry Source normal velocity as well as Arnold renderer setup to render an explosion.

 

 

Download complete scene from: http://bit.ly/3nJUKPK

 

 

Dry Ice

 

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a dry ice effect in a sci-fi environment by using the FumeFX 5.0.3.

 

We're going to use Particle Flow as a source and FumeFX Effector to control the gravity and dry ice layer thickness.  For final rendering we will use the Arnold renderer and show few rendering optimization tips.

 

 

Download complete scene from: http://bit.ly/2x4R3wj

 

 

tyFlow Fluid Force

 

Explore with us the tyFlow's PhysX operators and learn how to use the FumeFX velocity field to carry maple leaves across the desert floor.

 

Download complete scene from:http://bit.ly/2ZZ20vG