Cascade: The Complete Beginner's Guide - Available Now!

imbueFX

EDIT: I'm pleased to announce that 3dmotive has purchased the rights for this video. It should be available in their training library in the coming weeks. However, I cannot sell the video any longer. Thank you Polycount for the incredible 2 months on my new adventure, and for how many new people I've met on the ride. imbueFX will still have new videos in the future, with probably a much smaller focus and mostly free content.

A few of you wanted to know when this was ready, so here we are!

http://imbuefx.com/products/cascade-the-complete-beginners-guide/

With 10 chapters and nearly 7 hours, we cover a great amount of Cascade. There's also some introduction to materials and some demos on how to paint textures for your particles.

Check out the teaser here, and look at my channel on Youtube for the free bonus chapter from this set:

http://youtu.be/8_k4RHeEm_c

This isn't a set of "how to make

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" tutorials. This is really aimed at truly understanding VFX concepts, art theory, and technical application. My target is someone who wants to make a career out of FX.

And lastly, if you haven't already, take a look at our free hour long set on youtube for creating a dynamic sparks system inside of Cascade.

http://youtu.be/LGyeFvjPcvo

That's it and thanks for your time!

RAL

Congratulations on the release, gonna check it out this weekend. The second half is really intriguing to me. Thanks!

imbueFX

Thanks man, I hope it meets your expectations!

haiddasalami

Yup got this and mainly for the fact that it seemed you were trying to explain more about the modules than how to make x effect or from the free bonus one. Waiting on my download link to check it out.

EDIT: Quick question, didnt seem like there was any way to register for the site but will I be able to re-download this in the future? There was a register button but no way to log in,

Lee3dee

purchased!

imbueFX

Yes your download link is good for 5 uses. 2 ways to get your link again:

1) You should get an order confirmation email from imbuefx.com with a link (not the paypal/google checkout email)

2) Go to orders on the top, enter your order # and email and it will give your link again.

And of course please use the contact section on the top if you have any issues! I'm always here to help.

WarrenM

Bought! Looking forward to digging into this, thanks!

imbueFX

Thanks everyone who has bought this, your response has been incredible.

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any issues with the purchase process and any feedback you have in general

NielsH

Checked out the free tutorial and it looks really good, considering your great pricing I will most definately purchase a copy in a few weeks time when I have some free time to learn Cascade better.

CHON

Looks awesome, and your free tutorial was really great
Gonna purchase one too

divi

nice stuff if the free thingie is any indication for the full thing then this will be incredibly helpful for anyone wanting to learn about cascade

Froyok

Gotcha ! Mine is downloading ! It Looks awesome !

CHON

Got it too ! again many thanks to you for providing this

imbueFX

Thanks again fellas, I hope you're enjoying it!

Imatk

Yep this is an awesome tutorial set!

Harbinger

Just picked this up! Anybody have issues unzipping the FX_SwordTrails_END.udk map? Windows gives me an unexpected error. Just wanted to see if anybody else had the issue before I re-download, all of the other files seem OK.

Visceral

Totlly buying this one, awesome.

EDIT: is it just me or is this really cheap?

imbueFX

@Harbinger: Send me an email using the "contact us" on my site and I'll just email you the file again. I had one other person a few weeks back mention they had issues with the exact same file, so I'm curious to know what program you're using to unzip. Or if there's something wrong in general with my zip file.

@Visceral: Yes, it is ludicrously cheap! Especially comparing it to Eat3D's and Gnomon's Cascade tutorials. That's part of why I'm doing this. I'm not some big company with lots of overhead and employees. I do everything on my free time and consider this a side-project for fun.

Ace-Angel

For that, we appreciate it and will support you

imbueFX

*sniff* Who's cutting onions

Visceral

Got it now. Seriously this is so cheap you guys shouls have a donate page or something.
I really have no idea whats covered but in the free tutorial id love to see some coverage on FumeFX and how to bake out fire and smoke and such.

Maybe something for the future?

imbueFX

Thanks Viscreal! Not sure that I feel a donate page would be right, I do charge for products so I think that's a perfectly good way of supporting my company.

I may include some fumeFX stuff in a future set, not entirely sure yet. But I feel like there are already lots of resources already in fumeFX. We'll see

fearian

This looks awesome! I'm definitely getting it once payday rolls around!

btw, I reckon you should post this in general, as it will get more views, and will probably get bumped to the front page once an editor gets wind of it.

Caser

After viewing the free sparks tutorial, I've purchased the guide too.
It would be really nice if the file was split in smaller files. I'm downloading it for the third time. First time the download stopped at 500 MB , second time at 1.1 GB. Hoping the third try will be the last one!

Froyok

Yeah, I must admit that the download was hard to achieve.
I have finally used the firefox add-on named "DownThemAll!".

Maybe multiple part could be more easier to download ?

fearian wrote: »

btw, I reckon you should post this in general, as it will get more views, and will probably get bumped to the front page once an editor gets wind of it.

I second that too !
And why not a news on the home ? :poly136:

imbueFX

Hey guys,

I agree, downloading has been a serious thorn in everyone's side. I really do apologize. The real problem is my webhost, they hate that I'm giving out 2gb+ files, and they are throttling me at random. That's why I recommend using a download manager, it helps eliminate incomplete download issues. Plus almost 7 hours of HD video isn't going to be small If you can't get it to finish, I can give you a special ftp download link that will work.

I am working on the new set now, I should be able to announce what it is by Monday. Thanks again for all the support and patience.

Waffenteufel

first i watched the sparks tutorial,then i instantly bought the complete beginners guide, then i downloaded it straight within 45 minutes, and now i am having fun because its really awesome. thanks alot

imbueFX

Waffenteufel wrote: »

first i watched the sparks tutorial,then i instantly bought the complete beginners guide, then i downloaded it straight within 45 minutes, and now i am having fun because its really awesome. thanks alot

Thanks so much! I seriously watch too much Simpsons, because I read your reply in this voice

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asic

Thank you for this Buying now and so cheap! it almost feels wrong

Pola

I was really wanting to buy a copy but I just went to the website and you have announced it becoming 3dmotive content. From memory they are streaming only and don't offer their customers offline copies. Guttered..Would have gladly paid more then the asking price on your site. Streaming only content doesn't do it for me as internet is expensive here.