Fluid help

Tabris654 · Aug 2010

Hello all,

I have a scene where I'm composting something on fire and I'm using a 3dfluid container to do it. When I scrub through my time line it looks fine, but when I render out the whole scene it doesn't look the same way. Can anyone tell me how to get the render to look like the time line scrub?

haiddasalami · Aug 2010

What application...would probably get more help that way

also screenshots would be helpful.

Tabris654 · Aug 2010

Ah, sorry. I'm using maya 2011.

time line scrub

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haiddasalami · Aug 2010

Your probably using a default maya fire which is probably a simulation of something like a candle flame. Just out of curiosity, have you tracked your footage? Might want to look into that first otherwise your gonna get a tonne of wiggle on that if your hand placing it there...

Tabris654 · Aug 2010

My knowledge of maya is very small. I'm fairly new at the program so I don't know what everything does or how to get certain effects done. The video is tracked using matchmover 2011 and the flame is a 3d fluid container with attributes I've been messing with.

haiddasalami · Aug 2010

Would be easier to just comp an explosion in there if you want that type of fire though there's tonnes of more work after that like motion blur, grading the picture etc

Check out Andrew Kramer http://www.videocopilot.net/ Not maya specific but AE which will help out with the compositing part.

Tabris654 · Aug 2010

I'd love to do it all in AE, but unfortunately, my school assignment requires I use a 3d element. I think I might have found something in the fluids drop down. Set initial state? I just visited that site earlier today ironically. There is a guy on youtube, FreddieW, who links him for tutorials and tips.

Fluid help

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