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Animating polygons to act like fire? [maya]
Similar to something like this: I'm presuming it has something to do with the particle effects and using clusters? I'm not really sure how to go about making this type of look in maya as well as animating it to behave like actual fire. The above image was apparently done in C4D but I don't really have the luxury of doing… -
Re: Animating polygons to act like fire? [maya]
If you like it quick and dirty: Try out the fire PaintFX brushes, they are animated and you can convert them to polygons. You will quickly see, if they are helpful for you, before you attempt Fluids, and particle remeshing... -
Re: Animating polygons to act like fire? [maya]
I don't think Maya can convert volumes or particles to polys. I'd keep it a lot more lowtech and hand animate it. I've made effects like this in the past by scaling and rotating meshes with fresnel to make them blend. If you rotate an "upside down torando shape" and fresnel the edges it will look like a fire lick whpping… -
Re: Animating polygons to act like fire? [maya]
Cool! Damn, I've been away from Maya for too long it seems :P -
Re: Animating polygons to act like fire? [maya]
Sure you can, otherwise you couldn´t create simple fluids without third party software http://download.autodesk.com/us/maya/2010help/files/WS1a9193826455f5ff5cf1d02511b1d000978-4cf7.htm -
Re: Animating polygons to act like fire? [maya]
Hmmm okay, makes sense and as for the material I'll probably use some sort of gradient colour on it I suppose. I didn't know Maya could convert particles into meshes, I know of other programs that can do it but I haven't really had the time to really look at the particle settings in maya. Thanks for the tips, I'll be sure… -
Re: Animating polygons to act like fire? [maya]
I´m not a Maya user but this is the way i would do it in Houdini... - simulate fire - convert it from volume to polygons - use poly reduce node :) -
Re: Animating polygons to act like fire? [maya]
I´m not a maya user but this is the way i would do it in softimage... 1. Create a particle System for the main fire (ignore the small sparks first). Set up something like a vortex and let the particles die randomly after a specific time. 2. Create a blobmesh/particle mesh out of it which will look really ugly :D . 3. Use…
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