Maya 2011 Vapor, Smoke, and Ectoplasm 3D Fluid Container Tutorial by Stuart Christensen

3D fluid containers are perfect for containing ghosts, simulations of vapors, or creating ectoplasmic type plasm effects. As with any 3D fluid, render times are critical for fast great results and in this tutorial by Stuart Christensen, you will learn some inside tips for creating ectoplasm and vapors, as well as minimizing render times so you can quickly use these effects in After Effects or your favorite compositing program. Hey what was that? I think I saw a ghost! Enjoy

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Maya
• 2011
• 3D
• Fluid
• Container
• plasm
• ectoplasm
• vapor
• smoke
• Stuart
• Christensen
• tutorial

[forestdigger]

Is it possible for maya software to render the raytrace shadows for fluids?

[deepfriedectoplasm]

@forestdigger absolutely, the shadows falling on the ground plane are raytraced shadows being thrown by the spotlight. Give it a try, you'll get awesome swirling shadows!

[EmmiaVo]

hey how can I create the black enviroment in this video? thankss

[deepfriedectoplasm]

@EmmiaVo If you wish to change the color of the background in the viewport go to the Window Menu - Settings/Preferences - Color Settings. A window will pop up and choose the rollout for 3D view. You can set all of the colors to black, or you can create a custom gradient by changing the top/bottom gradient colors.

[DemiousStudios]

Once again, DFE to the rescue. This is exactly the effect I'm looking for as part of one of my finals.. You are the man. Thank you.

[deepfriedectoplasm]

@DemiousStudios Thanks for the Props! The theory with this is to slow all the effects down and really tame the values. Glad it helps!

[darrjone]

how can you animate fluids, say I want to animate it in slow motion? for about 72 frames (3 secs)

[forestdigger]

@deepfriedectoplasm I followed your tutorial and with the maya software render ray traced shadows were missing, when I switched to mental ray the shadows was there. That's strange, maybe I'm still missing something but I rather render everything with mental ray so it's not a big problem ;)

[wolfkbt1]

This is really awesome. Really cool effects and a basis to help with some stuff i am trying out.

[EmmiaVo]

@deepfriedectoplasm, thanks so much, I have a qiz, how can I create evironment that when I render it turn to black so I can use it for adobe after effect? is it the same way in this video? thanks