Maya Dynamics: Quick Tips for Essential Effects
By Joel Berg
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Description
Have you ever needed to quickly create an effect after your normal method failed? If so, this course is perfect for you. In this course, Maya Dynamics: Quick Tips for Essential Effects, you will create two simple separate scenes, and add in effects to create a final shot. First, you'll learn atmospheric effects creating a scene of a plane flying in a storm. Next, you'll learn some interior effects creating a scene with a fireplace and candles. Finally, you'll take a look at the final product and understanding how these effects can be very useful. By the end of this course, you'll have learned these effects that are simple enough for any artist to manage and create in under 30 minutes. Software Required: Maya
About the author
Joel Berg is an FX Artist from Vancouver. He has worked for various VFX companies on blockbuster and Oscar nominated films. Currently, Joel is in Vancouver working for a small studio on video game trailers.
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Course Overview
Hi everyone. My name is Joel Berg, and welcome to my course, Essential Effects in VFX and Animation. I'm a Vancouver-based effects artist and freelancer previously from studios such as MPC and Prime Focus, and have experience on many award-winning films. No matter if you're an animator, lighter, modeler or beginner artist, knowing a little bit of effects is very useful. These are some of the most common effects I've used in production hundreds of times on award-winning shows, and it can all be created in under 30 minutes. We will create a variety of atmospheric effects that are commonly combined together in a final shot in production, such as volume fog, rain, speed effects, and heat haze. We will also create some interior effects like candles and rigs and atmospheric dust. You'll also learn how to efficiently render these effects and how they work together in compositing. When more elaborate setups fail, you can always fall back on these effects in a pinch and can end up saving the day. These techniques can be used with any version of Maya, and we will be rendering them with a combination of all renderers. When starting this course, you should have a basic knowledge of Maya and an understanding of Dynamics. So, let's get started and create some effects.