1. Duration 4h 14m Level Advanced Project Files Included
  2. Software used
  3. Maya 2008 or later, After Effects 7.0 or later.
  4. What you will learn
  5. In this series of tutorials, we will go beyond the usual basics of emitting bursts or trails of particles, and create full blown fireworks. We will start by using the 'emit' command to give us extra control over how particles are emitted. We will see how it is possible to use both ramps and expressions to achieve certain effects, like sparkling or flashing particles. We will make extensive use of particle expressions, including some basic vector math and the 'rot()' function, to achieve complex behaviours such as ring-shaped emission and tightly spiralling motion. By the end of this course you will have everything you need to create complex and exciting dynamic fireworks.
  7. 01. Introduction and project overview 01:11
  8. 02. Setting up the ring fireworks 11:59
  9. 03. Killing off the ring shells 12:09
  10. 04. Emitting the burst 10:28
  11. 05. Burst emission and behavior 10:34
  12. 06. Coloring the bursts 11:29
  13. 07. Emitting particles for the ring 10:26
  14. 08. Creating the ring pattern 09:53
  15. 09. Understanding the cross product 12:24
  16. 10. Finalizing the ring pattern 12:02
  17. 11. Adding a trail to the ring 13:05
  18. 12. Tweaking the trail emission 07:25
  19. 13. Adding sparkle with expressions 07:59
  20. 14. Adding sparkle with ramps 10:18
  21. 15. Tapering the trails 10:25
  22. 16. Setting up the spiral fireworks 11:53
  23. 17. The burst and the spiral particles 13:24
  24. 18. About spiral motion 09:40
  25. 19. Making the particles spiral 12:00
  26. 20. Tweaking the spiral motion 13:21
  27. 21. Falling behavior and color 14:26
  28. 22. Caching the simulation 10:06
  29. 23. Rendering the scene 07:37
  30. 24. Creating the comp 10:12