Mastering TurbulenceFD Volume 1

December 28th 2020 08:20:39am

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Mastering TurbulenceFD Volume 1 is a new training series focused on the volumetric simulation process.

In this series of videos I’ll teach you the concepts of volumetric simulation and breakdown the many details of TurbulenceFD. We’ll walk through the emitter tag, the container and many of the parameters including the ever confusing F-Curve editor.

As we go I’ll share many tips & insights plus possible hurdles you are likely to encounter in a real world production. Once we get through the foundations, we will begin to build a full fledged fire simulation from scratch.

Starting with alembic asset importing, working our way through the emission setup, plus how to make easy emission vertex maps, and optimizing our simulation. We will also cover preparing our render, and completing a basic composite.

Finally we will finish out with building a large scale smoke plume. Including an added bonus of using image projection to add colorful lighting onto our smoke volume.

Mastering TurbulenceFD Volume 1 contains over 5 hours of professional training organized into six chapters, with each sub section separated for easy referencing.

Once you’ve completed this collection, you’ll be making quality simulations in no time at all.

    Chapter breakdown
    Voxels

  • -01 Pixel vs. Voxel
  • -02 Voxel data types
  • -03 Voxel size matters
    GPU vs CPU

  • -Speed advantages & GPU compatibility
    Basic Build Structure

  • -01 Required Elements
  • -02 Collisions
    F-Curve

  • -01 Parameter Components
  • -02 Histogram
  • -03 Curve Y Axis Intensity Value
  • -04 Curve Y Axis Color Gradient / Opacity
  • -05 Additional Features & Hotkeys
    Fuel Plus Heat Equals Ignition

  • -01 Recap & Cache tips
  • -02 UI Tips
  • -03 Vertex Maps
  • -04 Handling Alembics
  • -05 Fire build: Source geometry
  • -06 Fire build: TFD Emitter tag
  • -07 Fire build: TFD Container
  • -08 Fire build: TFD Container tab
  • -09 Fire build: TFD Container Simulation tab
  • -10 Fire build: TFD Container Viewport Preview tab
  • -11 Fire build: TFD Container Rendering tab
  • -12 Fire build: Setup heat source
  • -13 Fire build: Setup heat source emission
  • -14 Fire build: Cache fire
  • -15 Fire build: Fire render prep
  • -16 Fire build: Fire lighting render prep
  • -17 Fire build: Composite
    Basic Density Smoke

  • -01 Overview
  • -02 Emission source details
  • -03 Create emission source
  • -04 Setup TFD Emitter
  • -05 Setup TFD Container
  • -06 Emiiter placement & setup cache
  • -07 Setup Simulation tab
  • -08 Setup smoke shader
  • -09 Setup render & lighting
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