Digital Tutors – nParticles in Maya 2009

Learn Maya’s robust toolset for simulating complex physics simulations and an intuitive workflow for creating liquids, clouds, smoke, spray, and dust effects using Maya nParticles. Contains over 2.5 hours of practical projects and self-paced training. Perfect for new and experienced artists using Maya 2009.

Popular highlights include:
nParticles Overview
nParticle Emission
nParticle Style Presets
nParticle Collisions
Nucleus Node Attributes
Applying Space Scale
Liquid Simulation Properties
Collision Layers
Point Force Generation
Wind Field Generation
nConstraints on nParticles
Per-particle Expressions
Emitter Rate Per Point
Fields
Particle Sizes
Lifespan Types
Shading Attributes
Initial State
NCaching
Rendering Blobbies
Output Mesh Conversion
Bounce, Friction, Stickiness
Working with Ramp Widgets
Lesson Outline:
1. Introduction and Project Overview 1:01
2. Primer to nParticles 8:20
3. Nucleus Forces 10:10
4. Nucleus Ground Plane 5:45
5. Nucleus Collision Attributes 5:25
6. Nucleus Scale Attributes 5:24
7. Randomizing particle size 3:59
8. Liquid interaction and nCloth 6:28
9. nParticle-to-nParticle interactions 8:34
10. nParticles to Output Mesh 10:00
11. nParticles and Fields 6:25
12. Collision layers 8:19
13. Point Force Generation 8:28
14. Fading particles based on age 8:12
15. Wind from nParticles 5:07
16. nConstraints on nParticles 11:29
17. Per-particle expressions 5:32
18. Per-point emission rates 7:13
19. Using nParticle liquid simulation properties 7:24
20. Converting nParticles to an output mesh 8:56
21. Emitting blobby liquid nParticles 9:42
22. Rendering blobby liquid nParticles 8:55
23. Thick cloud nParticles 6:47

Total Run Time: 2:47:47

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http://rapidshare.com/files/158389025/nM9DT2.part2.rar