Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Hernan Santander (a.k.a. Sepu) expands beyond the traditional uses of Flow Wedging in Bifrost 2.12.0.0 for Maya to make static variations of a model (a technique that's great for generating clouds, trees, flowers, etc).

# Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
01:23 - Example graph
02:03 - Setting up the graph
04:36 - How to preview field data
06:47 - How to get a gradient field
09:06 - Pro-tip: Normalization
11:39 - Using a position field
12:18 - Basic effect finished
12:34 - Making points input-mesh agnostic (via scatter)
15:04 - Making variations

Other videos in this series:
Bifrost Wedging 101-1: What is wedging?
youtu.be/DxtMh0pqTI4

Bifrost Wedging 101-2: Taking your FX to the cloud
youtu.be/R_DrwS26RU4

Bifrost Wedging 101-4: Submitting unsimulated variations
youtu.be/h_LDs_8C6ok