Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Updated for EmberGen 1.1: youtube.com/watch?v=QR26f4z351s

In this quick EmberGen tutorial you'll learn how to create an explosive shockwave and then alter it to create a magic shockwave. By the end of this tutorial, you should have a working knowledge of fire shading, using forces, animating parameters on the timeline, using modulation, and the basics of GPU particles.

Useful shortcuts used in this video:
"B" - Show bounding box
"R" - Reset Simulation
"Space" - Pause Simulation
"Z" - step to next frame when simulation is paused

Presets:
Exposive Shockwave: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/679715718295584808/961323102078378034/exposive_shockwave_tutorial.ember
Magic Shockwave: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/679715718295584808/961323101889638430/magic_shockwave_tutorial.ember

Color Pallete:
Fire
#FFD783w
#FF5F2C
#EF5800

Magic
#83E2FF
#2C95FF
#7B00EF

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0:00 Intro
0:22 Setting up your bounds
0:52 Shockwave Forces
1:24 Emitter Shapes and Settings
3:22 Simulation Settings
4:10 Additional Forces & Detail
5:13 Advanced Detail via Modulation
6:27 Fire Shading Settings
7:29 Adding GPU Particles
8:44 Particle Shading
11:05 Chromatic Abberation
12:05 Making the Magic Shockwave Shaders
13:36 Adding point lights
15:15 Final Results