Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This is the second tutorial of the Understanding Volumes series. In this video, 3D artist Yingying Z teaches you how to use an animated aero volume to drive particle movements in Maya’s Bifrost plugin. You’ll also learn how to set scales and colors based on voxel properties of a volume.

Advect points compound: areadownloads.autodesk.com/wdm/maya/advect_points_compound.zip

Scattering in Volume by Jason Brown: youtube.com/watch?v=qwdIJAi5XJY
Intro to Bifrost: Simulation Basics: youtube.com/watch?v=ezlNf65qHPI

00:00 – Intro
00:20 – Scatter points in a volume
03:40 – Set up an aero simulation
07:17 – Simulate particles with aero volume (method 1)
11:13 – Create color variations based on voxel velocity values
13:14 – Fine tune the aero simulation
14:53 – Simulate particles with aero volume (method 2)