Import Alembic sequences in 3dsmax (Using Vray). EffectiveTDs 2019-07-03 | We will see how we can import alembic sequences (ABC) without any mesh asigned in to 3ds max using Vray Proxy. Files coming from Storm (www.effectivetds.com) with all data available to play with in 3dsmax. This proces will work with any application with Vray support, so you will be able to import it in the same way in maya, cinema 4d, etc....
Blender Geometry Nodes: Tweak simulations Postcache EffectiveTDs 2021-11-27 | On this video we will see how to manipulate Alembic files coming from Storm using Geometry nodes.We will see how to access different attributes data stored on alembic sequences, how to manipulate them, and how to output this data back. How to use uv information to color our simulations. How to do changes on our simulation that stick across time, how to output colors, etc...Thanks to Juan Gea for the help on Blender GN.The links you will need:Storm-FX / Sand and liquid simulator (AL)) bit.ly/3NNwqu4Geometry Node BoneStudio Branch: https://blender.community/c/graphicall/bk8x/?sorting=hotMinecraft cube: sketchfab.com/3d-models/minecraft-grass-block-84938a8f3f8d4a0aa64aaa9c4e4d27d3TimeStamps00:00 Blender 3.1 and Storm introduction03:07 Import Alembic on Blender access Color info05:44 Read uv information08:36 Second emitter in Storm11:36 Geometry nodes introduction14:25 Access arbitrary alembic data to delete one emitter.17:57 Make "sticky" changes over time.20:40 Changes based on geo proximity.23:10 Change radius on geo proximity28:00 Output colors from GN30:00 Final thoughts.
Storm SPH CUDA RTX 3080 and Arnold rendering EffectiveTDs 2021-04-19 | This is not exactly a tutorial, just showcasing some of the options to export data from Storm. A waterfall simulated using the sph in storm using CUDA, then rendering the point data inside 3dsmax with Arnold, without meshing it for faster feedback.Storm-FX / Sand and liquid simulator (AL)) bit.ly/3NNwqu4
Storm is FAST!! Even more on an RTX 3080 EffectiveTDs 2021-04-14 | Testing my new machine, 18 cores intel xeon, with an RTX 3080 (using only 10 cores on these test) Machine courtesy of Boxx. I run the multiple examples that ships with Storm so you can see the speed of the tool
Blender 2.92: Geometry nodes for instancing over Storm EffectiveTDs 2020-12-29 | On this video we will see how to use Blender 2.92 new feature, geometry nodes, to scatter geometry over Alembics coming from Storm: bit.ly/3NNwqu4With geometry nodes we can add variation on position, scale and rotation in a very easy way giving us a lot of control not possible before.0:00 Final result0:20 Why use Blender 2.921:07 Export from Blender1:47 Storm overview4:31 Import Simulation in Blender5:37 Using Geometry Nodes11:05 Changing Position
Storm Sand rendered with Blender 2.92 EffectiveTDs 2020-12-27 | A simulation done with Storm: bit.ly/3NNwqu4Rendered in Blender Cycles in 2.92 using the new Geometry nodes, making it way more easy to create instances in blender.This video is for a talk eloi andaluz will be doing in Blendiberia 2020: blendiberia.es
Tutorial Storm 0.5 Español EffectiveTDs 2020-12-12 | En este tutorial vamos a ver algunas de las funciones de la herramienta Storm 0.5. Este video esta hecho con la version demo, que os podeis bajar: effectivetds.com/stormVamos a ver como crear un PBD solver, para crear arena, o nieve. Como crear liquidos, manejar VDBs operaciones, exportaciones, y un poco de todo.Espero os sea ayuda. Si teneis dudas, miraros el foro: effectivetds.com/forum
Storm // The multisolver tool EffectiveTDs 2020-11-22 | Storm-FX / Sand and liquid simulator bit.ly/3NNwqu4Storm its a multisolver application. Granular, Fluids and Gas solver. Designed for artists, easy to use, fast, and with multiple options to import and export data. Latest version 0.5 comes with a complete VDB toolkit, revamped nodes, sparse smoke solver, upressing and deforming tools, spline forces, spreadsheet, write/modify custom attributes, and much more.Storm is available for Windows, Mac and Linux, and is developed by Sebastian Schafer. Distributed by Effectivetds.Music: Pieter MentzVideo Content:Sebastian SchaferWout Tengrootenhuysen: http://www.magicmachine.beEloi Andaluz Fullavideo editing: Eloi Andaluz
Houdini scatter from Uvs instead of mesh (Tutorial) EffectiveTDs 2020-10-20 | http://www.effectivetds.com/forumTotally improvised tutorial (sorry for the sound). Goran Pavles will explain Eloi Andaluz how to scatter points using Houdini over Uvs instead of using attributes. Different considerations and how similar or different it is from 3dsmax with magmaflow or thinking particles.
STORM 0.5 EffectiveTDs 2020-10-02 | Storm 0.5 recived a major update: bit.ly/3NNwqu4New upressing tools, new deformer tools, new sparse smoke solver, new VDB toolkit and new nodal interface! As easy intuitive and fast as ever, with just more possibilities.
Storm 0.5: Introduction to Nodes EffectiveTDs 2020-10-02 | In Storm 0.5 one of the big news are nodes. You can use Nodes for Smoke, upres grain simulations, deforming meshes,... on this tutorial we will see how to use nodes with the complete VDB toolkit that comes with Storm.Storm-FX / Sand and liquid simulator bit.ly/3NNwqu4
Storm // Smoke Tutorial EffectiveTDs 2020-10-02 | On Storm 0.5 we have a new smoke solver. We will see some of the basics to create smoke using the new nodal system.Storm-FX / Sand and liquid simulator bit.ly/3NNwqu4
Tutorial Arnold reading Alembic data. EffectiveTDs 2020-05-18 | On this tutorial we will use Arnold on 3ds Max, to load an Alembic simulation done in Storm: effectivetds.com/resources/fx-tools/stormWithout any mesh data, just particles, and transfer different data as colors, as Uvs, color and other data.
Thinking Particles // Drop 9 EffectiveTDs 2020-04-29 | Eloi Andaluz Fulla will cover some of the new features in Thinking Particles Drop 9. We had a lot of improvements on the UI, new Shape Collision workflows, Cloths and others.Remember Eloi created a complete course with over 40 tutorials covering all areas in Thinking Particles: effectivetds.com/resources/fx-education/tpzerotohero
Thinking Particles / zero to HERO EffectiveTDs 2020-04-29 | effectivetds.com/resources/fx-education/tpzerotohero TP from zero to HERO is a complete course done by Eloi Andaluz Fulla. You will learn Thinking Particles starting for the basics, and across 40 tutorials you will do all types of animations to learn and understand TP.All exercises are don with 3ds max 2021 and TP drop 9, but you will be able to follow with 3ds max 2018 and any Thinking Particles 6 version.
Thinking Particles / Virus propagation EffectiveTDs 2020-03-22 | Difficult times for everyone, I hope you stay safe.I created a 3dsmax / Thinking Particles scene based on the washington post html graphics: washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulatorYou will be able to see the effect of isolation at home and how important it is to flatten the cruve, change parameters and see the effect.Download the file, ask anything at:effectivetds.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1711Stay safe!
Thinking Particles: Secondaries by collision EffectiveTDs 2020-01-20 | Resolving a question on our forum: effectivetds.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=107&t=1699&p=5349#p5349I found this question a lot, so decided to give an example on how we can create secondaries (debris, smoke, sparks, whatever) based on different metodes. We will see it based on a ray intersect, on geometry contact, and on contact provided by our solver.Hope you found this useful. You will found as well on the forum the files for download.
Elastic objects with Storm EffectiveTDs 2020-01-19 | Try Storm for free: effectivetds.com/resources/fx-tools/stormWe will see how to create elastic objects using Storm emitter. Will play with some parameters on the granular solver to create different elastic objects.Its easy, its fast, its Storm!
Storm Mesher Tutorial in Blender EffectiveTDs 2019-11-24 | How we can use the new Mesh exporter in Storm 0.3Exporting 1 single file or a sequence of files, using Alembic (.abc), and importing this sequence in to Blender to be rendered with eevee or in 3ds max to be rendered with Vray.
TP: Procedural Road course EffectiveTDs 2019-10-23 | effectivetds.com/resources/fx-education/tp-procedural-road-creationEloi Andaluz will go over different techniques and workflows in thinking particles, to create finally a procedural road, with multiple controls. During this exercise we will see multiple nodes being used, like referencing, shapes, animation tree instancing, bullet, vehicle, math nodes and much more, check the first tutorial its free!
3/3 Character Ground Interaction // 3dsmax rendering EffectiveTDs 2019-10-15 | Last episode is about loading the particles simulated from Storm back in to 3dsmax, do some operations in magmaflow to showcase only some of the possibilities that offers to work with all data Storm saves as PRT.We will talk about how to Instance this geometry:-Frost-ThinkingParticles-Tyflow-PflowEven Pflow is the worst of all the possibilities, we will use it since its the only that doesnt require any extra paid plugin.
2/3 Character Ground Interaction // STORM setup EffectiveTDs 2019-10-15 | We will cover how to setup Storm to create a realistic interaction from a character with the ground. SDF settings, how to start particles to sleep, how to save PRT caches, and other considerations.Download the files: effectivetds.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=115&t=1629
1/3 Character Ground Interaction // Prep. Scene EffectiveTDs 2019-10-15 | On this Tutorial we will see how to create a character interaction with ground, on contact.We will use 3dsmax and Storm.Download the 3dsmax files here: effectivetds.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=115&t=1629Its a total of 3 video tutorials. On the first one we will cover Scene preparation in 3dsmax. Create a lowres character for simulations, preparate the deflectors and exports.
STORM // Splash Tutorial EffectiveTDs 2019-10-11 | We will see how to create a splash effect from scratch with storm.Very basic tutorial, will cover emit from meshes, some parameters tweaking, and how we can export this simulation with prt/abc/bin and at the same time create a playblast for a fast review.
STORM // SPH Fluids introduction EffectiveTDs 2019-10-11 | With Storm 0.2.5 we get a first SPH system very adequate for small scale liquid simulations. Pouring honey, water splashes, drops, and so on. On this first tutorial we will cover the basic parameters of the SPH, also see how we can use the deflectors in different ways, how to use force on deflectors or even stickiness
Storm 0.2.5 EffectiveTDs 2019-07-01 | effectivetds.com/resources/fx-tools/stormA new update on Storm, here what we added!v0.2.516- adding expressions to all numeric and boolean parameters - caches and images are written faster and more robust- adding an SPH system- addding a Linux version - forces can work in wind mode / strength depending on granular clumps - manipulator handles visible through objects & smaller visual improvements - static alembic geometry reading faster - licensing more robust and floating licensing as an option- Alembic particle export fixes and more channels written- bin-file reading now possible for all systems- colliders can read prt point files directly- parameter animation & expression handling more robust- export fallback pathes now part of the scene file- and more- bugfixes
Storm I/O and Magmaflow tutorial EffectiveTDs 2018-12-10 | We will see how to import and export data from Storm in to 3dsmax or other 3d packages, and how to manipulate data postcache with the flexibility of magmaflow.
Black Friday ETD EffectiveTDs 2018-11-22 | During only one week, ALL our products are on sale!www.effectivetds.com
TP vs Houdini / VDBs explained EffectiveTDs 2018-11-11 | Goran Pavles and Eloi Andaluz from Effectivetds will go over what are VDBs, how they work internally, and some general information. Everything explained in Houdini, but totally valid to understand what Thinking Particles "ShapeCutter" is doing under the hood.All Thinking Particles vs Houdini videos and scene files:effectivetds.com/resources/fx-education/houdini-vs-thinking-particles-fields
POP grains / Vellum grains / Storm EffectiveTDs 2018-11-05 | We get a lot of positive and negative feedback from our Houdini/Storm facetoface video. Goran and Eloi pass all day exploring the new vellum, old pop grains, and storm and here its a resume of some discoveries.Download the file: effectivetds.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=1386
Houdini vs Storm // Grains EffectiveTDs 2018-10-28 | We put face to face Houdini 17 with vellum vs our newer Storm 0.2 Solver. We dont need to say anything else. www.effectivetds.com
Storm 0.2 Tutorial New features. EffectiveTDs 2018-10-21 | Eloi Andaluz Fulla will cover some of the new features in Storm 0.2.Demo version available for mac and windows!
TP Drop7: Presentation EffectiveTDs 2018-10-21 | Download all files: effectivetds.com/resources/fx-education/tpdrop7Eloi Andaluz Fulla go over all new elements in Thinking Particles 6 Drop7 in 3ds max.
TP Drop7: ShapeDeform EffectiveTDs 2018-10-21 | Download all files: effectivetds.com/resources/fx-education/tpdrop7Eloi Andaluz Fulla go over all new elements in Thinking Particles 6 Drop7 in 3ds max.We will see the new Shapedeform.
TP Drop7: UniqueID EffectiveTDs 2018-10-21 | Download all files: effectivetds.com/resources/fx-education/tpdrop7Eloi Andaluz Fulla goes over all new elements in Thinking Particles 6 Drop7 in 3ds max.In this example we will see UniqueID, and Pcollect.
TP Drop7: ShapeCutter EffectiveTDs 2018-10-21 | Download all files: effectivetds.com/resources/fx-education/tpdrop7Eloi Andaluz Fulla go over all new elements in Thinking Particles 6 Drop7 in 3ds max.In this example ShapeCutter, mesh based and VDB based.
TP Drop7: OpenVDB EffectiveTDs 2018-10-21 | Download all files: effectivetds.com/resources/fx-education/tpdrop7Eloi Andaluz Fulla go over all new elements in Thinking Particles 6 Drop7 in 3ds max.In this example we will see the new OpenVDB mesher, and how we can transfer colors and difussion.
TP Drop7: SPH improvements EffectiveTDs 2018-10-21 | Download all files: effectivetds.com/resources/fx-education/tpdrop7Eloi Andaluz Fulla go over all new elements in Thinking Particles 6 Drop7 in 3ds max.In this example we will see all SPH improvements, Surfaceforce, and waterlevel.
Thinking Particles Drop 7 EffectiveTDs 2018-10-16 | TP 6 Drop 7 is available, with procedural booleans, VDBs toolset, New fluids, particle skinwrap and way more! Ask us anything on www.effectivetds.com/forum
Storm 0.2 / New version! EffectiveTDs 2018-10-07 | Storm-FX / Sand and liquid simulator: bit.ly/3NNwqu4We updated our Granular solver with a lot of new features, and we improved a lot what we had. Storm has been used in production in multiple studios, and we listen our customers adding, improving what we had to make it even faster, more fast and fun to work with.We also added Mac Os support!
Storm / Test EffectiveTDs 2018-09-12 | Testing upcoming Storm version.Try for free Storm: effectivetds.com/resources/fx-tools/stormOur granular solver in action. 4.5M polys for the deflector. 8.3M grains. Sim over a laptop.
Data visualization in Thinking Particles EffectiveTDs 2018-07-30 | Goran Pavles and Eloi Andaluz check all the possibilities for data visualization in Thinking Particles in 3dsmax.TP Debugger: effectivetds.com/resources/fx-tools/tp-debuggerForum: effectivetds.com/forumAll TP vs Houdini tutorials for free: effectivetds.com/course/houdini-vs-thinking-particles-fields
Data visualization in Houdini EffectiveTDs 2018-07-30 | Goran Pavles and Eloi Andaluz will go over data visualization in Houdini.All series Houdini vs Thinking Particles for free on: effectivetds.com/course/houdini-vs-thinking-particles-fields
Storm exports PRT/BIN/ABC EffectiveTDs 2018-06-27 | We created 3 files exports from Storm, so people can test the workflow with data generated with Storm.You can download this files here: effectivetds.com/resources/fx-tools/storm
Storm Tutorial Introduction EffectiveTDs 2018-06-23 | Introduction in to storm granular solver.Download for free storm: bit.ly/3NNwqu4
Storm // The granular solver EffectiveTDs 2018-06-23 | Storm is a complete independent tool to create all types of Granular simulations. Developed by Sebastian Schafer, and distributed by Effective TDs. You get a modern interface, very fast solver, supporting millions of particles on viewport, hypertrheaded calculations, and with possibilities to import and export to multiple softwares, to make sure we get every possible 3D app covered.Storm-FX / Sand and liquid simulator : bit.ly/3NNwqu4
3dsmax 2019- Over 12 Spline Tools overview EffectiveTDs 2018-05-28 | We will check some of the new spline tools and workflows in 3dsmax 2019. With Eloi AndaluzCheck our webpage: www.effectivetds.comAnd our forum: www.effectivetds.com/forumRazor: effectivetds.com/resources/fx-tools/razor
TP vs Houdini: Activate by mesh EffectiveTDs 2018-04-02 | On the TP vs HOU series, we have activation by Mesh on both softwares. Feel free to join our community www.effectivetds.com/forumFiles: effectivetds.com/resources/fx-education/houdini-vs-thinking-particles-fields
TP vs HOU: Bullet setup in Houdini EffectiveTDs 2018-03-24 | Goran Pavles and Eloi Andaluz Fulla, creating a bullet setup in Houdini and comparing it with Thinking Particles. Subscribe for the next ones!Files: effectivetds.com/resources/fx-education/houdini-vs-thinking-particles-fields
Thinking Particles vs Houdini: Setting up Bullet in TP EffectiveTDs 2018-03-20 | We keep with our face to face tutorials, now its the turn to see how we setup a bullet simulation in TP, on the next tutorial we will do the same in Houdini.
