Zenith: Fuel & Burning - tyFlow 2.010 Svetlin Nikolov 2026-09-28 | Zenith: Fuel & Burning - tyFlow 2.010
2 Months of Phoenix - October 2022 Svetlin Nikolov 2022-10-27 | Try Chaos Phoenix at http://www.chaos.com/try-phoenix-5This is an internal Phoenix event we do every 2 months. Today I'm showing everything that happened since 18 August 2022.Here you can find the nightly builds of Phoenix 5 which are open to every Phoenix client:nightlies.chaos.com/main#/phoenix5max/nightlynightlies.chaos.com/main#/phoenix5maya/nightlyHere is Georgi Zhekov's "5 Chaos Phoenix expert tips to make your archviz scenes amazing" blog post:chaos.com/blog/use-these-5-chaos-phoenix-expert-tips-to-make-your-archviz-scenes-amazingHere is Hammer Chen's latest "Cosmetic bottle with splash" written step-by-step tutorial:docs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAX/Cosmetic+bottle+with+splashYou can follow Hammer Chen's Instagram here:instagram.com/hammerbchenYou can find Slavina Nikolova's Maya rocket scene here:docs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAYA/Example+ScenesCory Holm's new Absorption examples are here:docs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAX/Render+Smoke+Opacitydocs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAX/Particle+Shader+%7C+PHXFoam... and here are Cory's two new blog posts:chaos.com/blog/the-complete-guide-to-chaos-phoenix-part-1-getting-to-know-dynamics-simulationchaos.com/blog/the-complete-guide-to-chaos-phoenix-part-2-under-the-hoodHere is Gerson Silveira's viscous liquid simulation:youtube.com/shorts/Ft3PnpOm8NYAnd here is Muhammad Nagy's beach waves simulation:youtu.be/kN15Nj4Gnb0As always, check our tutorials and example scenes here:docs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAX/Tutorialsdocs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAYA/Tutorialsdocs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAX/Example+Scenesdocs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAYA/Example+ScenesJoin the Phoenix Facebook group:facebook.com/groups/233735903483447►For more information about Chaos products, visit: chaos.com/official-website ►Subscribe: youtube.com/ChaosGroupTV to get useful tutorials and the latest updates from Chaos►Follow Chaos on Facebook: facebook.com/chaosgroup►On Instagram: instagram.com/chaosgroup
Chaos Phoenix 5.01.01 Nightly - Ballistic Particles Svetlin Nikolov 2022-09-02 | I am playing with a new particle type in the Fire/Smoke solver. Unlike Drag particles, the Ballistic particles are affected by gravity and also by the movement of the fluid. They don't have any particle-to-particle interaction, so they are very fast to simulate. This sim took 12 minutes for 200 frames on my 12 thread i7 CPU and has 5 million Ballistic particles and 12 million voxels. Oh, and the sim is done in Maya :)
Chaos Phoenix - Get in explosive shape! Svetlin Nikolov 2022-08-22 | Go, go, go, explosion! Keep going!This exercise is the bomb :)Just playing with deformers in the latest nightlies of Phoenix 5.01.01 :))
2 Months of Phoenix - August 2022 Svetlin Nikolov 2022-08-12 | Try Chaos Phoenix at http://www.chaos.com/try-phoenix-5This is an internal Phoenix event we do every 2 months. Today I'm showing everything that happened since 09 Jun 2022.Here you can find the nightly builds of Phoenix 5 which are open to every Phoenix client:nightlies.chaos.com/main#/phoenix5max/nightlynightlies.chaos.com/main#/phoenix5maya/nightlyHere is how to use the -unpackInstall option and run Phoenix from an arbitrary location:docs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAYA/Running+Phoenix+FD+from+an+Arbitrary+LocationIf you own a Phoenix perpetual licence, you can get the special 3-year offer at:my.chaos.com/productsThis is the long technical What's New video for Phoenix 5.01:youtu.be/4P551xgbCJQHere is Georgi's VDB import into Unreal video:youtu.be/SzpTYIVpMbgAnd this is Georgi's Chaos Campus Live Show appearance:facebook.com/groups/campusofchaos/posts/1081095002517427Here is the epic Phoenix Basics, part 2 video:youtu.be/nG1o9e7XrqMYou can follow Hammer Chen's Instagram here:instagram.com/hammerbchenAnd here is Hammer's Phoenix blog post about Condensation Rings:phoenixfd.blogspot.com/2022/07/nuclear-bomb-explosion-with.htmlAs always, check our tutorials and example scenes here:docs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAX/Tutorialsdocs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAYA/Tutorialsdocs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAX/Example+Scenesdocs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAYA/Example+ScenesJoin the Phoenix Facebook group:facebook.com/groups/233735903483447And also join the Chaos Campus facebook group here:facebook.com/groups/943654632928132►For more information about Chaos products, visit: chaos.com/official-website ►Subscribe: youtube.com/ChaosGroupTV to get useful tutorials and the latest updates from Chaos►Follow Chaos on Facebook: facebook.com/chaosgroup►On Instagram: instagram.com/chaosgroup
Chaos Phoenix 5.01 - Whats New: V-Ray 6 support and more Svetlin Nikolov 2022-07-19 | In this video, our Phoenix product specialist Georgi Zhekov and me go over all new features and improvements in the online changelog of Phoenix 5.01 and demonstrate how they work with super simple setups, also mentioning any useful information that we could think of.Try Chaos Phoenix at http://www.chaos.com/try-phoenix-50:00 - Introduction0:48 - New Phase Function for grid volumes for V-Ray CPU rendering of ultra realistic clouds10:42 - V-Ray 6 CPU Normals, Velocity, Multimatte and Cryptomatte render elements in Volumetric mode14:59 - Probabilistic Volumetrics options moved to V-Ray 6's settings and ON by default16:20 - Upgrading V-Ray to version 6 also needs a Phoenix reinstall!21:07 - Resimulation, Foam and Splash in the Standalone Simulator24:40 - Multimatte and VFB corrections for particles in V-Ray 627:03 - V-Ray 6 GPU rendering of Particle Shaders in Points mode31:50 - Emit Mist particles directly from Liquid Sources36:04 - Standalone Simulator Restore option36:56 - Grid Texture Render-time Only option in 3ds Max41:18 - Path Follow multispline support in 3ds Max45:33 - "Get Support" link in the Phoenix FD menu46:33 - Buffered Fluidity method sped up49:14 - Installing Phoenix 5 and V-Ray 6 in any orderNightly builds with all the latest features, improvements and fixes are available at:nightlies.chaos.com/#/phoenix5max/nightlynightlies.chaos.com/#/phoenix5maya/nightlyAs always, check our tutorials and example scenes here:docs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAX/Tutorialsdocs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAYA/Tutorialsdocs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAX/Example+Scenesdocs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAYA/Example+ScenesJoin the Facebook Phoenix group and show off your work and keep up with all the news: facebook.com/groups/233735903483447►For more information about our products, visit: chaos.com/official-website ►Subscribe: youtube.com/ChaosGroupTV to get useful tutorials and the latest updates from Chaos►Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/chaosgroup►On Instagram: instagram.com/chaosgroup
2 Months of Phoenix - June 2022 Svetlin Nikolov 2022-06-13 | Try Chaos Phoenix at http://www.chaos.com/try-phoenix-5This is an internal Phoenix event we do every 2 months. Today I'm showing everything that happened since 14 April 2022.Here you can find the nightly builds of Phoenix 5 which are open to every Phoenix client:nightlies.chaos.com/main#/phoenix5max/nightlynightlies.chaos.com/main#/phoenix5maya/nightlyHere is Phoenix 5.0's inspirational video:youtu.be/qJgMr58UtQEThis is the long technical overview of Phoenix 5.0:youtu.be/7tkC71E4kmAHere is the epic Phoenix Basics, part 1 video:youtu.be/LZpv4QdkCJUYou can follow Hammer Chen's Instagram here:instagram.com/hammerbchenAs always, check our tutorials and example scenes here:docs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAX/Tutorialsdocs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAYA/Tutorialsdocs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAX/Example+Scenesdocs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAYA/Example+ScenesJoin the Phoenix Facebook group:facebook.com/groups/233735903483447►For more information about Chaos products, visit: chaos.com/official-website ►Subscribe: youtube.com/ChaosGroupTV to get useful tutorials and the latest updates from Chaos►Follow Chaos on Facebook: facebook.com/chaosgroup►On Instagram: instagram.com/chaosgroup
Chaos Phoenix 5 - Whats New Svetlin Nikolov 2022-06-03 | In this video, me and our Phoenix product specialist Georgi Zhekov go over all new features and improvements in the online changelog of Phoenix 5.0 and demonstrate how they work with super simple setups, also mentioning any useful information that we could think of.Try Chaos Phoenix at http://www.chaos.com/try-phoenix-50:00 - Introduction1:20 - How to use the Thruster force, Axis lock and new Speedboat preset8:10 - New Ice cubes preset16:08 - New Stormy sea preset21:00 - Use Active bodies as birth volumes27:17 - Pick Active Bodies in node selectors31:14 - Use Active Bodies as emitters in Phoenix Sources38:28 - New Jet engine preset 39:53 - How to use Discharge modifiers42:16 - Improved Fire preset and how to use V-Ray GPU during Phoenix simulation46:00 - Phoenix Standalone Simulator52:24 - How to export and retime PRT files 1:01:04 - Improved foam patterns with New 'Size Variation' and 'Stringy' options1:15:50 - How to use the Voxel shader 1:25:00 - Use the 'Burn Smoke RGB' color option for coloring the smoke created by burning fuel 1:29:50 - 'Affect by Foam' option to the Active Body Solver that controls how strongly the Foam pushes the Active Bodies1:31:39 - Flatten particles near the Liquid Simulator's borders in Ocean Mesh mode1:36:01 - 'Color From RGB Channel' option allowing for coloring the rendered particles based on Phoenix's RGB channel much faster and without the need to plug a Particle Texture in the Color Map slot1:42:58 - Running the "phoenixfd.exe" command-line executable that simulates .simscene files exported from 3ds Max, similar to V-Ray Standalone.1:46:38 - Using the Mesh Preview inside the Phoenix Standalone Preview tool1:49:54 - Smoke Opacity modulated or replaced by textures will show in the viewport GPU Preview1:53:50 - Reduce or increase grid resolution with the cache_converter tool2:02:57 - Repeatedly increase the resolution using resimulation that overwrites the same cache sequence2:09:15 - Ocean Simulations with Adaptive Grid can now expand upwards without the ocean level changing2:13:13 - 'Collider Type' option in the Node Properties, allowing choice between fast or precise collision options2:16:44 - Sped up 2x frame blending with Time Bend controls2:20:22 - Show the sizes on storage of the different data chunks in AUR files in the Standalone Preview and Cache Converter2:21:24 - The Phoenix installer now associates the Phoenix Previewer as default program for opening AUR, VDB, F3D and PRT files2:23:10 - 'Log Verbosity' option in the Phoenix Preferences that has these levels: Debug, Info, Important, Warnings and Errors. Low res simulations can be 10% faster in 'Important' compared to 'Debug'2:24:38 - Improved Ocean preset 2:25:18 - Selecting channels that are not available in the entire cache sequence in the Color From Particle Channel box2:27:09 - Texture slot for Surface channel by Texture in the Liquid Simulator2:29:05 - Using Chaos Cosmos assets in Phoenix simulations.As always, check our tutorials and example scenes here:docs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAX/Tutorialsdocs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAYA/Tutorialsdocs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAX/Example+Scenesdocs.chaos.com/display/PHX4MAYA/Example+ScenesJoin the Facebook Phoenix group and show off your work and keep up with all the news: facebook.com/groups/233735903483447►For more information about our products, visit: chaos.com/official-website ►Subscribe: youtube.com/ChaosGroupTV to get useful tutorials and the latest updates from Chaos►Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/chaosgroup►On Instagram: instagram.com/chaosgroup
Chaos Phoenix 5 - Foam Patterns with B2B Interaction Svetlin Nikolov 2022-05-08 | Another test, this time adding more volume to the foam by using B2B Interaction
Chaos Phoenix 5 - more diverse Foam Patterns Svetlin Nikolov 2022-05-08 | Phoenix foam patterns were boring and uniform for a long time, so I am plying with a couple new options to make them more interesting.
Chaos Phoenix 5 - Standalone Simulator Svetlin Nikolov 2022-05-04 | Here is a teaser of something new I've been working on.
Chaos Phoenix + V-Ray Distance Texture merging of meshes Svetlin Nikolov 2022-04-08 | I am using Phoenix's mesher and a VRayDistanceTexture to inflate, merge and smooth geometries into a single mesh.
Chaos Phoenix 4.41.02 Nightly - Cached Velocity as Fluid Force Svetlin Nikolov 2021-10-28 | Using a Mapper together with a Grid Texture to extract the velocity of a loaded cache sequence and use that as a force driving another Phoenix simulation.I am using nightly build 31068 from 27 Oct 2021 which you can download from here:nightlies.chaosgroup.com/#/phoenix4max/nightly/20211027
Chaos Phoenix 4.41.02 Nightly - Phoenix Previewer meshing Svetlin Nikolov 2021-10-14 | Now the Phoenix Standalone Preview has the ability to mesh cache files and also the Phoenix installer can associate AUR, VDB, F3D and PRT cache files with the standalone previewer so under Windows you can just double click them and they would open.I am using nightly build 31034 from 14 Oct 2021 which you can download from here: nightlies.chaosgroup.com/#/phoenix4maya/nightly
Chaos Phoenix 4.41.02 Nightly - Combine Cascade Liquids Svetlin Nikolov 2021-10-05 | Using the Particle Texture setup from this video, I am merging the two separate meshes in a cascade simulation into one: youtube.com/watch?v=ETl6CjvWFDcI am using nightly build 31015 from 5 Oct 2021 which you can download from here: nightlies.chaosgroup.com/#/phoenix4max/nightly
Chaos Phoenix 4.41.02 Nightly - Merge Particle Systems Into One Mesh Svetlin Nikolov 2021-10-05 | Since nightly 31015 from 5 Oct 2021 you can use several Phoenix Particle Texture and combine them using a 3ds Max Composite Map in order to get one single Phoenix mesh out of them.In this video I'm also showing you how to turn the Phoenix wetmap into a mesh.You can get the nightly builds from here: nightlies.chaosgroup.com/#/phoenix4max/nightly
Chaos Phoenix 4.41.02 Nightly - Mesh ANY Particle System Svetlin Nikolov 2021-08-06 | Since nightly 30925 you can use the Phoenix Particle Texture to read data from Phoenix, particle flow, tyFlow, thinkingParticles, Krakatoa or any other 3ds Max particle system and then turn it into a Phoenix mesh.You can get the nightly builds from here: nightlies.chaosgroup.com/#/phoenix4max/nightly
Chaos Phoenix 4.41 Quick Tutorial - Creating colored smoke by burning Fuel Svetlin Nikolov 2021-07-02 | This is a quick demo of how the Fuel channels can carry the RGB color from a Source so when the Fuel is set on fire, the produced smoke is colored with this RGB.
Chaos Phoenix 4.41 Quick Tutorial - Affect one Liquid Source with a Force Svetlin Nikolov 2021-06-30 | Here I am using a Particle Tuner to affect only those liquid particles that use a certain color. This way a Path Follow force can affect only the particles created by one liquid Source and not those from another Sourcel.
Chaos Phoenix 4 Quick Tutorial - Igniting a Fuel Trail Svetlin Nikolov 2021-06-24 | Here is a quick demo of how Fuel and Burning work in Phoenix :)
RE-RECORD: Chaos Phoenix 4.41.02 Nightly - PRT import into the Simulator Svetlin Nikolov 2021-06-24 | Since the 17 Jun 2021 nightlies here nightlies.chaosgroup.com, you can:- Use PRT data with the preview auto reduction, preview coloring by velocity, age, etc, slice preview- Use Time Bend controls to change the playback speed or animate the playback of PRTs- Plug the PRT particles into a particle texture - it does not support the PRT Reader node so far- PRT import in Maya was not possible so far - no PRT Reader there yet- Flip Y/Z axes of the PRT particles- Cache info box with particle numbers and supported channels- The standalone preview can show PRT as well and now you can associate it with PRT caches under Windows as well- The cache converter can convert from PRT to AUR and VDB
Chaos Phoenix 4.41.01 Nightly - Separate Liquid Resim Output Svetlin Nikolov 2021-06-03 | Since the 3 Jun 2021 nightlies (on nightlies.chaosgroup.com), Phoenix is able to write separate resimulation cache sequences and no longer overwrites the same cache files every time you resimulate.
Chaos Phoenix 4.41.01 Nightly - Infinite Upres of Fire/Smoke Svetlin Nikolov 2021-06-02 | A couple new things related to Resimulation in the Phoenix nightlies from 2 Jun 2021 - make sure to grab that nightly or newer one from nightlies.chaosgroup.com
Chaos Phoenix 4 - Cache Converter command line tool Svetlin Nikolov 2021-05-20 | Here is a quick demo of how to use the cache converter tool of Phoenix for converting aur to vdb cache sequences. You can find out more about this tool here: docs.chaosgroup.com/display/PHX4MAX/Cache+Converter
Chaos Phoenix 4 - Force Preview Svetlin Nikolov 2021-05-12 | Phoenix 4 has a handy preview you can use to quickly see the effect of forces on the simulation without the need to simulate :)It works with Phoenix forces, 3ds Max forces, and Maya fields. It can also show the combined effect from multiple forces.
V-Ray 5 for Cinema 4D - VolumeGrid Svetlin Nikolov 2020-12-10 | Initial version of the VolumeGrid for Cinema 4D from today's nightlies (some things are not in the official release); And there are still a few features missing and a lot to improve.
Phoenix FD 4.30.01 Nightly - Active Bodies Mutual Interaction Svetlin Nikolov 2020-12-09 | In the Phoenix nightlies for 3ds Max and Maya since 03 December 2020 we added mutual collisions between Active Bodies :)
Phoenix FD 4.30.01 Nightly - Massive Wave Force Svetlin Nikolov 2020-11-13 | Here's a workflow for setting up a simulation of a tunnel wave.Also showing off the new Massive Wave Force:- It allows you to simulate waves that perfectly match the Ocean Texture;- It can affect not just liquid, but foam/splash as well, and even smoke;- It works over the entire volume of the simulator in order to be able to produce tall waves - the old one worked only under the Fillup Level;- It will not cap the ocean Level Of Detail to 6 anymore - you can choose any number that suites you
Phoenix FD 4.30.01 nightly - Boiling Water Svetlin Nikolov 2020-10-21 | Here is a simple particle driven setup for creating underwater bubbles and boiling liquid surface with Phoenix FD 4. You need a nightly build from 19 Oct 2020 or newer in order to simulate this.
Phoenix FD 4.30.01 nightly - new Burning Fuel preset Svetlin Nikolov 2020-09-30 | We updated the Burning Fuel toolbar Quick Setup preset with a nicer one :) The simulation and shading options are based on Hammer Chen's blog here: phoenixfd.cgrecord.net/2020/09/large-scale-fire-with-phoenix-fd.htmlOn the left you can see the old one, and on the right is the new preset.Simulated and rendered on a 12-thread i7 6800K @ 3.40 GHz, with 64 gigs of RAM. The new preset both simulates and renders faster than the old one:- Simulation of 180 frames took 5 minutes;- V-Ray 5 Rendering is shown in the video - no GI, Bucket Sampler with Min shading rate = 6, and disabled Max subdivs; Rendered in 3 hours 20 minutes at 1080p.
Phoenix FD 4.30.01 nightly - Gasoline explosion fire shading by Fuel Svetlin Nikolov 2020-09-27 | Changed the shading from based on Temperature to based on the Fuel channel.Here is the Temperature shading for comparison: youtube.com/watch?v=UZan7Ge8QrQ
Phoenix FD 4.30 nightly Request Tut - Burning Melting Liquid Svetlin Nikolov 2020-09-24 | This low res setup demonstrates how you can create a liquid simulation where a viscous liquid block gets melted by a stream of thin liquid. And then, using a second simulator, you can set on fire only the viscous, or only the non-viscous liquid.
Phoenix FD 4.20 nightly - Particle Preview Displacement Svetlin Nikolov 2020-08-28 | We've had this in Maya for a long time and just ported it to 3ds Max as of nightly build 30298: nightlies.chaosgroup.com/main#/phoenix4max/nightlyThis is a demo of how the particles get displaced in the viewport preview the way the displacement would affect them if they are rendered using a Particle Shader with a Liquid Simulator connected.
Phoenix FD 4.20 nightly Request Tut - Wheel on Water Svetlin Nikolov 2020-08-16 | Here is a demonstration of how to use Motion Velocity in combination with Volume Brush to create an effect of liquid being thrown off a spinning wheel. It's building up from a demo on Solid/Non-Solid, Volume Brush, and Motion Velocity for translating and rotating objects.Volume Brush Motion Velocity for the FLIP Liquid solver is only available since the Phoenix FD 4.20 nightlies from 16 August 2020 onward: nightlies.chaosgroup.com/#/phoenix4max/nightly
Phoenix FD 4.20 nightly - Voxel Force Tuning Svetlin Nikolov 2020-06-30 | Another setup using the new ability of Voxel and Particle Tuners to affect the fluid with forces based on conditions.
Phoenix FD 4.20 nightly - Particle Force Tuning Svetlin Nikolov 2020-06-24 | Playing with the Particle Tuner and its new ability to affect the simulation with forces based on Tuner conditions.
Phoenix FD - Velocity Streamline Preview in Maya Svetlin Nikolov 2020-04-29 | Ported from the Phoenix Standalone Preview app into Phoenix 4.10.02, nightly 30035
Phoenix FD - Soft fill geometry with Smoke at render time, or at simulation time Svetlin Nikolov 2020-02-17 | Here are two workflows in Phoenix for Maya that directly translate to 3ds Max as well: Using the V-Ray Distance Texture as an opacity mask for render-time smoke opacity with falloff, and as a discharge mask for a Volume Brush Source so you can simulate it and affect it with any forces.
Phoenix FD - Honey bubbles using Count Multiplier Svetlin Nikolov 2020-01-22 | This setup is simulated with Phoenix FD 4.0's Honey quick setup toolbar preset without any changes to the simulation settings.The Liquid particles are picked into a Particle Shader in Bubbles mode and the Count Multiplier is used to reduce the number of bubbles. Size variation can be used to make some bubbles larger or smaller for a more interesting result. The Liquid particle IDs must be simulated so that the Count Multiplier would look well in animation and will always remove the same particles.
Phoenix FD 4.0 Quick Tutorial - Melting Candle using a Particle Tuner Svetlin Nikolov 2019-12-18 | In this setup the viscosity is reduced by a Particle Tuner based on the distance to a geometry.Once the viscosity is reduced, another Particle Tuner starts gradually increasing it so it would solidify again.The scene scale is exaggerated and the simulator is 1 meter tall for demonstration purpose - if you decrease the simulator scale, the viscosity effect will be reduced, so you can compensate by increasing the Steps per Frame.
Phoenix FD 4.0 Quick Tutorial - Separate Matte for different Sources with V-Ray for Maya Svetlin Nikolov 2019-12-17 | Here is a quick way to have fluid emitted from different sources in the same simulator appear as different matte objects in V-Ray rendering. The sources emit fluid with different RGB color and a Grid Texture reads it and feeds it into a V-Ray ExtraTex render element. The Phoenix Simulator must be in Volumetric Geometry render mode in order for this to work.
Phoenix FD 3.99 Active Bodies boat Svetlin Nikolov 2019-09-17 | A test with an animated active body following a path and floating over the Phoenix fluid simulation.
Phoenix FD 3 Surface Texture Svetlin Nikolov 2018-12-12 | A short demo of one of Phoenix's lesser known functions. Note that the Isosurface mode can be rendered only on CPU with V-Ray.
Phoenix FD 3.05 - Effervescent Tablet Svetlin Nikolov 2017-12-10 | An example scene for Maya prepared by our team :) Scene file and short info available here: docs.chaosgroup.com/display/PHX3MAYA/Example+Scenes#ExampleScenes-EffervescentTablet
Phoenix FD 3.05 - new Precise Tracing for retiming simulated sequences Svetlin Nikolov 2017-11-14 | These are toolbar presets with Play Speed of 0.1, retimed after the simulation using the playback settings in the Input rollout.The new Precise Tracing method works well for very low play speed and produces less fire flicker than the Interpolation and Velocity methods. The Interpolation method produces visible pulsations, while the Velocity method produces uneven movement of plumes.Still it's better to use Time-Bend resimulation for sequences with moving emitters or more chaotic velocity fields.
Phoenix FD 3.04 Quick Tutorial - Mixing Smoke Colors Svetlin Nikolov 2017-11-12 | Here is how easy you can mix colored smoke in the same simulator or emit varying colors from the same source :)The important steps are:- enable Grid RGB in the Output rollout of the Simulator- enable RGB in the Source- set Based on for the Smoke Color to RGB form the Simulator's Volumetric OptionsYou can also emit RGB from a texture in the Source.
Phoenix FD 3.04 Quick Tutorial - Discharge Modifier by Speed Svetlin Nikolov 2017-11-12 | Here is how to set up a discharge modifier which emits denser smoke when the emitting voxel moves faster. This way different parts of the same emitting geometry can emit different amounts of smoke depending on how fast their movement is.Here are more examples of the Discharge Modifiers: docs.chaosgroup.com/display/PHX3MAX/Discharge+Modifiers#DischargeModifiers-Example:DiagramUsage
