Post Description

Learn to render realistic bodies of water such as ponds and oceans and underwater shots with Maya—essential skills in a visual effects artist's toolkit. In this course, Aaron F. Ross shows how to work with the Fluid node attributes, control the simulation quality, make collisions that mimic surface wake or waves, float objects, and improve the realism of your scenes with shaders and reflectivity.

Topics include:

    Simulating convincing surfaces of water and other liquids
    Creating dynamic ripples with fluid pond and wake emitters
    Testing simulations with interactive playback
    Rendering water surfaces
    Controlling render tessellation
    Floating objects dynamically
    Rendering an underwater scene