Vue Infinite: Advanced Effects - Fire


Want to light stuff on fire?


Well, now you can learn to do just that, at the safety of your own workstation, with Vue´s powerful volumetric materials!

Master of Vue Infinite, Instructor Nicholas Pellegrino,
will show you how to use Vue 6 Infinite / XStream to create realistic fire effects.

Almost 3 1/2 hours of in-depth training!


Course Objectives

* Learn to shape your fire with existing Vue tools, no imported objects or images needed
* Learn to create simple and quick rendering fire, or highly complex turbulent materials
* Explore various functions and filter nodes, to create a variety of effects and shapes
* Use turbulence to add detail and realism to your overall materials, and learn to animate their effects over time
* Learn to save your custom materials with animation included, and use them over and over again
* Learn how you can adjust the size of your effect to match any size object

* Learn the difference between vector origin driven animation, and keyframe animation
* Use the two together to create the perfect pyrotechnic effect
* Create custom animation sequences and pre-rendered effects, for quick render times
* Map the sequence to billboards and learn to correctly connect alphas

All that and more, with over three hours of Vue pyrotechnic training!!!

Includes Scene Files, Renders, and Material Presets!


Sample Animations:  Click on the thumbnails below to watch videos of some of the effects you will learn
to create in this tutorial:

QuickTime 7, QuickTime Alternative, or VLC Player are required to watch the videos.

Includes an HTML Autorun Menu UI for easy navigation through the tutorial.

 Run Time: 209 Minutes
Tutorial videos are 1245 x 700 pixel resolution.

Tutorial Presented in the QuickTime 7 H.264 Format
 

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