Special Effects

This section covers a range of effects you may encounter in your everyday life, such as simple cigarette smoke, water from an opened fire hydrant, fog effects — even tumbling down a set of stairs! You will learn how to use particle systems with space warps, add environment and lens effects, as well as create many simulations using the reactor toolset.

Features Covered in This Section

Creating particle systems.
Using forces and space warps.
Emitting particles from geometry.
Using materials with particles.
Creating and manipulating a camera viewport.
Using different lens effects.
Setting up a volume light.
Creating fog.
Creating rigid body collections.
Creating simulations with reactor.
Setting physical properties for objects in simulation.
Using Hinge and Rag Doll constraints.

Tutorials in This Section

Non-Event-Driven Particle Systems

Working with Particle Flow

Creating the Sun with a Lens Flare

Creating and Animating a Flying Logo

Introduction to reactor

Rag Doll Tutorial

Controlling Foliage with MAXScript

Topics in this section