Phoenix Advanced Large-Scale Water FX Course by RedefineFX Information

Phoenix Advanced Large-Scale Water FX Course by RedefineFX by Jesse Pitela is a specialized training program focused on creating realistic, large-scale water simulations using Phoenix FD in 3ds Max.

Master Massive Water FX Simulations with Splash & Foam in 3Ds Max

YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO:

• Create large water simulations from ship wakes to rivers & waterfalls
• Add realistic splash, foam, & mist and learn how to control them
• Extend your base water sim seamlessly into an infinite ocean
• Discover new features in Phoenix FD 4
• Optimize and speed up your simulations & rendering
• Add Wet-maps to make objects appear wet when water touches them (e.g. beach sand)
• Use V-ray sun for realistic daylight lighting
• Setup a nice ocean water shader

Why this course?

I made the course I wish had existed when I started learning Phoenix FD. If I could go back, I would take a course like this in a heartbeat, instead of spending the last few months figuring out how to do all of these effects through trial and error. Change a setting, run the sim, see how it works, repeat. Over and over, until I learned:

• exactly how this plugin works
• what each and every setting does & how it influences the simulation
• the common rookie mistakes & pitfalls to avoid
• how to stop my simulations from taking forever to run
• why it’s taking days to render instead of hours
• why the foam is flickering and/or disappearing
• why the ship isn’t interacting with the water as expected

What will I get from this course?

Go from enthusiast to PRO at setting up your own high-quality water simulations. Level up your reel and portfolio, wow your clients with premium visuals & start charging more for your work today. The transformation you will go through as you take the course will give you the tools and confidence to set-up a variety of unique water simulations for your own reel, give you very cool stuff to post on Instagram, wow your friends and take your work to a whole new level.

Why this skillset?

There are so many opportunities and so few people that can do this type of work, some examples include:

• Music videos & VFX for films and TV shows
• Concert visuals & Tradeshow displays
• Documentaries
• The shipping & oil industries
• Luxury product videos (yachts, ships)
• Waterproof products
• Commercials involving water, such as roofs, basement flood protection, rain guards…)
• and much more

Why RedefineFX?

RedefineFX is not only a Chaos Group Certified Training Center, we are the first-ever, and currently the only, institution authorized to teach Phoenix FD. We teach over 27,000 people online how to go from beginner to pro at creating high-end visual effects.

What You’ll Learn In Phoenix Advanced Large-Scale Water FX Course by RedefineFX?

Advanced Large-Scale Water FX Course by RedefineFX

• Hello & Introduction to The Course (2:45)
• Project Files – Where are they? (0:46)
• Introduction to Phoenix FD (7:45)
• My #1 Hardware Recommendation for Faster Simulations (5:55)
• How to Create an Infinite Ocean with Realistic Sun Lighting (10:02)
• Splash & Foam General Overview (16:57)
• 3 Pillars of a Realistic Water Sim & Understanding the Importance of Scale (6:40)
• Seaplane Landing – Animation & Calculating Correct Speed (8:43)
• Water Simulation Settings – In-Depth Overview & Seaplane Setup (16:50)
• Tweaking Foam Particle Amounts for an Optimized Simulation (16:51)
• Understanding Splash & Mist (14:48)
• Rendering Splash & Foam particles using the Particle Shader (16:35)
• Quick Tip: Adding Underwater Terrain to Seaplane Scene (3:19)
• Submarine Breach: Optimizing the Model, Seting up Scale, Speed, Ocean Level, Motion Velocity Effect (19:40)
• Submarine Breach: Water Settings, Foam Patterns, Steps per Frame, Rendering Tab (28:06)
• Quick Tip: Emitting Liquid out of Submarine Body for Additional Liquid Detail (2:21)
• Submarine Breach: Rendering Splash & Foam Particles (7:47)
• How to Emit Additional Splash & Foam Separately to Add Detail Where Needed (8:14)
• Ballistic Missile Launch (15:10)
• Quick Tip: Adding a Realistic Sky Background to Your Infinite Ocean (5:08)
• Mountain River (17:03)
• Basement Flood & Wetting! (9:21)
• Ocean Inside of an Object (4:30)
• Waterfall – Splash by Free Fly (9:14)
• Animal Walking Through Water with Realistic Ripples (2:52)
• Person Falling into a Pool (4:58)
• Fountain for Archviz – Rendering Liquid as Foam (6:05)
• Aircraft Carrier Ship Wake (10:53)
• Quick Tip: How to Fill an Object with Foam or Splash (3:01)
• Yacht Ship Wake (7:28)
• Spaceship Rising from Ocean (7:37)
• BONUS: Repulsive Force (2:38)
• Car Water Tokyo Drift (5:34)
• Sully – Emergency Airplane Water Landing (5:43)
• Rolling Wave Beach Setup (14:41)
• Beach Scene with Realistic Waves (4:51)
• BONUS: tyFlow Introduction & Statue Collapse into Ocean (9:56)
• BONUS: Add Foam Caps to Crests of Waves using Phoenix Foam Texture (4:10)
• New to Phoenix 4: Particle Tuner Overview (6:40)
• New to Phoenix 4: Active Bodies Basic Overview (10:54)
• tyFlow Fluid PhysX Operator! (13:17)
• tyFlow Fluid PhysX Operator – Wall Destruction (5:07)
• New to Phoenix 4: UVW (0:56)
• BONUS: Introduction for Fire & Smoke – Ballistic Rocket Launch (10:48)
• Thank You, Here’s What’s NEXT! (1:03)
• tyFlow Deepdive $100 OFF

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