tyFlow Basecamp: A Beginner 3D Simulation Course by RedefineFX Information

This is the course I wish had existed when I first started learning tyFlow. It would have saved me so much time and frustration of figuring all this stuff out by myself. Good news is that it exists now (finally), so you can take the shortcut and get there much faster. It’s designed to get you up & running with tyFlow quickly and covers the main pillars of what this powerful plugin can offer, including 40+ videos on particles, cloth simulations, destruction, forces, modifiers, splines and much more. The many practical examples will provide guidance & inspiration so you can start making your own particle & dynamic FX after just a few lessons.

tyFlow can be very overwhelming (or really, really fun)

When you first open tyFlow and begin looking through the 130+ operators (all of which come with their own set of settings), 10+ modifiers and tyFlow helpers, it can seem like a massive challenge to create anything cool – “where do I even start?”. It can be a lot, UNLESS you have someone break it down, simplify it, and teach it in a way that makes sense.

So you can skip all the painful trial & error of figuring it all out by yourself, piecing the puzzle together from random tutorials, and asking people in Facebook comments for their project files. Because under the right guidance, tyFlow can be the most fun you’ll ever have in 3Ds Max. Once you understand how it all fits together and how to use the various operators, you’ll have so many unique ideas for very cool FX, and you’ll realize that “yeah, I think I can do this!”

Create a Variety of Portfolio-ready 3D Motion Design & Dynamic Effects

• Get a full & complete introduction to tyFlow
• Learn the basics of every main pillar of what tyFlow can do, including:
• Generating & controlling particles, art-directing particle behavior using various operators & forces, such as path follow, wind, turbulence & much more
• CUDA cloth simulations & cloth tearing FX
• Fracturing & destruction dynamic simulations
• Particle physics, sand simulations, snow, & other grains
• Splines – spline paths, trails, etc.
• Abstract effects & meshing particles with tyMesher
• tyFlow modifiers including tySelect, tyExtrude, tySplines, & tyCarve
• Learn from a Chaos Group Authorized Instructor, award-winning 3D artist & an experienced course creator
• Learn to understand tyFlow to the point where you’ll confidently build your own flows & effects

What You’ll Learn In tyFlow Basecamp: A Beginner 3D Simulation Course by RedefineFX?

Chapter 01: Intro to tyFlow

• tyFlow interface
• Main settings
• Building simple flows
• Basic rendering, materials
• tyPreview

Chapter 02: Getting Familiar with tyFlow Operators

• Birth operators
• Speed, scale, tyIcon, position object, spawn
• Most used operators overview
• PhysX simulations
• Voxelization
• tyFlow helpers

Chapter 03: Cloth Simulations

• Intro to Cloth simulations
• Influencing cloth with forces
• Attaching cloth to objects
• Cloth Tearing
• Weakness map tearing
• Cloth Inflation

Chapter 04: Fracturing & Destruction

• Fracturing basics, brick, voronoi
• Simple destruction
• PhysX binds
• Setting destruction rules & conditions
• Materials IDs
• tyCache, Retiming, tyCarve modifier

Chapter 05: Splines, Paths, Trails, Ropes

• tySplines overview
• Plexus, spline paths
• Dynamic strings
• PhysX ropes / cables

Chapter 06: Grains, Sand, Snow, tyMesher

• binding particles
• sand simulation
• grains, snow
• meshing particles with tyMesher
• growth FX

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