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TOTAL DURATION: 4h 20m
Urban Bradesko teaches how to create explosions and fire simulations using the GPU-based Axiom solver. Take an in-depth look into all the techniques used to create professional quality results.
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Learn the fundamentals and discover exciting features like customizable Axiom Source shapes, dynamic parameter control for density, temperature, and pressure. Dive into advanced techniques including transformation, noise manipulation, and influence forces for mesmerizing effects.
Learn how to create custom emitters and unleash your creativity in Axiom simulations. Discover the process of grid scattering points and adding noise to temperature and density fields for unique effects. Explore the versatility of the Pyro burst source and master the art of shaping fields and igniting combustion. Gain valuable insights into Axiom's naming conventions and understand how to fine-tune parameters for precise control over explosive behavior.
Explore the exciting world of explosive effects. Learn how to create stunning explosions by utilizing grid-based emitters, adjusting start frames, and manipulating temperature. Discover techniques for controlling dissipation and creating trails in separate simulations. Gain valuable insights into fine-tuning your explosions and achieving realistic results.
Explore the exciting world of creating explosive simulations. Learn how to generate multiple explosions using curve drawing techniques, adjust start frames and patterns for dynamic effects, and optimize your workflow through resampling and caching. Discover the versatility of spiral bursts and the artistry of controlling masks and disturbances. Enhance your simulations with fire, scatter, debris, and camera shake for stunning visual results.
With this lesson we delve deeper into the intricacies of simulating realistic collisions using Axiom. This hands-on session covers both the basic and advanced collision setups, including the application of pressure for enhanced precision and detail. Learn how to transform and rotate objects through the air, creating stunning visual effects. Discover the technique of multiplying pressure with speed to achieve natural motion.
Discover how to address snappiness issues that can arise during collisions by leveraging volume sampling and signed distance fields (SDF). Our expert instructors will guide you through the process of storing collider samples in SDFs and effectively multiplying density to eliminate snappiness.
In this session, we delve into the creation of sophisticated influence forces using custom velocity guides. Learn how to manipulate forces for various scenarios, such as tornadoes or magical effects, by directing them to your will. Discover the step-by-step process of creating a vector field flowing along a curve and visualizing it with particles or volume trails. Explore advanced techniques like point cloud filtering, cross products, and force mixing to gain full control over your velocity field. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your skills in creating captivating and dynamic effects!
This engaging session explores the fascinating world of color and demonstrates the process of ink droplets combining and merging. Learn how to set color attributes, utilize VDB from polygons, and visualize the effects using pyro bake volume and smoke color. Discover techniques to control color dissipation and diffusion, creating stunning color variations. The workshop also showcases an exciting example of explosions with different colored emitters, illustrating the dynamic nature of color in this context.
In this session, we will delve into the often overlooked yet crucial settings that can greatly impact your simulations. Discover how to optimize output and adjust levels in your simulation using the "sparse" setting. Explore activation fields, value thresholds, and scale to fine-tune your results. Learn how to enable/disable specific exports such as temperature and velocity for greater control. We'll also cover solver precision, volume limits, and projection steps to enhance performance and accuracy.
Fuel Burning Gas Explosion and learn how to create stunning gasoline explosions and fireball effects. This hands-on session takes you step by step through the process, from emitting gasoline particles to simulating combustion. Discover the secrets behind designing your own emitters for full control and organic results. Explore techniques such as velocity manipulation, turbulence application, and attraction weight adjustments to achieve realistic and captivating explosions.
Discover efficient techniques, including pre and post render scripts, shared by the experienced CG Dingo. The workshop covers Python code examples for simplifying the caching process and provides insights into manual alternatives. Additionally, you'll gain knowledge on exporting high-quality previews using the "info sub" by Paul Villa.
Dive into the fascinating world of simulations with the renowned "One Minute Explosion" demonstration. Experience the intricate details and organic shapes generated in just under a minute. Test your skills using the ultimate Axiom benchmark file, featuring an advanced emitter with over 7 million voxels. Discover how Axiom handles massive emitters and unleash the power of your GPU to achieve unbeatable simulation speeds. Compare high-resolution and low-resolution versions to understand the impact of emitter shaping values.
This hands-on session will cover techniques for simulating candle flames and a mesmerizing blue leading edge flame. The workshop instructor will guide you through the process of using fuel as a mask to achieve an invisible flame effect, adapting methods from renowned artist Attila's pyro setup. Gain insights into setting up burn temperature and velocity, adding noise to temperature, and utilizing burn as fuel. Discover the key steps for achieving smokeless flames by manipulating mask fields and sparse fields. Additionally, you will learn how to control the appearance and location of the blue flame through various techniques such as erosion, blurring, and multiplication.
Discover the art of creating dynamic gasoline explosions with shock waves, as our expert guide demonstrates techniques using Pyro burst and Power Burst sources. Learn to manipulate density, pressure, and temperature to achieve stunning visual effects. Dive into the intricacies of the pressure field and explore the fascinating shapes that emerge. Unleash your creativity by animating turbulence values and breaking up uniform shapes.
In this hands-on session, we will explore the creation of pressurized explosions and smoke simulations using Axiom software. Learn how to achieve a fresh and realistic look for your effects. Discover the power of colliders in driving explosive forces and pushing everything outward. Gain insights into using pressure and fuel to create dynamic and visually stunning simulations.
Master advanced collision techniques for dealing with complex geometry and challenging collider objects. Learn pro tips on simplifying colliders, retaining speed in collisions, and achieving accurate results through influence and pressure. Discover how to optimize colliders and emitters for faster simulations. Explore the fascinating world of wrapping velocities using VDB project on the divergent.
Time Scale (Slow-Motion) where we delve into the intricacies of time scaling in simulations. Discover how time scale serves as a multiplier, allowing you to achieve stunning slow-motion effects or exaggerated movements. Learn how to appropriately scale forces, velocities, and other parameters to maintain accurate calculations. Explore the impact of time scale on solver frame step and time step, and gain insights into adjusting turbulence, wind, and other velocity-related elements. Uncover the nuances of time scaling in combustion settings and how to prevent flickering in slow-motion simulations.
Fire with Axiom! In this workshop, we will delve into the fascinating world of fire rendering. Discover the techniques behind creating realistic and captivating fire effects using Axiom. Our expert instructor will guide you through the process of adjusting source ranges, creating shaders with curves, and incorporating flicks to enhance the visual impact. Learn how to manipulate density, temperature, and velocity fields to bring your fire simulations to life.
We will explore the techniques to create captivating slow-motion fire effects. Learn how to optimize your time scale settings for better results and avoid flickering. Discover the key adjustments needed for achieving the desired slow-motion effect and explore different parameters to control the fire's behavior. Gain insights into manipulating density, fuel, and temperature fields to create realistic fire simulations.
Discover the power of wedging in creating versatile assets. Learn how to efficiently generate variations using Axiom, with a focus on the example of Cannon Fire and its multiple cannons. Gain insights into merging and simulating wedges, customizing attributes like turbulence and length, and optimizing resource usage. Whether you're new to wedging or want to enhance your old-school techniques, this workshop offers valuable techniques for creating diverse assets efficiently.
Discover how to adjust density levels and ambient shadows to achieve appealing voxel aesthetics. Explore the Skylight feature for enhancing lighting effects. Additionally, find out how to optimize resolution limits to prevent blocky voxel appearances. Unlock the secrets to achieving a fresh and captivating look for your voxels in Axiom.
Urban will guide you through modifying colliders and emitting particles to achieve a realistic spherical shape. He will demonstrate the use of a pyro burst source to add dynamic variation and a more visually appealing silhouette. While the workshop focuses on low-resolution simulations, you'll gain insights on enhancing the effect with sparks and fire.
Shape Preservation, where we explore the challenges of maintaining shape and pressure consistency in simulations at different resolutions. Discover how Axiom handles resolution changes and preserves shapes effectively. Through practical examples and demonstrations, learn how Axiom strives to maintain the integrity of shapes and pressure between different resolutions. Gain insights into the factors that influence shape preservation and explore scenarios where Axiom excels and others where it performs moderately.
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AlfredoSMC 1 year, 8 months ago |
hello, does it support windows?
AlfredoSMC 1 year, 6 months ago |
Thank you Matt, I installed AXIOM and now I am dedicate myself to studying all this that you are teaching.
olumedes 7 months, 2 weeks ago |
thanks man
jo970197 1 month ago |
thanks
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