Turbo Squid FumeFX Essentials & Advanced

This 3.5 hour training course is perfect for new users who want to get up speed quickly with the sophisticated FumeFX plug-in, as well as for intermediate users who want to tweak their effects for astonishing results. Sample files are included so you can dissect or modify them later to achieve an even deeper understanding of this plug-in technology.

Course outline:

Project 1: Getting Started
Total Running Time: 34:58

Project 2: Campfire
Total Running Time: 57:17

Project 3: Magic Cauldron Part 1
Total Running Time: 17:33

Project 4: Magic Cauldron Part 2
Total Running Time: 14:43

Project 5: Breaking Ground
Total Running Time: 11:33

Project 6: Burning Paper
Total Running Time: 30:01

Project 7: Explosion
Total Running Time: 19:55

Project 8: Adding Fuel
Total Running Time: 29.25


The sequel to the highly acclaimed Fume FX: Essentials, which is has made its way into practically every major visual effects studio around the world as their primary resource for fluids and Fume FX, as well as utilized during the development of many big Hollywood visual effects films. With over 10,000 units sold, this makes the Fume FX: Essentials the most popular fluids training resource for 3D Studio Max in the world!

Just released, the new and highly anticipated Fume FX: Advanced, focuses on covering many of the advanced subjects for fluid simulations, creating photo realistic Fire and smoke, and massive explosions that rival most real explosions and stock footage. This DVD prepares both intermediate and professionals alike, for tackling the most difficult of visual effects shots, with confidence and solid knowledge and understanding of fluids and particles, shaders and compositing to conquer the most ambitious FX and approach the tasks correctly.

This DVD covers industry techniques and walks through many practical examples of real life visual effects shots, from the initial pre-production and planning, building scripts to automate your tasks and enhance particles to manage your fluids containers for you, or to be driven by your fluids, all the way through to rendering and preparing your scenes, rendering, and finally compositing the final effects into your visual effects shots.