Destruction (26 Tutorials)

Voronoi Eggs with Cinema 4D + Redshift
April 26, 2022
Easter may be over, but Stepan HKA shows you how to create exploding eggs with Cinema 4D, Redshift, and X-Particles in Insydium Fused.

Gunfire & Muzzle Flash Effects, Part 1
February 22, 2022
In the first article in the series on gunfire & muzzle flash, we break down real gunfire shots, to help add realism to your own effects.

Make a Sweet Fracture Animation with Vertex Maps
January 11, 2022
Learn how to use vertex maps, animated with fields, to drive the destruction of a Voronoi object in this video from Pixel Lab/RenderKing.

Melting Faces with the Template of Doom | VFX Side Quest
June 18, 2021
Recreate the melting face scene from Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark. Action Movie Dad shows you how in this tutorial from Red Giant.

Create Realistic Explosions With Cinema 4D & TurbulenceFD
March 8, 2021
Ultrastudio4D shows you how to create Realistic Explosions with Maxon Cinema 4D and Jawset TurbulenceFD. Project files are available.

cebas thinkingParticles Wall Destruction with Joe Gunn
February 25, 2021
Learn how to destroy a wall with a 3ds Max and cebas thinkingParticles Rigid Body simulation tutorial by Joe Gunn.

omotion Damage Control for FCPX #gettingstarted
December 11, 2020
Learn how to jump right into omotion Damage Control for FCPX and create some glitchy titles, transitions, and effects. Try a free demo today.

How To Turn Your Kids Into Super Heroes (After Effects Tutorial)
December 2, 2020
Ben Eshagpoor of beMotion.dESIGN shows you how to turn your kids into Super Heroes. He uses After Effects and Boris Sapphire in the tutorial.

Maxon 3D & Motion Design Show – November 18, 2020
November 18, 2020
The schedule for Wednesday, November 18, 2020, is jam-packed with goodness, including EJ Hassenfratz, Athanasios Pozantzis, and Paul Babb.

Fractured Ice Surface Tutorial – What’s Kraken?
June 16, 2020
Hashi shows you how to create a Kraken coming through the ice on a frozen river. He talks about the new Red Giant VFX Lens Distortion Matcher plugin.

Daniel ‘Hashi’ Hashimoto | Maxon NAB 2020 Rewind
April 28, 2020
Daniel “Hashi” Hashimoto creates a quick and easy CGI character in his Maxon NAB 2020 Rewind. He composites a giant monster onto the Las Vegas Strip!

Maya Monday: Destructing Elements with Pulldownit
January 27, 2020
Envato’s CGI Tuts+ series from Uriel Deveaud, Destructing Elements in Maya With PullDownIt, a dynamics solver that can simulate fractures and cracks.

Rise of the Dark Side Star Wars-Inspired Tutorials | HitFilm
January 2, 2020
Wt can’t get enough Star Wars! FXHOME made a trailer, Rise of the Dark Side. Learn how to make Star Wars-inspired visual effects in HitFilm.

Red Giant Tutorial Roundup
December 10, 2019
Check out these great tutorials from Red Giant. Get started with Universe and VFX Reflections, learn “cheap tricks” for re-creating cool Frozen II and Game of Thrones effects and even learn how to create a Star Wars style Force push.

Maxon Cinema 4D NAB 2019 Live Stream Videos
April 16, 2019
If you missed the Maxon Cinema 4D NAB 2019 live stream last week or you were at the show, watch it all now! There is loads of inspiring work and lots of great tips on improving your workflow.