Particles (236 Tutorials)
Maya Monday: Particles and Particle Plug-ins
July 24, 2017
We are going to talk about one of the most useful and versatile types of effects out there – particles. Particles can be used to make fire, smoke, water drops, microbes, dust and sand, and any number of miscellaneous motion graphic elements. We’re going to lump fluid simulation in as well and cover a few plug-ins to expand your options.
Brain Cells
June 13, 2017
Motionsquared has a breat tutorial on creating brain cells in Cinema 4D. I used this tutorial in a project last year. Super useful tutorial. Scroll to the end of the page for the tutorials.
Superluminal Stardust Replica Motion Graphics Elements
June 13, 2017
This is a walk through of how to add some fun and engaging elements to your After Effects comps with Superluminal Stardust by replicating particles.
Create a Magical Particle Trail with Stardust
June 6, 2017
Make a Magical Particle Trail with Visionary Universe’s Lendon Bracewell walks you through making an enchanted magic particle trail with Stardust.
Cinema 4D: Create Simple Flocking Sims with C4D Flock Modifier
May 16, 2017
Sam Winter from Digital Meat explains how to use the Flock Modifier plug-in to make particles simulate the flocking of birds or a school of fish.
cebas thinkingParticles – Simulate Gelatin Cubes
May 2, 2017
Learn how to simulate super elastic gelatine cubes using Viscoelastic Fluids in thinkingParticles, with this tutorial from cebas Visual Technology.
Midweek Motivation: cebas thinkingParticles – Joe Scarr Q & A
April 26, 2017
Joe Scarr (formerly ScanlineVFX, Vancouver), gives many great tips, pointers, techniques and insights into the visual effects he has helped to create for major films like ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 2’, TV shows such as ‘Shannara Chronicles’ and video games like ‘The Witcher 2’, using thinkingParticles, in this 6 part series. Plus part 6 is actually a great thinkingParticle tutorial from Joe.
cebas thinkingParticles – Viscoelastic Fluids: Honey tutorial
April 25, 2017
The visco elasticity solver in thinkingParticles for 3ds Max allows for the creation of viscous liquids like honey or oil, or any kind of thick fluids. Learn how to use the solver to create flowing honey in this tutorial.
cebas thinkingParticles – ImplicitShape Shader Tutorial
April 25, 2017
Learn how to work with the ImplicitShape and shaders within thinkingParticles using data channels in this tutorial by Joe Gunn.
Vectorize Voronoi Texture Tutorial
March 27, 2017
Ryan Somerville explains how to create a Voronoi texture in Cinema 4D with the Vectorizer object in Cinema 4D to rasterize the image into a spline objects (like creating outlines in Illustrator). Featured in C4D Spotlight: Voronoi Diagrams in Cinema 4D.
VoronoiGenerator for Cinema 4D
March 27, 2017
Developed by Dominik Ruckli, the VoronoiGenerator is a Cinema 4D python plugin that generates a 2D Voronoi Diagram.
Cinema 4D: Plexus Particle Trail Animation Tutorial
January 3, 2017
Dennis Wei shows you how to make a very cool particle trail using Plexus, C4D, After Effects and a few other things, like Trapcode Particular and Optical Flares.
Red Giant | DOCTOR STRANGE Portal Effect with Trapcode Particular
December 20, 2016
Daniel Hashimoto (also know as Action Movie Dad) shows you how to create the DOCTOR STRANGE portal effect with Trapcode Particular.
Doctor Strange VFX Breakdown and Loads of Tutorials
November 30, 2016
Doctor Strange is a visually awe-inspiring sci-fi film/fantasy film. We’ll take a look at some behind the scenes videos and several tutorials.
After Effects: Create a Space Scene in Trapcode Particular
November 29, 2016
Learn how to make a cool nebula-esque space scene in After Effects using Trapcode Particular.
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