Creating Visual Effects in Maya

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Adding Foliage, Fire, and Smoke with Paint Effects

    An Overview of Visual Effects

         Optimizing Your Work Flow

    Planting Foliage with Paint Effects

         Painting Paint Effects Strokes

         Reviewing Paint Effects Nodes

         Adjusting Paint Effects Attributes

         Copying Attributes between Paint Effects Brushes

         Casting Paint Effects Shadows

         Converting Paint Effects

         Rendering Paint Effects with mental ray

    Setting Fires with Paint Effects

         Working with Paint Effects Dynamics

         Improving Paint Effects Render Quality

         Adjusting Paint Effects Textures

         Using Reference Material

         Matching Real-World Fire

    Adding Paint ...