Fire In Maya

[katisss]

I'd love to know, too.
I have also seen flames created with real flow at http://www.nextlimit.com/realflow/img/videos/demoreel06.html
on their new demo reel. No idea how they did.

[cosku]

The current best off-the-shelf tool for creating fire is Maya Fluids.
Fantastic4's Human Torch was Fluids, and AFAIK Ghost Rider's flames are Fluids aswell.

The fire-presets indeed are good starters, but you can explore new approaches if you start doing your own from scratch.

There are 3 important things to keep in mind,

1. The higher the resolution, the better the fluids (& fire) will look.
2. Motion blur really helps to sell fire, experiment both rendertime & post motionblur (with RSMB etc).
3. Crucial part of the look of fire also comes in the compositing stage.

(realflow's fire doesn't look bad, but you can tell its a meshed & shaded surface)

[apoc519]

the biggest problem with mayas fire presets is speed. Its WAY too slow. Try increasing the rate scale.

Also turn on a high frequency opacity texture with grid texturing turned to 1

You can make the fire less consistant by putting an expression on the density emission rate

I always reconfigure the fire preset to work without fuel. Its just complicates things

[katisss]

I am really going for a controlled explosion rather like in an engine.
Is fluids the weapon of choice?

[Pyrokinesis]

fluids is deffinately the way to go for explotions. I reccomend you check out Gnomon DVD Protechnics, awesome source for learning quality texturing and shading of Explotions.

I am trying to create a fire Goddess, like a mermaid, but half fire instead if fish. I like what was said about comping, can anyone reccomend some comping techniques to enhance the fire look and texture? I am very new to comping.

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