how did they do this?

[drunkirishmic]

u wanna do it with max?

it would be a real pain to do it with standard max, prolly wouldnt even look that clean, but afterburn will do that and then some.

www.afterworks.com

[Oogst]

I have not tried this kind of clouds with Afterburn yet, but I think Afterburn can do this.

[drunkirishmic]

i think i saw BradonD do somethin like this.

[AndersEgleus]

Yep, afterburn is perfect for that kind of stuff.

http://www.3dluvr.com/content/article/75

Allan McKay (http://www.3dluvr.com/machette/) has done some nice work too.

[sireel]

is there even a way to do this through just standard max? I'd like to try even if its a pain in the butt to do.

[edaddy]

Sir Eel

if you really want to do this in max the easiest way i can think of that would look decent is particle clouds / facing/ gradient opacity.... and just play w/ the density and such -
but i can't see it coming out looking as good as that example

[Oogst]

Without Afterburn a result this magnificent is almost impossible, but you can come quite far by using a particle system with large facings with an opacity map on each facing. An awful lot of tweaking will be needed to make it look good, however.

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