Dynamic Tutorials

#1

I thought it would be handy to make a list of tutorials about dynamics. Just post tutorials you found on the net, that you find worth showing. Well i think there’s nothing more to explain. I start of:

Particles

Good beginner explenation about particles
http://caad.arch.ethz.ch/info/maya/manual/UserGuide/Dynamics/Particles.doc2.html

Tutorial about making a ring of fire (free registration required)
http://www.simplymaya.com/movie_pages/tutorial.mhtml?tut_id=42

Using speed to control per particle attributes
http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/tutorials/speed_color/speed_color.html

Tutorial about making objects collide
http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/tutorials/collision_emission/collision_emission.html

Candle Flame tutorial
http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/tutorials/candle/candle.html

Cigarette Smoke tutorial
http://www.painfulurination.com/Tutorial_Cigarette_Smoke/maya_tutorial_cig_smoke.htm

Cold breath tutorial
http://www.painfulurination.com/Tutorial_Breath/maya_tutorial_breath.htm

Exploding House tutorial
http://cade.scope.edu/courseware/notes/phenomena/explode.html

Interparticle Colission tutorial
http://www.jozvex.com/tutorials/interparticle.html

Creating Special FX with particles
http://www-viz.tamu.edu/courses/tutorials/clara/particle/index.html

Realistic Liquid tutorial
http://www.mtmckinley.net/tut12.html

Gravity vs. Uniform tutorial
http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/tutorials/gravity_vs_uniform/gravity_vs_uniform.html

Per Particle Atribute tutorial (free registration required)
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=77

Particle Collision Events tutorial (free registration required)
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=191

Particle Collision Effects tutorial (free registration required)
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=76

Rendering Hardware Particles (free registration required)
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=76

Basic Particle tutorial (free registration required)
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=76

Instancer Derived Level of Detail tutorial
http://www.gnomononline.com/tutorial.php?category_id=8

Tornado tutorial
http://www.mtmckinley.net/tut15.html

Duplicating Particle Objects tutorial
http://caad.arch.ethz.ch/info/maya/manual/UserGuide/Dynamics/AdvTopics.fm6.html

Instancing Animated Geometry to Particles tutorial
http://caad.arch.ethz.ch/info/maya/manual/UserGuide/Dynamics/AdvTopics.fm5.html

Creating falling Leaves with random Rotation tutorial
http://www.learning-maya.com/t_leaves.php

Changing Sprite Orientation
http://zj.deathfall.com/Changing_Sprite_Orientation.html

Bleeding Sword tutorial
http://www.goldenxp.com/tutorials/sword/index.htm

Rigid bodies

A basic video about Rigid Bodies (free registration required)
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=101

Rigid Body Collision Detection tutorial
http://www.kolve.com/mt_rbCollisionDetection/rbCollisionDetection.htm

Soft Body Simulations tutorial
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=77

Creating a realistic Cable with Gravity
http://www.visualart.ro/tutorials/cablu/cablu.htm

well there are more, but this is what i come up with at the moment. Let’s see yours!

Cheers :thumbsup:

#2

Nice thread… I believe they will make a sticky of this one. It looks like you really put some time on research.

#3

Fluids

Fluids to Particles
http://www.zjprogramming.com/html/maya_fluid.htm

Using Images in 2D Containers (free registration required)
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=203

2D Fluid Container Overview (free registration required)f
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=152

Maya 5.0 Fluid Overview (free registration required)
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=128

Using Fluids as a Texture (free registration required)
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=212

Fluid Fire Burn
http://zgrachan.com/pages/intro.htm

Combining Fluids and Particles
http://www.zjprogramming.com/html/fluid_particle.html

Fluid 3D Video
http://www.forum3d.kom-net.pl/dwnld.php3?id=205

Nuclear Explosion
http://cloudnoise.uw.hu/nukeTutorial/nuclear_explosion_tutorial_Maya.pdf

Fluid 2D Video
http://www.forum3d.kom-net.pl/f3dftp.php?id=204&o=0

The Physics of Fluids
http://hometown.aol.com/gilruiz1/physics/fluid_tutorial.htm

Rigid Body

Rigid Body Collision tutorial
http://www-viz.tamu.edu/courses/tutorials/aarono/index.html

Rigid Body Video
http://www.forum3d.kom-net.pl/f3dftp.php?id=206&o=0

Animating with Rigid Body Dynamics (free registration required)
http://www.complete-support.com/static/MAYA/MAYA+5+or+MAYA+6/1024-Animating+with+Rigid+Body+Dynamics.html

Car Physics
http://hometown.aol.com/gilruiz1/physics/car_tutorial.htm

Dynamic Ball tutorial
http://www.dr-tutorial.com/?action=tutorial&id=8

Particles

Creating a Cloud using Particles
http://www.3dtreat.com/pages/tutorials/CloudTutorialPage/index.html

Maya Particle Instancer tutorial
http://www.dezfx.com/HTML_Pages/TutorialPages/MayaInstancer_1.html

Particle Video
http://www.forum3d.kom-net.pl/f3dftp.php?id=207&o=0

The Particle Tool and Fields
http://www.mtmckinley.net./tut10.html

Rain Ripple Tutorial
http://cade.scope.edu/courseware/notes/phenomena/index.html

Making Clouds using Particles
http://cade.scope.edu/courseware/notes/phenomena/cloud.html

The Physics of Explosions
http://hometown.aol.com/gilruiz1/physics/explosion_tutorial.htm

Creating a Rocket Trail using Particles
http://www.blackorb.com/3dtutorials/rocket.pdf

Particles with MEL
http://www-viz.tamu.edu/students/a/ballman_web/ballman.htm

Creating Water with Particles
http://renderfast.com/tutorials/water/#renderedFrame

Objects to Particles
http://www.garryrunke.com/tutorials/ObjectsToParticles/ObjectsToParticles.htm

Texture Based Particle Emission
http://www.3dluvr.com/content/article/115

Other

Making a Storm
http://cade.scope.edu/courseware/notes/phenomena/tempest.html

Making a Mountain Fly Over
http://cade.scope.edu/courseware/notes/phenomena/mountain.html

Animated Flag tutorial
http://www.dezfx.com/HTML_Pages/TutorialPages/animatedFlag_1.html

The Physics of Cloth
http://hometown.aol.com/gilruiz1/physics/cloth_tutorial.htm

Matrix Logo Effect
http://www.techiwarehouse.com/cms/engine.php?page_id=1364f19d

Matrix Effect tutorial
http://www.evermotion.org/tutorials/particles/matrix/

Growing Grass Logo effect
http://www.blackorb.com/3dtutorials/grass.pdf

I maybe come with more up the coming days, but now i have a pretty good list already.
Cheers :thumbsup:

#4

Well i found a few others.

FREE REGISTRATION REQUIRED WITH ALL OF THESE TUTORIALS

Fur

Adding fur to a Furby
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=27

Shading the Fur and Shadows
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=28

Randomizing Fur Attributes
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=29

Adding Hair to already exising Hair Systems
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=281

Re-using Collision Objects with Hair
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=422

Cloth

Softbody Cloth
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=102

Mixing Cloth with Fluids
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=209

Fluids

Creating a Explosion with Fluids
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=210

Particles

Maya 6.0 New Particle Features
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=487

Working with Volume-Emitters
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=530

Working with Goals
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=535

Rigid Body

Working with Soft Surfaces like Snow
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=534

Shattering an Object
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=536

Simulating Soft Surfaces
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/video_details.php?v=570

PLEASE HELP ME FINISH THIS LIST, AND ADD SOME TUTORIALS!

Cheers :thumbsup:

#5

Anyone has some tutorials to add? As you can see i put some work in this, so i would really would like to have some feedback, if i have all the tutorials you can think of etc. It’s like no one even noticed this threat so i would be very pleased, if someone could add or say something :thumbsup:

ps: Make a sticky of this one?
cheers :slight_smile:

#6

That is quite the list…Thanks for putting this all together mate, there is are not alot of easy to find tut’s out there about Maya dynamics. This will be of great help to many people,…I’m sure this will be a sticky in no time.

#7

Cheers!
Thanks for this list, Its gonna help alot!
Ive succumbed to the darkside, and am learning Maya Dynamics! (Finally :slight_smile: )

Hey Jer, didnt know you were with the enemy… :smiley:

<Feeling a little overwhelmed by the vast power of Maya compared to LW>

#8

Hey Howard welcome to this side of the coin…I know you of all people will love it over here…no more voodoo… :wink:

#9

cuz of the problem of grashupfa making a fireball, i tried building one and to explain how it
works, i wrote my steps down.

so here is the link, i would be very happy if anybody has ways to optimize this tut or the steps, otherwise enyoy playing with it.

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=2613714&postcount=16

i am sorry but U must scroll up this side.

cheerz heavy

#10

THANKS A LOT xstijn

this thread is very helpfull. I try to find the best way to get a good looking explosion.
You helped a lot
Thanks
Hilmar DerLandvogt

#11

No problem mate :smiley: I’m just happy to help out, could you show me an example of how your explosion is looking and how you did it? Or are you still playing with all the settings? Maybe i’ll add some more if i see some more, if they have been put on the internet in the mean time.

Hope you fine the list helpfull all :thumbsup:

#12

I just discovered this thread! :cool:

Thanks a lot xxtijn to put all that together! I am looking forward to work through!

#13

this topic is amazing, thank you very much :slight_smile:
why isn’t it a sticky yet? should be!
unfortunately the tutorial on texture based particle emission is for 3dsmax. now i was wondering if there was something like that for maya? google wasn’t very helpful ;(

edit: but of course the maya tutorials were, haha. problem solved :bounce:

#14

Thanks a LLLLOOOOOTTTT !!!:thumbsup:

I make a takeoff of rocket it will be useful…

And if you have any councils I am prennor…
And sorry for my english…:shrug:

#15

thank you kind sir.

#16

Hehe, thanks all :cool:

I will try to find new ones, and update the current ones, but there aren’t really much dynamic tutorials released, but still, stay tuned and watch this thread for updates :wip:

Hope this topic helps! :rolleyes:

#17

Posting again to keep this thread alive.

Good work xstijn! Thanks for the list.

#18

also posting to keep this thread alive. could this one be made sticky?
thanks alot :thumbsup:

#19

awesome list. Cheers big’earz!

#20

There are lots of nCloth tutorials on my blog, although currently they are not well indexed. You need to go through the archives to find them, as just selecting nCloth will only display a few.
http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/blog/7/

Duncan