New Rayfire tut pack - Fragmentation and dynamics for production

#1

Edit: Original post moved down so all the tuts can be found here in the start.

FRAGMENTATION AND DYNAMICS FOR PRODUCTION WITH RAYFIRE

  1. Rifts: http://cg.glacierise.com/blog/?p=401
  2. The activation methods: http://cg.glacierise.com/blog/?p=414
  3. Smartfrag: http://cg.glacierise.com/blog/?p=421
  4. Layering http://cg.glacierise.com/blog/?p=430

Original first post:

Hi folks,

I have started a new tut pack - itā€™s gonna be like 4-5 tuts i guess, thatā€™s gonna demonstrate my techniques for creating larger scale fragmentation/dynamics shots. The first tut is here:

http://cg.glacierise.com/blog/?p=401

Result can be previewed in youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8CYu-BTNXY

Enjoy!

#2

The second tut - ā€˜The activation methodsā€™ - is online: http://cg.glacierise.com/blog/?p=414

Youtube result preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izNstEq1YKM

#3

Nice work Hristo. Rayfire is so bad assā€¦ nice to see how other people use it.

#4

Yay dude, stay tuned! The better stuff is coming :wink:

#5

He did it again! Thanks for your unstoppable effort Hristo!
Greetz

#6

Nice work dude! Looking forward to the rest of them!

#7

LOL, all the stuff you have come up with is ā€œbetterā€ stuff :slight_smile: :smiley: Nice work, thanks again as always!

#8

The next one is up - Smartfrag! Itā€™s about how to fragment your objects in a production situation - based on importance and material. As usual, head over to http://cg.glacierise.com/blog/ and enjoy!

#9

Awesome Tutorials and can get into this big time now.
Keep up the great work everyone here is so helpful.

Excellent Tool for the 3D SFX!

Whats the chances of getting a tutorial to help me create an awesome muzzleflash along with bullet impact and blood?
That would be a huge help for me.

Fire

#10

thanks for the tuts Glacierise,Iā€™m hoping for some that show the workflow between fumefx & rayfire

Cheers

#11

Hristo!
ā€¦you da man,ā€¦thanks mate this has helped me so much.

#12

Animal!:beer:

#13

Hey guys, glad you like them! Iā€™m now trying to host them at a better place, my webhost is sending, I am sure, hired killers as we speak :smiley: And preparing the next one of course, building up to the final one where weā€™ll look at a fill shot, woohoo!

@Stefan: dude I will make one esp for you, I learned texturing from your tuts! Cheers!

#14

Great job, thanks for sharing!

#15

The next one - Layering - is up. It shows you how and why to layer your simulations. Next one is gonna be the culmination - complete shot, the production-heavy stuff!

#16

You keep putting such great work up like this your ISP is gonna put a hit out on ya LOL
I would lay low and donā€™t go to any shoe stores especially if they carry concrete LOL

Great stuff keep it coming Iā€™m needing all the education you can give me.

Fire

#17

I canā€™t seem to get this link to work has anyone had any problem.

Video tutorial (92.9 Mb, h.264 AVI)

I need these badly to increase my skills. Rayfire is such an awesome tool and these tutorials are just fabulous.

Thank You for these.

Fire

#18

Right-click and save file as, just tried it with the link you posted, works just fine :slight_smile:

#19

Well now that worked like magic why didnā€™t I know that???
OK so I get a year older in a few days maybe thatā€™s itā€¦LOL
Thanks Johnny for your help.

Fire

#20

Hopefully we all get a little wiser as we get older :smiley:

That happens to me all the time, click the link and get a bunch of asciiā€¦Iā€™m thinking it is a firefox/quicktime issue :shrug: