Customized Smoke Toolkit for Beginner
PROJECT BACKGROUND
By using the 3D software Maya and Houdini SideFX, this project aims to study the special effect of smoke simulation. The procedural software-Houdini SideFX is used to design a customized smoke toolkit to help beginner FX artists enhance their simulation experience. By using the customized smoke toolkit, artists can deepen their learning in the simulation. This toolkit includes four typical types of smoke to fulfil the most common situation. 3D animation is used for the smoke simulation testing procedures.
PROJECT CONCEPT
Nowadays, digital entertainment is indispensable in this city. Many types of media that we watch or play every day, such as movies, animation, games, applications, virtual reality, advertisements, and variety shows, are all considered digital entertainment. In those media, the 'special effect' elements have become essential in captivating the audience because they can powerfully and visually produce something that were previously impossible to produce. 'Special effects' acted as a side character in digital entertainment. Interestingly, it has become the primary position as people rely on digital technology, i.e. fire, explosion, water, crowd simulation, etc.
