link to hi-res HD version here

I’m emitting a ton of particles from a texture emission and then they are being pushed up by a 3d fluid as a field source.

Particle pushing with fluids seems to be the new thing these days. Check out this awesome Audi Filter commercial where they used 50 million particles – not sure how they managed to render that exactly. They used Ice in Softimage XSI to achieve this effect. Check out the Making of Audi Filter video also.

Here’s another animation I made. I used a free shatter plugin for Maya called ShatterPlus. So far, its the best shatter tool I’ve used, but only works with a 32-bit version of Maya. It takes a while to fragment the peices since its a manual process, the but the results are definitely worth it. This tool is a blessing if you’ve ever tried using the built in solid shatter tool in Maya. After breaking up the chucks, I wrote a small python script that randomly transforms the pieces in 3D space.  It then sets the keyframes over time.  Check it out:

link to hi-res HD version here

]]> http://www.sateeshmalla.com/blog/2010/05/pushing-particles-with-fluids-and-shatterplus/feed/ 0 http://www.sateeshmalla.com/blog/2009/02/the-orphanage-is-shutting-down/ http://www.sateeshmalla.com/blog/2009/02/the-orphanage-is-shutting-down/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:45:51 +0000 Sateesh Malla http://www.sateeshmalla.com/?p=2633 I just learned today that the VFX house, The Orphanage, in San Francisco is officially closing its doors. It was a real surprise considering the amazing work they’ve done, like in Iron Man. Seems the economic downturn is hitting everyone hard this year. There are  several instructors at our school who work at the Orphanage, so it is really sad news.

Read more about it here at co-founder Stu Maschwitz’s blog.

• The Sky is Falling
• Day 2 Night – Las Vegas Reloaded

Check them out in the porfolio section. I’ll be updating the rest of them soon.