Introduction
Welcome
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What you should know before watching this course
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Using the exercise files
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1. Getting Started with X-Particles
What is X-Particles?
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What is new in X-Particles 4?
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What can you do with the X-Particles plugin?
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Quick-start guide
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Setting up an X-Particles layout
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Tour of the system object
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2. Understanding the Emitter
Object tab
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Emission and Extended Data tabs
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Groups and Display tabs
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Questions tab
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Modifiers tab
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Editing and Advanced tabs
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Emitting particles from objects and textures
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Using the emitter falloff controls
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3. Modifiers Overview
What does a modifier do?
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Using modifiers with falloffs
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How do I get my particles to move around? (Turbulence)
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Control particle attraction, repulsion, and targeting
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Change particle speed, scale, and life
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Using Weight to mix modifier strength
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4. X-Particles Power Concepts
Groups
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Triggering actions
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Making particles collide
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Inheritance
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Data mapping
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Caching simulations
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5. Creating Visible Particles
Generate geometry from particles
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Creating trails
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Making networks and grid-like patterns
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Create plant-like structures
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Using the CellAuto object
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Working with the OpenVDB Mesher
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6. Dynamics and Constraints
Overview of dynamics and constraints
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How do I make fluids effects?
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How do I start a fire with ExplosiaFX?
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Advecting particles and caching ExplosiaFX
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Create custom turbulence with FlowField
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Working with ClothFX
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7. X-Particles Materials and Rendering
X-Particles material and render settings
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Rendering C4D splines with the XP material
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Using the XP Gaseous material
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Lighting particles and volumetric rendering
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8. Tags and Other Objects
Wet Map
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Freezing particles
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Newton gravity
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Deformers
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VertexMap Maker
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Circle Packer
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9. Other Ways of Sculpting Particles
Using C4D deformers
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Using mograph effectors
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Particle painting
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10. Workflow Tips
Naming and organization
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Installing icons to identify different parts of our simulation
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Changing default settings
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Saving and loading presets
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11. Challenge
Challenge overview
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Challenge solution
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Ex_Files_X_Particles_4_Cinema_4D_EssT.zip
(277.7 MB)