Create a Cool Smoking Text Effect using Fluid Mapping with Particle Flow

Create a Cool Smoking Text Effect using Fluid Mapping with Particle Flow

on May 1st 2010 with 8 comments
Tutorial Details

Final Product What You'll Be Creating

In this tutorial, you will model, light and texture some simple 3D text inside of 3dsmax. Then, using Particle Flow, the built-in particle system, along with the FumeFX plugin, you will simulate some convincing looking smoke to add a visual interest to your otherwise run of the mill 3D text .

Additional Files/ Plugins:

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      • Inside of the plugin UI you will learn what Fluid mapping is, and how to use it to your advantage. After the scene is completed you will render it out into different passes and then composite them back together inside of After Effects.

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    Very nice text effect. Thanks for tutorial.

  • allali nour el-islam

    thank you that was very good tutorial

  • http://www.rrjeta.org Mendim H.

    Thank you, i’m trying to use for car wheels thanks

  • Serkan T.

    Hello, thank you for this nice tutorial,
    i have problem when choosing render elements before final render,
    i can’t see “FumeFx Smoke” or “FumeFx Fire” to select to Add,
    how can i solve this problem
    thank you…

    • Serkan T.

      Oh i got it, i changed mental ray renderer to default skanline,
      everything now is how it must be (:

  • Theo

    Hey, I have a question, when you render using .png, all three elements appear as many images right? For every frame, how did you stack them all in just three for diffuse, smoke and shadow at after effects and still used the .png format?

  • Christina

    So cool!!! :)) Thank You!!!!!

  • AAA

    Hi, I just installed Fume FX and when I try to render it gives me the following error: MSG 0.0 error: Atmospheric “FusionWorks Renderer” is not supported. Would someone help plzzz :)) Thank you!