Introduction to Smoke/Fire Simulation in Blender 2.5 – Day 4

Introduction to Smoke/Fire Simulation in Blender 2.5 – Day 4

Gottfried Hofmann on Aug 18th 2010 with 4 comments
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This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Introduction to Smoke Simulation in Blender 2.5

In the next part of this invaluable in-depth series, Gottfried Hofmann, the man behind the official Blender smoke/fire documents, continues his look at smoke and fire simulation techniques within Blender 2.5. The 4th part of the series is all about working with optimized domains to improve your hi-res simulations. Prepare to be amazed at just what Blender can do for free!

Techniques covered in this forth video include :

  • How to expand your domain without changing the style of the sim
  • How to check out the style in a testbed-domain
  • How to perform test-bakes on crucial parts only

So let’s get going!

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This tutorial is Day 4 in a series – Go to Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3.

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By Gottfried Hofmann

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Gottfried Hofmann is a student of computer sciences doing freelance work to fund his studies. He is also a member of the aspiring film team, Raubkopictures. His work evolves mainly around the postproduction process.  

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Discussion 4 Comments

  1. Martin Lindelöf says:
    August 18, 2010 at 7:25 am

    I must say I haven’t been that impressed by the psdtuts etc … but

    You guys are getting in the cgcookie level of tutorials, I will definitely watch more blender3d tuts.

    Very good 4 part tutorial, and indepth.

    Reply
  2. geoff brown says:
    August 20, 2010 at 11:57 am

    impressive,
    i would have thought you’d need FumeFX to get results that realistic.
    great work!

    Reply
  3. cna training says:
    August 20, 2010 at 4:15 pm

    What a great resource!

    Reply

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