The Gnomon Workshop – ART DIRECTING EXPLOSIONS USING AXIOM IN HOUDINI 2024-6

Published on: 2024-07-22 11:36:48

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Description

ART DIRECTING EXPLOSIONS USING AXIOM IN HOUDINI course. In this 7.5-hour course, Ganesh Lakshmigan, CTO of Special Effects at Weta FX, shows you how to simulate an explosion professionally in Houdini using Axiom, Theory Accelerated’s GPU-accelerated volumetric fluid solver. Ganesh will teach you all the steps of the work, from source analysis to the final composite. He shows you how to use Axiom Solver (version 3.1 or higher) in Houdini 20 to create all the fire and smoke simulations. It also teaches you professional tricks to achieve a realistic simulation, including accurate shading and lighting.

In this course, Solaris/Karma XPU is used for shading, lighting and scene rendering. Ganesh shows you how to use the latest Karma volume shader and take advantage of the latest features to achieve realistic volume renderings. In the final step of this course, you will get to know the composite of all rendered elements in Nuke. During this course, you’ll learn SOP tricks for creating emitters and how to break down simulations into art-directable elements. GPU-based Axiom Solver with Karma XPU is a professional solution for faster iterations in both simulation and rendering.

What you will learn:

Resource analysis
Preparation of assets
Barrel Explosion: Emitter
Barrel Blast: The Emitter – Part 2
Barrel explosion simulation: basic simulation parameters
Barrel Explosive Simulation: Combustion
Barrel Burst Simulation: Figure Settings
Barrel Burst Simulation: Shape Settings – Interference
Simulating a barrel explosion: impact and output settings
Barrel Blast: Trajectory Curves
Barrel Burst: Pyro Bake
Barrel Blast Lighting: Solaris
Barrel Blast Lighting: Solaris – Part 2
Pyro Center Simulation: Resources
Pyro center simulation: basic simulation parameters
Simulating Pyro Center: Figure settings
Pyro Center Simulation: Blast Effect
Pyro Center Simulation: Second Sim SL
Pyro Center post processing
Pyro Center Lighting: Solaris
Pyro SR Simulation: Resources
Pyro SR Simulation: Combustion
Pyro SR Simulation: Figure settings
Pyro SR: Proxy volumes
SR Smoke Simulation: Resources
SR smoke simulation: basic solver settings
SR smoke simulation: combustion settings and shape
Lighting Pyro/Smoke SR: Solaris
FG Smoke Simulation: References
FG Smoke Simulation: Solver
Smoke lighting FG: Solaris
composite

Who is this course suitable for?

Special effects artists who want to improve their explosion simulation skills using Axiom in Houdini.
3D artists who want to learn more about art directing explosions.
Anyone interested in learning how to create realistic special effects with Houdini and Axiom.