Creating a dust volume VDB sequence with EmberGen, and then rendering it with V-Ray. EmberGen is great for quick, real-time simulations, which is why I decided to use it instead of Phoenix FD.
These lectures were originally built for a college VFX class that I teach, taking students from beginner to intermediate level. Over the course of this 9-hour course, brush up on PBR surfacing with UDIMs, learn about lighting, AOVs, render layers, batch and sequence rendering, EXR compositing, and ACEScg with Maya, V-Ray, and After Effects.
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