Gnomon Workshop - Dynamics 09 Softbody Effects | 670 MB





With the fundamentals of softbody effects understood, this lecture moves on to more specific applications. The first group of demonstrated techniques focus on a variety of ground plane effects including oceans, puddles, mud, sand and snow. Each of these are related, yet differ in how they react to external stimuli such as fields and collisions. Water reacts quickly yet the deformation is scale dependant: an ocean responds with large swells while a shallow puddle produces fast-moving, tight ripples. Mud, sand and snow effects are much slower reactions where the surface will gradually (if ever) return to smooth equilibrium. The lecture then moves on techniques for combining softbodies with rigid bodies, blendshape deformers and auxilliary spring effects for the creation of flags, saliva, and interconnected softbodies.



Topics Covered:

Create Softbody

Springs

Fields

Emitters

Animated Textures

Rigid Bodies

Deformers

Component Editor



Chapters:

01: Introduction

02: Ocean

03: Kid on Mound

04: Puddle

05: Mud and Sand

06: Spring Effects

07: Stringy Goo

08: Net Trap

09: Credits