(New Orleans, LA – January
30, 2008) - TurboSquid, home
to the world’s largest
collection of royalty-free
3D models, is pleased to
announce FumeFX Essentials
from Allan McKay, the newest
training DVD on the FumeFX
plug-in for Autodesk 3ds
Max.
Allan McKay is the director
of Catastrophic FX, a highly
acclaimed studio
specializing in visual
effects for Hollywood films.
Allan created effects for
Superman Returns, Blade
Trinity, Asylum, Paycheck,
Day Breakers, Scooby Doo 2
and dozens of others. Allan
has also been a guest
speaker at conferences
around the world including
Siggraph and Digital Media
Festival, as well as
teaching master classes to
up-and-coming visual effects
artists.
includes over
3
hours of training,
focuses
on these key features:
-
Introduction to FumeFX
and how the system
operates
-
Object interaction with
FumeFX effects (Ground
Breaking - low ground
fog effects and pluming)
-
Burning Paper
(materials, fume fire,
animated burn patterns)
-
Campfire (fire and smoke
look, and tweaking to
achieve a specific
effect)
-
Bubbling cauldron
(falling dry ice-style
gaseous smoke effects)
-
Explosions (tweaking the
look and motion)
-
Advanced Fuel
interactions