In nuce: French visual effects service provider The Yard VFX has released an almost three-and-a-half-minute VFX showreel; the video shows the work of the VFX artists très français on the Netflix drama series Notre-Dame – the focus is primarily on set extensions, particle and fire simulation.

In toto: The film revolves around Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, which is on fire in 2019, surrounded by a crew of firefighters. The miniseries is based on the experiences of the firefighters who were on duty during the fire. The Netflix series, with a total length of around five hours, was released on the streaming provider Netflix in 2022. The Yard VFX has been (The Gray Man, Enola Holmes 2, Wanda Vision) and will be (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, John Wick 4) involved in many visual effects blockbusters.

Click further: Digital Production has repeatedly reported on how realistic fire effects can be achieved – not least in the following news items.

• 16.09.2020: After-effects tutorial: Playing with fire makes the forest sizzle. All-clear: It’s all virtual!
• 7.04.2022: Here JangaFX demonstrates its fire effects! In this video, developer EmberGen ignites enthusiasm for particle simulation tools. Get infected now!

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In nuce: A new, almost fifteen-minute video was recently published on the ActionVFX YouTube channel, which is dedicated to compositing a realistic-looking fire with Fusion in DaVinci Resolve.

In toto: VFX instructor and SAE graduate Danasa Arsad guides you through the video. The video is suitable for beginners and advanced users; it is linked below in full length. The video is entitled “Making a realistic fire in Fusion”. It is divided into a total of 11 chapters, from H for “Background Plate Preview & Planar Tracking” to W for “Heat Distortion, Motion Blur and Flicker”.

Click further: Digital Production last reported from ActionFX on 28 February this year – back then it was a free, 49-piece collection consisting of snow textures that was worth reporting to us.

Making REALISTIC FIRE in Fusion | DaVinci Resolve Tutorial

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In nuce: The VFX software developer Sitni Sati has published a tutorial for FumeFX – its name: Flamethrower Tutorial with FumeFX 6 for 3ds Max (Flamethrower Tutorial with Fume FX for 3ds Max). Sitni Sati is a company that claims to have 20 years of experience in the research and development of VFX software. FumeFX, on the other hand, is a simulation software whose version 6 beta release was announced by Digital Production on 30 August 2022 . The beta version is free of charge, is offered as a commercial licence and is valid up to and including 21.12. of this year.

In toto: The almost half-hour tutorial video explains how a flamethrower can be simulated – with the help of the so-called NodeWorks particles and FumeFX sources. The description of the tutorial goes on to say that artists are taught how to simulate a napalm flame, including the characteristic rolling movement and associated plumes of smoke. The topics covered in the tutorial are listed: Particles, PhysX, FumeFX simulation, Arnold Rendering with Volume Ray Depth. FumeFX is also available for Maya and Cinema 4D (move the cursor over the Products menu item in the header of the company website and click on 3ds Max, Cinema 4D or Maya in the drop-down menu that then opens).

Click further: The FumeFX 6 beta can be downloaded from afterworks.com .

Flamethrower Tutorial with FumeFX 6 for 3ds max

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In nuce: arse in a cinema seat. An explosion on the screen. Then a second, even more bombastic explosion that presses you into the seat leather. Anyone who finds themselves here is sitting in the new Michael Bay after work – and pulling explosions with JangaFX out of the pipeline during working hours. For all bang-and-bang fans: at the beginning of July, JangaFX presented EmberGen version 1.0 in a livestream. EmberGen is a real-time GPU-based tool that allows users to simulate fire, smoke and other particle systems.

What can EmberGen 1.0 do? Perhaps the most exciting new feature announced is the complete overhaul of EmberGen’s GPU particle system! The associated innovations are said to include: a particle trail system, improved particle lighting, flames and smoke emitted from particles, and the ability to export particles to other DCC tools – in Alembic file format. According to the JangaFX roadmap, version 1.0 will be followed by further innovations – including Support for Deep EXR, a completely revised export function, or the ability to import multiple meshes.

Click further: The JangaFX roadmap. In the following one-and-a-half-hour video, interested parties can find out all about the new features of EmberGen 1.0. We last reported on EmberGen on 7 October 2021 , when it went into pre-release with version 0.7.5.

EmberGen 1.0: GPU particle overhaul, learn our most powerful feature ever!

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In nuce: Software developer EmberGen recently used a Twitter video to demonstrate the realistic flames that the volumetric simulation tool JangaFX is capable of. EmberGen is a real-time GPU-based tool with which you can simulate fire, explosions, smoke and other particle effects.

What does the Twitter post show? The Twitter post shows you what spectacularly realistic fire simulations EmberGen is capable of. Both fire and particle effects are simulated in the demonstration.

We reported last: We last reported on EmberGen in October 2021, when version 0.7.5 went into pre-release. The pre-release at that time was accompanied by various attractive features – including an improved export function, a revamped user interface, a new renderer and twenty new presets.

Click further: If you want to find outall about JangaFX, you can literally go up in flames by clicking over to jangafx.com . The following video will amaze you, because the release trailer for version 0.7.5 is on fire – and so is the pipeline!

EmberGen 0.7.5 release trailer

The post Here JangaFX demonstrates its fire effects! first appeared on DIGITAL PRODUCTION and was written by Patrick Poti.