How to Make Realistic Clouds using Maya Fluids

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By: Avi Morgan

In this tutorial i will try to teach you how to make realistic clouds in maya software. I hope you will enjoy it.

Added: 11 June 2008 Views: 6700

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Keywords: computers graphics maya studio render sky clouds blue object path

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PART I - CLOUDS

01. Create a 3D Fluid Container: "Fluid Effects" -> "Create 3D Container".

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02. Access the Attributes of the 3D Container.

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03. Set the 'Container Properties' to the following values:

X Resolution: 75
Y Resolution: 10
Z Resolution: 75
X Size: 25
Y Size: 05
Z Size: 25

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04. Set the 'Contents Method' attributes to the following values:

Density: Off (zero)
Velocity: Off (zero)

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05. Set the 'Shading' attributes to the following values:

Transparency (R, G, B): 0.090
Edge Dropoff: 0.50

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06. Set the 'Color' attributes to the following values:

Point 1 -- Position: 0.00 / Selected Color: White
Point 2 -- Position: 0.75 / Selected Color: Grey
Point 3 -- Position: 1.00 / Selected Color: Black

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Color Input: Y Gradient

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07. Set the 'Opacity' attributes to the following values:

Point 1 -- Position: 1.00 / Selected Value: 0.95
Point 2 -- Position: 0.80 / Selected Value: 0.80
Point 3 -- Position: 0.60 / Selected Value: 0.60
Point 4 -- Position: 0.50 / Selected Value: 0.35
Point 5 -- Position: 0.45 / Selected Value: 0.00

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Set the 'Opacity Input' to "Constant", and the 'Input Bias' to "0.03".

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08. Set the 'Shading Quality' to "3.00".

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09. Set the 'Textures' attributes to the following values:

Texture Color: On
Texture Opacity: On

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Amplitude: 0.95
Ratio: 0.40
Frequency Ratio: 2.75
Depth Max: 4
Inflection: On
Frequency: 1.95

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Finished with the clouds!

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Now let's make the sky...

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Jgc says :

20/08/08, 5:01 pm

Maya

I couldnt get it looking like clouds. I got it looking good till you pull down the textures section and set the attributes that make the white blob look like individual clouds. I did the tutorial exact 3 times and couldnt get it going. I even printed it and made sure I did it word for word and still could not get it to look like the picture. It just looks like a white blob.....sucks...