Beginning VFX with Autodesk Maya: Create Industry-Standard Visual Effects from Scratch

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A. KumarBeginning VFX with Autodesk Mayahttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7857-4_5

5. Working with nParticle FX

Abhishek Kumar¹  

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Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

 

In this chapter, you will be working with Maya’s nParticles system. When you watch FX shots in films, you can see multiple dust particles or magical particles that simulate the necessary environment; these are all created with nParticles. Hence, familiarizing yourself nParticles tools will give you better insight into their use. To access nParticles, you need switch to FX mode, as shown in Figure 5-1.

Figure 5-1

Choose FX from the menu

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