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Masterclass: Pyro FX
Published: May 11, 2009 for Houdini 10

Discussion covers the addition of exciting new fire and smoke tools in Houdini 10. Topics covered include a powerful new fluid up-resing technique, advanced noise and turbulence control, and a highly tweakable custom fire and smoke shader.

Class presented by FX TD Coen Klosters, and special guest Mario Marengo (advanced shader writer). This presentation was recorded at a Toronto Technical Evening hosted by Side Effects Software.

The first video is presented by Coen Klosters and covers the Dynamic Simulation tools involved in creating fire and smoke.

Watch Coen's Presentation - [162MB QT - 70 Mins.]
Download Torrent - http://download.sidefx.com/pyro.mov.torrent
Download Slide Show (PDF and Power Point files included) - pyro_tools_slides.zip

The next video is presented by Mario Marengo and covers the custom shader created specifically for the new fire and smoke tools.

Watch Mario's Presentation - [177MB QT - 50 Mins.]
Download Torrent - http://download.sidefx.com/shader.mov.torrent