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	FREE Happy Feet Snow Flakes Tutorial -including custom noise per particle attributes -automating and centralising the workflow for ease of use
	FREE VIDEO TUTORIAL: Particles: Arrow Instancer -including particle instancing -expressions for randomizing scale, and other attributes aswell as sticking arrows.
	TUTORIAL: Level - Easy: Viewing Noise -How to use noise to drive attributes -Viewing the results in a graph
	TUTORIAL: Level - Easy: Per particle conserve and goalWorldPosition0PP -also covers new features to maya 8.5 and 2008 -setting per particle velocity and goal attributes
	Particle Functions -a Collection of staple particle functions and a graph for each one. -including linstep, smoothstep and gamma functions
	Useful Scripts and Plugins -a growing list of useful scripts and plugins -including bake textures -fill volume with particles and more
	TUTORIAL: Level - Mid - Advanced: Collection of Periodic functions -particle expressions and periodic functions. -Very handy as a reference. some gems in here! -curl noise -saw tooth -pulse -sin
	TUTORIAL: Level - Easy: handy xform rivet expression -a quick tute on using xform
	TUTORIAL: Level - Easy: killField per particle -how to make a per particle kill field
	TUTORIAL: Level - Mid: Ground Interaction using nCloth -as used in the movie 'the ruins' -nCloth used to drive the interaction between two objects
	TUTORIAL: Level - Hard: Instancer Rotation for fluid effects -Uses particles for animation instead of fluidfx. Very useful for fluid motion and smoke without using fluid fx dynamic grids. -covers instances and vector maths. -step by step guide to getting the 'fluid' rotations -we start to look at 3delight. 3d volumetric renderman shader
	TUTORIAL: Level - Mid: Ink using soft body emission -includes turbulence fields, particles, softbodies
	TUTORIAL: Level - Mid: Fly Through volumetric clouds in mental ray -includes particle software cloud rendering -realistic lighting
	VIDEO TUTORIAL - Making of Tornado Project - Part one: Layout -a must for anyone planning a large or difficult project
	VIDEO TUTORIAL - Making of Tornado Project - Part 2: Animation -includes particle expressions -3 different effects animations: ground,funnel and base
	VIDEO TUTORIAL - Basic Particle Expressions: Level - Easy -get up to speed with particles for visual effects.
	VIDEO TUTORIAL - Basic Particle Expressions: Part 2: Level - Easy - mid -more expressions -using a smoke trail as a software rendering example
	VIDEO TUTORIALS - Window Shatter Effect using nCloth -learn how to use nCloth for demolition effects. -completes a production workflow for eventually rendering 3d geometry -comes with complete script
	VIDEO TUTORIALS - Automating workflow using MEL -a look into how to make your own automated workflow. -covers methodology and helpful hints.
	VIDEO TUTORIAL: Scripting FluidFX and FluidFX workflow- Advanced -a couple of great examples of scripting fluidfx that are useful in production: -including particle velocity drives fluidfx -water ripples -attaching two separate fluid fx nodes for extra control over resolution. -aswell as show you how to further these techniques -comes with all scripts
	VIDEO TUTORIAL: Fluid FX Fundamentals. Production Example One: Steam - Basic-upwards -a must view if you are planning on using fluidfx in production. -covers basics and optimisation right through to a finished rendered product -the example used is 'Steam'
	VIDEO TUTORIAL: Fluid FX Production Example Two: Oilsmoke. -Using all the dynamic grids -Texturing the fluid -Rendering -Plus Fusion Compositing.
	VIDEO TUTORIAL: SPRITE SERIES 1 -Series starts with animating particle sprites with fluid ix
	VIDEO TUTORIAL: SPRITE SERIES 2 -Rendering the sprites in mental ray -Rendering the sprites in 3delight
	VIDEO TUTORIAL: RENDERING TORNADO PART 1 -dust (and grass) sprites or points. -including how to create a basic per particle shader using 3delight
	VIDEO TUTORIAL x 2: RENDERING TORNADO PART 2 -includes video for creating a volume noise shader for mental ray using the software cloud -Video on rendering the funnel using the above technique but also using fluid instances
	VIDEO TUTORIAL: RENDERING TORNADO PART 3 -creating custom opacityPP and rgbPP attributes that work with 3delight and the custom renderman Node
	VIDEO TUTORIAL: AND SHADER. 3DELIGHT -Mulitpurpose particle and cloud shader for 3delight. -Shader provided and sl code provided on the forum only
	VIDEO TUTORIAL: COMPILING AND USING SIMPLE FLUID EMITTER -Compiling maya plugins. -Emitting from a texture into a fluid container -Moving fluids in real time.

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