NEW WEB SITE FINALLY FINISHED

Ok Ive finally finished redesigning and populating the new site.

the link is here.

http://www.modernmayhem.com/home.html 

Id use this site from now on as Im going to slowly phase out the wordpress site.

updated page: Collection of periodic functions.

I have updated this page, it actually points to the new design now tho.
eventually all the pages will be updated but with this one ive added a gem,
im quite proud of my implementation of rob bridsons curl noise.
(even if its only one octave for now :) )

check it out here

periodicfunctions.html including curlnoise 

Fluid FX Fundamentals: Production Example One: Steam. is up now!!

This video is an absolute must to view if you are thinking about using Fluid FX in production.

We follow the tradition here at Modernmayhem in providing you with useful tutorials that you can actually use in production and that makes you fully understand whats going on once and for all.
For this tutorial we start a series of production examples. This one is for creating a ‘Steam’ effect. It covers the absolute basics and follows right through to the effect using a technique I use in production to get the most out of fluid fx, predictably and efficiently….

GO TO THE TUTORIAL NOW

FluidFX part one is up!! Scripting FluidFX

Go to the tutorial now

I will be posting the second part soon. Workflow, which focuses on optimising your FluidFX for production.
(given the tools we have in the first part)

updates

Hi everyone.

Just finished making a nice new splash page which was fun, in preparation for a site redesign, plus I was a bit sick so no tutes last week, sorry about that. I’ll put that up on sunday night. But…also on sunday/monday I’ll be publishing a new video, “Advanced FluidFx Scripting”. Once again it will be focused on production tips and techniques with ofcourse scripting.

The site is going up to $39 dollars before then too. (maybe $49 actually cos its turning into a full course!!).

all videos updated and uploaded!

All video tutorials are now updated to the h264 codec.

site upgrade coming soon

Ok I’m redoing the whole site! The main reason is Im using the quicktime h264 codec from now on, plus I’m going thru all the previous video tutorials and re-compressing them. The quality is 10 times better and the download size is less than half!! oh and at 800 * 600 you can still see the fine details if not better than before.

So far I’m up to 5 out of 6 vids. Then the site re -do then the making the tornado rendering tutorial *aargh* Theres going to be some late nights this week!!

So, after the vids, Im doing a quick redesign also but Ill try and do the upgrading as seemless as possible. So just be warned. Dont bookmark too many pages even tho Ill leave them up and unchanged for a while.

nCloth Window Shatter Effect: Video Tutorial IS UP!!

Ok, I just finished making 2 new videos! With a complete production ready script. Plus included is my scene file as shown in the flash animation.

This week includes a second video to show an important technique, automating your workflow using MEL.

Go to the tutorial now

New Forum is up

http://www.modernmayhem.com/phpBB/index.php

also a new page called

USEFUL SCRIPTS and PLUG-INS  page

Whats coming up next…

Ok heres my to do list. In no particular order, unless you request one that is

• nCloth window shatter effect.
  -As seen in my demo reel at the end. With particle animation also.
  -I used blast code for that to break up the glass but I want to show how you could achieve the same thing with nCloth.
• blood spurts
  -Like the movie 300
• dust:
  -Better Fluid fx and particle integration techniques for driving particles
  -sprite texturing and raytracing vs points and deepshadows
• Making of Tornado project: Rendering:
  -instancing fluidfx shader, mental ray motion blur
  -3delight rendering
  -deep shadows
  -custom particle 3delight attributes
  -Compositing the effect (maybe separate vid) using Fusion (altho Im learning Nuke now so maybe it will be in Nuke)
• Real World Lighting of particles - techniques:
  -lighting particles realistically with minimal light
• blast code: (i keep putting this one off hehe theres so much else to do!)
  -making of blast code test
• Tweaking ambient occlusion and realistic scale
  -mental ray final gather: tweaking for scale
  -rendermans ambient occlusion: tweaking for scale

I also still have more scripts and particle techniques to put up but is best done as text and images.
After the next two video tutes go online, the price of admission into the site is going up. So you better get in early.
Sorry guys, the price has to go up, its too much of a good deal otherwise and the site server wont be able to handle the traffic. I’m still doing what I can to make the site faster.