Particle Dynamics. Rain. Special Effects in Maya.
Rocky Mountain News last day - Friday 02/27/2009

1. Special Effects with Maya: Particles and the Dynamics menu set. Review of Feb 27th class using October 31st, 2008 (Halloween) review page.

   Introduction to Emitters that emit Particles where the particles are effected by Gravity and Wind and other natural forces. Teaching the particles how to collide with other Maya objects.

2. Maya Dynamics: How to create RAIN (as in raindrops keep falling on my head) special effects using Particles. Michael O'Rourke tutorial.

    User ID:  mayatuts
   Password:  morourke 
   

   See and hear also Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head.
   See a very cool scene involving bikes and bulls and romance. Great. It was removed by the user! The song is part of the soundtrack to the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Also removed by the user perhaps because YOU TUBE demanded it.

3. Creating a multicolored particle fountain effect using Maya particles.

4. The Dynamics menu set will be the basis for making the Curtains Sway. Look at any of these 3DBUZZ video tutorials for more review and preview of the Maya Dynamics menu set and what it can do.