Ep6 - Intro to Flipbooks & EmberGen - Learn with Us: First Playable Grenade Explosion | BFX-U
Enhance your explosion effects with advanced techniques:
Learn about image sequences and flipbooks
Introduce fireballs and smoke using EmberGen
Apply your knowledge of materials, particles, and Niagara
Master EmberGen basics:
Using templates
Navigating the program
Creating custom simulations
Discover time-saving shortcuts and practical tips for these new systems. By the end, you'll be ready to experiment and refine your effects through hands-on practice. This episode sets you up for future projects using these powerful tools.
If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments below, and if you try our course, tag us on Twitter @Beyond_FX and show us your final VFX!
Download Unreal Engine: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US
Download the assets we use in this course here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Learn more about EmberGen: https://jangafx.com/software/embergen
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00:00 - Intro
02:05 - Intro to Flipbooks
03:00 - Creating Your Fireball Material
05:29 - Creating Your Effect Emitter
07:00 - Using Sub UV Controls
07:55 - Intro to EmberGen
10:11 - Selecting the Explosion
10:40 - Exporting Your EmberGen Asset
12:10 - Optimizing Your Flipbook
16:45 - Reverting to Default Settings
17:17 - General Notes on Flipbooks
19:45 - Enabling Sub UV Blending
20:48 - Polishing Your Effect
23:00 - Using Sub UV Curves
24:13 - Making A Particle Simulation
25:00 - Adding Drag to Your Simulation
26:00 - Scaling Particle Sprite Size
28:35 - Previewing Your Effect In Game
29:08 - Adding a Depth Fade Node
30:50 - Understanding Particle Sorting
32:50 - Optimizing Your Simulation
33:18 - Sort Order Hint
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Credits:
Created by Beyond-FX
1st AC & Editor: Christian Bretz
Social Media Manager: Hunter Wolfe
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