ICE CRACKING : Video Tutorial

A video tutorial series on creating a cartoon ice crack in Maya.
Part I : Modeling
Part II : Rig Set Up
Part III: Animation
Part IV: Finishing And Dynamics

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Maya fluid effects Smoke

This is a smoke simulation that I made for a tutorial. It looks good, so I'm posting it.

New Tutorial! Tearing nCloth

This tutorial will teach you how to tear or rip nCloth in Maya.
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=102
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New Independence Day Tutorial:Creating: Fireworks In Maya

This tutorial will cover how to make fireworks in Maya using the preset fireworks.
Basic tutorial
http://www.3dtutorialzone.com/tutorial?id=56
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Maya Tip; Learn From Examples

Some people don't know this, but Maya comes with example files for fluids, hair, rigs, etc. To access these, go to window>general editor>visor. Now, just go to whatever example that you're looking for. Under ocean examples, try looking at Destroyer.ma and Rowboat.ma. The rowboat file shows a good example of lighting ocean effects and the destroyer shows a great example of fluids and ocean effects. To get around the visor, use the same controls you use to get around in the Maya scene.

Maya Tip - Freezing Transformation Before dynamics

Whenever applying dynamic simulations like rigid body dynamics to an object, you should freeze it's transformations because simulations like these use transformation information. Select the object and go to modify>freeze transformations. Now go to edit>delete by type>history, with the object selected. This tip is not relevant when working with nCloth because nCloth does not use an objects transformations.