Biography
Biography: David Xu
Abstract
In this talk, Professor Xu will present an overview of the Maya Special Effects used for the post-productions. He will showcase some Maya Special Effects used for films, and share his thoughts on the roles of Maya special effects in movies and commercials. In particular, he will go depth into the Explosion Effect and the Splash Effect which he created for his published textbook, where the conceptualization, production process and effective solution to the animation projects will be explored. He will also demonstrate various Maya Special Effects techniques, for examples, how to create the bomb using the Particles Instancer; how to create the explosion and fire effects by applying the Dynamic Relationship Editors and Particle Collision Event Editor, Gravity and the Radial; how to create the ocean surface by applying the Soft Body; how to create the ocean splash effects by applying the Rigid Body, Particle System, Particle Collision Event Editor and Gravity.