FIRE, EXPLOSIONS, and MORE – How To Use OpenVDB Files in Blender 2.83

Posted by Justin Geis | Jun 8, 2020 | Blender Effect Tutorials, Blender New Feature Tutorials | 0 |

In today’s video, we’re going to check out one of the new features added in Blender – the ability to import open VDB volumes inside your models!

As many of you saw, the newest release of Blender, version 2.83, added the ability to import OpenVDB volumes inside your models. This is really important because there are a lot of programs like Houdini or EmberGen that are really good at creating smoke and explosions – now we can use those programs, then import the result into Blender.

Intro EmberGen
https://jangafx.com/software/embergen/download/

Link to Free Files
https://jangafx.com/software/embergen/download/free-vdb-animations/

Topics Covered –

Exporting our fire from EmberGen
Importing our file into Blender
Import Volume
Find Volume
Set Up Volume Shader
Talk about settings
Difference between Eevee and Cycles

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Justin Geis

I started The CG Essentials because I love the power and flexibility of Blender – you can use it to create just about anything! It’s great for modeling, animation, particle simulation, rendering, and so much more! My goal is to create the best, easiest to follow Blender tutorials on the internet!

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FIRE, EXPLOSIONS, and MORE – How To Use OpenVDB Files in Blender 2.83

About The Author

Justin Geis

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