Torque A tyFlow VFX Masterclass Information

Torque A tyFlow VFX Masterclass by Jesse Pitela is an advanced training series from RedefineFX that dives deep into high-impact particle simulations and visual effects workflows using tyFlow in 3ds Max.

Your Instructor: Jesse Pitela

• Founder of RedefineFX, helping thousands of students learn visual effects
• Niagara Fluids training featured by Unreal Engine’s Community Spotlight and 80 Level
• Featured in Autodesk Media & Entertainment Showreel 2023
• Torque featured in Autodesk’s Oscars Commercial Campaign
• Official Judge in The Rookie Awards 2023
• Autodesk Excellence Award Winner 2022
• First ever Chaos Phoenix Certified Instructor
• 65K subscribers on the RedefineFX YouTube channel
• Freelance 3D Artist (125+ clients served over 7 years, incl. Dell, Hershey, Western Digital…)
• Jury Prize for Best Trailer Award – Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival 2016

What You’ll Learn In Torque A tyFlow VFX Masterclass

Introduction

• 01-Welcome and Thank You (1:30)
• 02a – Start Here – breaking down the teaser and what to expect (2:52)
• 02b-3D Models (1:37)
• 02c-Project Files (2:40)
• 03b-My best tips for coming up with ideas (5:43)
• 03c-My best tactical tips for coming up with ideas (6:30)
• 04-Determining Your End Goal (2:22)
• 04a – Setting realistic expectations (1:16)
• 05-Preparing 3Ds Max Before we start (4:02)
• 05b-tyFlow PRO vs FREE vs BETA (4:51)
• 06-PC hardware (4:09)

Fundamental Skills

• 01-Intro to tyFlow Destruction (PhysX Operators Explained) (6:43)
• 02-Intro to tyFlow Destruction part 02 (3:20)
• 03-Intro to tyFlow Destruction part 03 (6:56)
• 04-Intro to tyFlow Destruction part 04 (3:31)
• 05-Intro to tyFlow Destruction part 05 (3:00)
• 06-Intro to tyFlow Destruction part 06 (7:56)
• 07-How to Take This Course with tyFlow Free (5:48)
• 08-Intro to Pyro Sims with Chaos Phoenix (9:01)
• 09-Adding Surface Imperfections (7:38)
• 10-Vray CPU and GPU Rendering Overview (13:09)

Planning & Previz

• 07-Planning out the project (7:56)
• 08-Shot 01 Previz (9:31)
• 09-Shot 02 Previz (12:23)
• 10-Shot 03 Previz (10:34)
• 11-Shot 04 Previz (6:57)
• 12-Shot 05 Previz (4:27)
• 13-Shot 06 Previz (4:28)
• 14-Shot 07 Previz (4:28)
• 15-Shot 08 Previz (2:32)

Shot 01: Office Carnage

• Project Files for Shot 01
• 16-Preparing the models (4:53)
• 17-Organizing the project (4:15)
• 18-Preparing the cars for animation (6:08)
• 19-Animating the mustang (10:24)
• 20-Animating the camera (6:19)
• 21-Animating the police car (4:39)
• 22-Preparing for tyFlow destruction (7:49)
• 23-tyFlow setup starts (3:15)
• 24-Adding Snap off the curb animation (8:04)
• 25-tyflow destruction part 01 (6:46)
• 26-tyflow destruction part 02 (6:39)
• 27-tyflow destruction part 03 (3:41)
• 28-tyflow destruction part 04 (3:48)
• 29-tyflow destruction part 05 (7:55)
• 30-tyflow destruction part 06 (8:05)
• 31-tyflow destruction part 07 (6:27)
• 32-tyflow destruction part 08 (3:57)
• 32a-tyflow destruction part 09 (9:28)
• 33-tyflow destruction part 10 (6:49)
• 34-tyflow destruction part 11 (10:43)
• 35-tyflow destruction part 12 (6:30)
• 36-extra debris on ground (6:00)
• 37-flying papers (7:54)
• 38-sparks (13:12)
• 39-destruction final tweaks (2:08)
• 40- Phoenix Burnout Smoke (14:04)
• 41- Phoenix exhaust flames (9:06)
• 42- environment part 01 (9:10)
• 43-environment part 02 (4:23)
• 44-lighting part 01 (5:27)
• 45-lighting part 02 (5:59)
• 46-lighting part 03 (7:11)
• 47-lighting part 04 (8:32)
• 48-lighting part 05 (5:54)
• 49-lighting part 06 (5:51)
• 50-lighting part 07 (5:25)
• 51-rendering part 01 (6:34)
• 52-rendering part 02 (9:39)
• 53-rendering part 03 (16:11)
• 54-rendering part 04 (18:44)
• 55-compositing part 01 (10:41)
• 56-compositing part 02 (9:22)
• 57-compositing part 03 (5:29)
• 58-compositing part 04 (9:23)
• 59-final re-render (0:55)

Shot 02: Bus Stop Destruction

• 01-intro to shot 02 (3:20)
• 02-environment part 01 (5:59)
• 03-environment part 02 (7:53)
• 04-animating (7:32)
• 05-rolling the car (11:23)
• 06-tyflow destruction part 01 (8:12)
• 07-tyflow destruction part 02 (6:18)
• 08-tyflow destruction part 03 (4:54)
• 09-tyflow destruction part 04 (4:49)
• 10-tyflow destruction part 05 (8:14)
• 11-tyflow destruction part 06 (11:31)
• 12-tyflow destruction part 07 (6:05)
• 13-tyflow destruction part 08 (7:27)
• 14-tyflow extra debris (9:56)
• 15-sparks (6:41)
• 16-car damage part 01 (11:44)
• 17-car damage part 02 (4:18)
• 18-car damage part 03 (9:26)
• 19-adding car details (3:06)
• 20-phoenix burnout (10:20)
• 21-phoenix car rolling smoke (5:00)
• 22- fixing and lighting part 01 (8:35)
• 22b-fixing and lighting part 02 (10:05)
• 23-fixing and lighting part 03 (9:11)
• 24-rendering (17:05)
• 25-compositing part 01 (5:43)
• 26-compositing part 02 (9:25)
• Shot 02 Project Files

Shot 03: Rotor Wash Explosion

• 01-intro to shot 03 (1:08)
• 02-environment (7:47)
• 03-animation (9:54)
• 04-vortex explosion part 01 (11:35)
• 05-vortex explosion part 02 (8:42)
• 06-vortex explosion part 03 (12:33)
• 07-tyflow destruction (10:54)
• 08-debris on fire part 01 (10:16)
• 09-debris on fire part 02 (3:07)
• 10-shockwave (8:23)
• 11-fast smoke trails (11:00)
• 12-firework sparks (6:51)
• 13- fluid force papers (5:18)
• 14- extra debris (8:21)
• 15-burnout smoke (4:10)
• 16-animating helicopter (5:39)
• 17-lighting part 01 (6:02)
• 18-lighting part 02 (7:00)
• 19-phoenix volumetric render settings (15:05)
• 20-rendering part 01 (9:52)
• 21-adding dirt with Vray Decals (4:44)
• 22-rendering part 02 (12:04)
• 23-compositing (14:01)
• Shot 03 Project Files

Shot 04: Bullet Hits

• 01-intro to shot 04 (0:51)
• 02-shot breakdown (6:50)
• 03-bullet hits (14:28)
• 04-bullet hits smoke (4:46)
• 05-tire track marks (2:29)
• 06-compositing overview (2:21)
• Shot 04 Project Files

Shots 5 & 6

• 01-shot 05 breakdown (10:21)
• 02-shot 06 breakdown (2:32)
• Shots 5 & 6 Project Files

Shot 07: Fighting Back

• 01-environment part 01 (7:59)
• 02-environment part 02 (7:27)
• 03-animating part 01 (16:44)
• 04-animating part 02 (8:14)
• 05-tyflow destruction part 01 (4:17)
• 06-tyflow destruction part 02 (7:30)
• 07-tyflow destruction part 03 (11:04)
• 08-tyflow destruction part 04 (10:36)
• 09-tyflow destruction part 05 (17:26)
• 10-tyflow destruction part 06 (3:27)
• 11-heli glass destruction (14:01)
• 12-car glass destruction (10:28)
• 13-sparks (16:26)
• 14-car damage (6:56)
• 15 – fixing and adding details (6:23)
• 16-lighting part 01 (7:49)
• 17-lighting part 02 (7:30)
• 18-rendering part 01 (12:14)
• 19-rendering part 02 (8:14)
• 20-phoenix smoke (7:04)
• 21-rendering part 03 (7:25)
• 22-final fixes (6:36)
• 23-compositing (9:51)
• Shot 07 Project Files

Shot 08: The Final Blow

• 01-Intro (2:41)
• 02-environment (4:39)
• 03-animating (5:51)
• 04-tyflow destruction part 01 (14:15)
• 05-tyflow destruction part 02 (14:25)
• 06-tyflow destruction part 03 (8:22)
• 07-tyflow destruction part 04 (5:44)
• 08-tyflow destruction part 05 (3:56)
• 09-tyflow destruction part 06 (5:22)
• 10-extra impact debris (7:39)
• 11-sparks (4:49)
• 12-shockwave with papers (2:29)
• 13-glass destruction (1:54)
• 14-firework sparks (2:22)
• 15-Phoenix explosion (21:25)
• 16-fast smoke trails (6:00)
• 17-lighting and rendering part 01 (14:20)
• 18-lighting and rendering part 02 (5:26)
• 19-compositing (13:22)
• Shot 08 Project Files

Bonus Section

• Tower Destruction Project (0:06)

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