The powerful visual creator got even better. Autodesk has released a substantial update to Maya that improves Bitfrost and brings new processing nodes to Arnold with version 2020.4. Maya is one of the premier visual creation programs thank to its volumetrics and FX tools. Bifrost is an extension plugin for Maya that provides a node-based framework for building custom effects including smoke, fire, explosions, sand, snow, instances, and more. Using Bitfrost allows you to preview the results in the viewport and render out the results with Arnold, a scalable ray tracer that allows you to export complex scenes quickly and easily. With this latest update, Bitfrost users will have new options for curve support, graph shape nodes, fields systems, scatter packs, and volume tools. Plus, new simulations for aerodynamics and cloth and thin-shell. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 8 December, 2020