New to vfx and in need of guidance for getting into environmental vfx!

[NateLane]

+1, start mimmicking/making what you want to make. You’ll bump into issues and that’s where you will learn. gogogogogogo

For example, just mimmick an effect like this with some spark and smoke particles (I don’t know how experienced you are so maybe you’ve got this down already)

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@towi1max2

Should I be focusing more of my time outside the game engine on learning programs like houdini for destruction and sims, or should I be spending more of my time on learning materials and particles?

Since you’re asking, I’d say start with materials and particles. Those are the base foundation of FX. Houdini and destruction sims are an additive thing on top of that. Again, I don’t know where you are in learning FX but start with basic particle work.

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