SOuP dev

I keep waiting to have a better more perfect'er video to post on the SOuP dev I've been doing. But this will be a start/where I'm at. Peter's been working on (as some of you do, and all of you should know) but the newer part is an uprezing wavelet turbulence.
I wrote about each video on the vimeo page so check them out.
http://www.vimeo.com/17243715
http://www.vimeo.com/17249372
and
http://www.vimeo.com/17249372

SOuP upRez Wavelet test 11d_1 from destruct007 on Vimeo.

http://www.soup-dev.com/
SOuP, get it. Its free.

FX Houses Open for Biznass

I know when I'm looking for a list of US FX houses it's a pain in the ace. I found a list of some on a reply to some talk about Asylum closing, I added the links... Anyway, the list!

Psyop    
Eight FX       
Motion Theory       
Prologue       
MPC LA           
The Mill LA       
Public           
Logan           
Brand New School
OOOii           
Svengali       
D-Train           
Method           
Sway        
Look           
Hydraulx       
Eden           
Stargate       
Zoic           
Buck           
Radium           
A-52           
Brickyard FX       
Blue Room       
Sight           
Luma Pictures       
Crazy Horse       
CIS

Getting Good with Maya Fluids

Maya Fluid Testing from destruct007 on Vimeo.
Ok ok ok its been a while since I last posted. I have for you my "scientific method" of fluid testing. I use this a few times a week when in heavy development of a new effect. There are so many combinations of settings, it could be arguded billions of combinations, but lets say even a few million. There is no way and no one who can predict how a fluid will react given a set of attributes and influences. This is one of the key parts of fluids that make it hard to learn and harder to master. A master of fluids is someone who knows how to narrow in on the attributes that are effecting the fluid... well faster than someone who would just be good with fluids. I use this technique to help me understand different attributes. A lot of the time I fine my understanding challenged, and refined as I continue to learn what the hell is going on in there.