Fig 1.1: Still of fluid-based fire simulation, with colors generated through plug-in gradient mapping system
I am currently developing a plug-in for Maya, a popular 3D modeling/animation package. The goal for the plug-in as a whole is to reinvent how fluid dynamic systems/effects are developed in Maya by constructing a node-based GUI which can be used within Maya, with each node encapsulating a current feature Maya fluids currently have - essentially adding on a layer of abstraction for the user to more easily generate simulations. The plug-in also aims to extend the current feature set of fluids within Maya.
I decided to start the development of the plug-in with a quick experiment, that being the integration of the generic gradient object class I developed earlier this semester with the Maya native gradient data driving color and incandescence. The aim being that images could be sampled and have their most dominate colors applied to the color/incandescence of the fluid voxel-system within Maya - thus automating the construction of the color palette for a given effect. The results and rendered video are posted below:
Fig 1.2: Default Maya Fluid Effects values
Fig 1.3: Early development of Maya plug-in as a drop-menu
Fig 1.4: Image chosen to have dominate colors sampled
Fig 1.5: Image sampled gradient constructed and mapped into Maya's attribute data
Fig 1.6: Fluid fire simulation animation, colors derived from gradient sampling without modification
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