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* [http://www.crytek.com/download/Crytek_Aug_2012_Siggraph_SH_VFX_for_Games_Particle_Effects_Workshop.zip VFX for Games - Particle Effects] (84MB zip) presentation delivered at SIGGRAPH 2012 by Crytek’s Sascha Herfort. | * [http://www.crytek.com/download/Crytek_Aug_2012_Siggraph_SH_VFX_for_Games_Particle_Effects_Workshop.zip VFX for Games - Particle Effects] (84MB zip) presentation delivered at SIGGRAPH 2012 by Crytek’s Sascha Herfort. | ||
* [http://tech-artists.org/c/vfx VFX Artists subforum] on Tech-Artists.Org | * [http://tech-artists.org/c/vfx VFX Artists subforum] on Tech-Artists.Org | ||
| − | * | + | * http://www.imbuefx.com/ imbueFX : VFX Training site for visual effects in games, by Bill Kladis. [https://www.youtube.com/user/imbuefx/videos Youtube uploads], [https://vimeo.com/wkladis Vimeo uploads]. |
* [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=78003 FX Artist resources?] | * [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=78003 FX Artist resources?] | ||
* [http://blogs.battlefield.com/2012/05/inside-dice-close-quarters-vfx/ Inside DICE: Adapting the Battlefield visuals for Close Quarters combat] | * [http://blogs.battlefield.com/2012/05/inside-dice-close-quarters-vfx/ Inside DICE: Adapting the Battlefield visuals for Close Quarters combat] | ||
Revision as of 06:26, 16 June 2018
Special Effects artists use particles, decals, glows, blooms, etc. to create explosions, clouds, skies, water, etc.
Also called FX, SFX, Visual Effects, VFX and Real-Time VFX.
Special Effects in games can generally be broken down into 2 main tasks:
Particle Systems in Game Engines
- CryEngine: Particles
- Unity: The Particle System
- Unreal: Particle Systems
Links
- VFX for Games Explained - 80.lv by Francisco García-Obledo Ordóñez.
- Elementalist Lux: 10 Skins in 30 Megabytes by Riot Games Engineering explains how the VFX system is optimized for League of Legends.
- VFX for Games - Particle Effects (84MB zip) presentation delivered at SIGGRAPH 2012 by Crytek’s Sascha Herfort.
- VFX Artists subforum on Tech-Artists.Org
- http://www.imbuefx.com/ imbueFX : VFX Training site for visual effects in games, by Bill Kladis. Youtube uploads, Vimeo uploads.
- FX Artist resources?
- Inside DICE: Adapting the Battlefield visuals for Close Quarters combat
- Rendering Wounds in Left 4 Dead 2 by Alex Vlachos of Valve Software, at GDC 2010
- Faking Volumetric Effects in UDK by Stephen Jameson
