Melting Text by Aziz Khan, Afghanistan
In this tutorial we will explore some tools and options of fluid to create melting text effect like smoke, this tutorial is very handy for those of you who are going to create short movies or demo reels to give it heading using this method describing in this tutorial.
Fluid effect is one of powerful tools inside Maya which can achieve realistic result easily within few minutes if you are expert and have creative mind, before going to start with this tutorial I am suggesting you that you should basic knowledge of Maya.
Ok let’s get started.
Step 1: First of all we need some text in (Targa), or (Jpeg) formats, write the text what you want with black background. Open Photoshop and create new fresh page with the same setting as in image describing below.
Note: this setting is just for this tutorial you are not bound with the size of document you can create it in any desired size you like.
Step 2: When your new file is open write anything you like in this case I wrote the words below, make sure your background is black and save it as .tga and name it (Density).
Step 3: Now create the duplicate of this image and change the text color to whatever you like, and then save it as .tga and name it (Color) like the picture below.
Step 4: We are done with Photoshop here, now switch to Maya. On the view port hold down (H) key from your keyboard and then hold down left mouse button from popup menus choose (Dynamics), now we have access to Fluid effects in the top menu, now click on (Fluid Effects) from dropdown menu hit on that small rectangular beside 2d container like the image illustrating below.
Step 5: Fluid option box will appear in the (X Y Resolution) give value of 300 by 300 in the box. This will increase detail when we import our text images, then hit (Apply and Close) like the picture below.
Note: the bigger resolution value the slower render and system performance, do not increase the values out of your requirement.
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