25 Blender Particle Simulations

BA thread: blenderartists.org/forum/show...)
Patreon: / iagomota
Music used: / iago-mota-aeternum
Hello, everyone! After three months of working on this project, it's finally complete. This video shows 25 different particle simulations which were made exclusively with Blender. It is important to note, that I did not make any simulations involving hair particles since they tend to behave differently. I also didn't make any simulations involving fluid particles due to their instability.
For a short explanation of how each simulation was made and the number of the simulation, turn on captions. Pause the video if the captions are too quick. In the captions, I will not explain the materials of the particles, since that would take a lot of space, and the captions can only support so much.
Here are a few details:
-Maximum resolution: 1920 x 1080
-Frame rate: 60 fps (In some of the simulations, the frame rate was 30 fps due to their small length)
-Software used for the simulation: Blender (exclusively)
-Software used for compositing: Blender and After Effects
-External plugins used: CubeSurfer addon by Jean Francois (PyroEvil)
-Render engine: Cycles (exclusively)
-Longest render time: 5 days
-Largest sample count: 2000 samples
Computer specs:
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3770 @ 3,40 GHz
GPU: GeForce GTX 650 Ti
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro

[@khalilicf]

this guy doesnt deserve more subs, he deserves a better pc man he's running on a 9 year old cpu and a 650 ti

[@IagoMotaVFX]

Yes... xD

[@shreyasgadhe5859]

650 ti or 1650 ti ?

[@khalilicf]

@@shreyasgadhe5859 650

[@zemiak341]

@@khalilicf I 7 though

[@khalilicf]

@@zemiak341 a 9 yr old CPU bruh 😐

[@tylermustardloooser386]

blender is too good for this world...

[@stupnum8764]

i wanna cry, because i can repeat this😭 (my english very bad, because im cheburashka vofka kolobooook....)

[@Steve-hm3ri]

You should've seen unreal engine particles.

[@Steve-hm3ri]

@Daniel Finomo but it has better particles.

[@AntarikshPatreSpace]

Words by a great prophet! 😎🤟

[@thicclord848]

And it's freaking free. It's too good to be true

[@tomgraham2688]

This is ridiculously good, a brief break down video on the making of this would be great

[@IagoMotaVFX]

Thank you! I'll definitely see if I can make a break down video. I might also make some tutorials on particle simulations.

[@finnheinemann3682]

Iago Mota yes pleeaaase could you do a Tutorial in this Thing at 3:00

[@alexbecker5772]

i like that too. It would be really awesome if you can make a tutorial out of that. thank you so much

[@Luka1180]

@@IagoMotaVFX Please do. Maybe show us how Harry Potter/Hollywood type wand/spell blasts are done?? :O

[@clown134]

this, and the 20 smoke sims videos are my favorite blender videos on youtube

[@Gospel_With_AI]

They all look nice, and are possibly the best simulations I've ever seen on KZbin, you could help us out with a basic tutorial that can get us started on making fascinating stuffs like this and also a tutorial on effect 2 will be fine 😊

[@lucadeandraderibeiro]

Oh my god! That's one of the most incredible particle systems I've ever seen! WOW! I've no words to discribe how amazed I'm. Congratulations. It's fantastic. Thank you for posting.

[@Chemodan2000]

This video deserves more than a thousand likes. A lot more.

[@DanielVesterbaek]

Whooow, that is soooo cool! You are the master of blender particles!

[@Olav3D]

Awesome! Some of the best Blender renders I have seen!

[@neppoj2871]

This is absolutely incredible

[@aosnec]

Thanks! The best tutorials and blender particles. I'm love open source programs!

[@ditipitidofus]

Man you are amazing! Really well done!

[@toppolthecat]

These are absolutely amazing!

[@gipriastamil851]

Awesome! how to make colorful crackers with particles,eevee and emission easily kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4GTYaesidmln9U

[@RavenArtzy]

3:05 good for fires.

[@pstuddy]

The understanding of blender particles is strong with this one

[@ericholliday7071]

Particle blender master knows much (bows)

[@gabrielortiz8959]

Fantastic work! Cheers!

[@imaginerd3d]

This is beautiful, excellent work!

[@MadManiacGamer]

I love watching these videos that soon remind me the torture they put my pc through to attempt to make

[@MrShizzr]

Very cool effects und nicely put together!

[@rishabhlaheja7689]

This is pure bliss!!! Pure excellence!!! Mesmerizing!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@AnatomyLab]

awesome respect to you and your artwork

[@ke9n]

superb talent and eye for detail underrated. subscribed.

[@SmarTechDev]

I simply love your work

[@JousefM]

Wonderful, I simply love it!!

[@Luka1180]

Thank you for the captions!!!!

[@CTRL_SMarcos]

Absolutely stunning! Thanks for sharing.

[@gipriastamil851]

Awesome! how to make colorful crackers with particles,eevee and emission easily kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4GTYaesidmln9U

[@thefaun6782]

This is like that scene in ratatouille with the cheese and the strawberry 🍓 🧀

[@Charely1925]

Blender has truly come a long way and I can't wait to see it improve in the future.

[@bloop3255]

Wow! Absolutey breath-taking..

[@ZacharyAghaizu]

insane! Especially with the lights

[@Jenneon]

amazing! love it

[@joecronin6694]

Wow! great video. I'm impressed!

[@AA-hg7xq]

Just found these on KZbin. Thanks for the wonderful work. Great incentive for all of us. Tutorials would be great. Or, maybe an ebook?

[@jazzylev]

amazing job!!!

[@kelton_.]

Woah in new to blender and I want to be able to do fun things like this. Absolutely beautiful

[@nightly-sou6311]

Awesome like always :)

[@grantschwinge4017]

Awesomesauce!

[@Fakruddeen01]

excellent work boss

[@francoisaudard4442]

Amazing, bravo !

[@kenzenikari]

wow bro love them all

[@josegerardi3155]

Gran trabajo amigo!!!!

[@VeloFX]

Wow really nice work, didn't know that the particle system is actually capable of this.

[@gipriastamil851]

Awesome! how to make colorful crackers with particles,eevee and emission easily kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4GTYaesidmln9U

[@kraftykritter10]

Awesome! How do you even begin to do these? Wow!

[@cearfarseer9725]

Damn I can't even get particles to follow curves properly. Bravo!

[@cartodesigns2927]

wat. This is *insane*!!!

[@valves.mp4]

These are perfect for my intros :D

[@jameslee9639]

So good! I badly wanna know how you made that electricity simulated with particles

[@bobikotik]

Awesome

[@wibuundpanzer]

awesomeeee !

[@RenderingUser]

majestic

[@Lumitex]

GTX 650 lol, I'm sitting at 1050 and complaining that everything takes forever and need RTX to start working.. your video gave me the push to put more effort with current config haha

[@softwarelivre2389]

GT 630M here

[@jazzylev]

GTX 1660ti (MSI GS65)

[@katomiccomics202]

@@jazzylev that’s actually a decent card for blender.

[@jed2112]

mx330 and idk am i pushing it too hard if i wanna simulate someshit like in the vid ??

[@katomiccomics202]

@@jed2112 im pretty sure the simulations are calculated on your CPU, but for rendering yes it is pretty low end.

[@user-pv5gw9gz8q]

Fantastic😍

[@India101_Original]

great!!

[@MrTurbo_]

The perfect screensavers

[@DiegoSilva-bp9if]

certo, Iago, você conseguiu a minha atenção.

[@soundsbeard]

GPU: GeForce GTX 650 Ti - it has only cuda 3.0 let me guess, cpu render with i7 3,4 ghz goes way faster than gpu? btw your works are stunning

[@benjamindu9446]

非常棒的演示及解說功能...

[@pinklady7184]

Shut up! That is AMAZING. Awesome creations.

[@cedricrehm]

How did you do the one at 1:30 I love it!! It is so amazing!!

[@DS21st]

Cool effects! Would it be possible for you to make tutorials of #1, #5, #9 & #11?

[@MrTheMatoto]

excelente!

[@gipriastamil851]

Awesome! how to make colorful crackers with particles,eevee and emission easily kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4GTYaesidmln9U

[@psychoink]

It is so so so amazing. Do you think you could do a tutorial about making effects 7 and 11? Thanks a lot!

[@IagoMotaVFX]

Thank you! I might make a tutorial about them. I'm currently working on another tutorial, but i'll see if I will have enough time.

[@psychoink]

That would be great! Thank again!

[@Jayudesu]

I think I've asked this before, but I forgot the response - how would you recreate the simulation at 0:32? Being a much more experienced Blender user, as well as remembering some of the response, I think particle instancing would be involved. I'm more interested in recreating the lightning itself and its repeated bolts around the sphere. Fantastic video as always, and I cant wait to see what you make in the future!

[@IagoMotaVFX]

Thank you! You're completely correct. From what I remember, I only made one single lightning bolt and used a Particle Instance modifier on it. To make the lightning bolts appear different, I added some random size and slightly randomized rotation and phase in the particle settings of the large sphere emitting these bolts. The reason why I used a Particle Instance modifier on the lightning bolts, was so that it would be possible for the individual bolts to also emit some particles (the slowly fading orange objects, which I obtained by fracturing a sphere). I hope that was helpful. I apologize for the late response.

[@Jayudesu]

No worries! Thank you so much for the information! Once again, I look forward to more of your work!

[@chap09]

the intro made me thought there was a spaceship on top of my house lol

[@tcheadriano]

Awesome!!!

[@gipriastamil851]

Awesome! how to make colorful crackers with particles,eevee and emission easily kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4GTYaesidmln9U

[@457Deniz457]

I love this video + that intro :D Tutorial of that intro also? :D

[@alexmiller3453]

These are incredible. When I have been trying similar simulations, blender exports them with full clarity but Premiere ends up making them slightly blurry. I have tried a variety of Premiere export settings with no success. Any suggestions on what export setting you used in Premiere/after effects?

[@IagoMotaVFX]

Thank you! I usually use the QuickTime format in AE, with a photo JPG or PNG codec. The files that it exports are pretty big, so I always compress the footage with HandBrake, which is a free application. In HandBrake, I used to use the H.264 codec, but it seems like the H.265 codec is better for KZbin. Also, rendering these in 4K helps too.

[@alexmiller3453]

@@IagoMotaVFX Thank you very much!! I appreciate the advice!

[@uwirl4338]

@@IagoMotaVFX The H.265 codec is better for everything, not only for KZbin. It offers up to 50% better image quality at the same bandwith. Unless you really need to play these files on an underpowered machine (H.264 is faster to decode but even mobile processors can decode H.265 with no problem whatsoever) there's no reason to ever use H.265.

[@flyingjudgement]

how to make the one at 3:04? Is it possible to make a drawing and then ignite something in it with this method ? it looks amazzing

[@sagarapatil]

Nice

[@ariefwt2220]

Cool

[@KasperStudios]

Hi Iago :) I was wondering what codec and exact video-parameters you used for the final upload to KZbin since the banding and compression look perfect. It would help some people enormously I think. Thanks! ;)

[@IagoMotaVFX]

Hello! I usually export the rendered animations as either PNG or EXR sequences. After having them imported either into AE or Blender's video editor, I can export them as MP4 or something along those lines, as long as it doesn't compress the video by much (so that it will maintain a good quality). Now, because of the lack of compression, the video can get super heavy so I use a free application called HandBrake to compress the videos. Since I'll be uploading the video on KZbin, I tend to follow these guidlines for what settings I should use: support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en

[@EvenStarMN]

Amazing... by the way.. do you use supercomputer ?>

[@ololo9283]

2:54 - 3:02 is so cool. Any tutorials on how ot create this type of effect?

[@Rxx555]

all of them are so beautiful do you have tutorials for them?

[@hablom1977]

cool demoscene efx

[@simonjpollard]

How about a tutorial on how to create an intro like the one at the start of this video please (00:00 to 00:11)?

[@vaibhavjadiya6638]

Make tutorial on everything..

[@xkaku9072]

Can you make a tutorial on #6 and #7. Thank you 😊

[@frostfire6701]

Wow, That's Amazing!!!!! Wonder if I could use This in Templates, obviously crediting you for this work!

[@IagoMotaVFX]

Of course, you can!

[@frostfire6701]

Thank you so much!

[@trygvij1604]

Could someone explain to me how that effect was made? 2:28 Thanks! :)

[@dommafia]

He has a tutorial on it kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5XHd62bm5l7bKc

[@trygvij1604]

@@dommafia I've found it since :P I forgot I wrote this comment. Thanks! tho' :)

[@Pythontheking]

At 0:51 is there anyway i can change the cube it transforms into into text inside of the project file? Thanks!

[@moeal3026]

Wow

[@owen_brady]

The one at 2:28 looked sick!! Is there a tutorial for that one?

[@ahmetahaydemir]

4.5 M particles:D Can I get your pc specs please? Also very nice, keep up the good work. Do you mind if we steal some of your ideas to use in our projects?

[@gipriastamil851]

Awesome! how to make colorful crackers with particles,eevee and emission easily kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4GTYaesidmln9U

[@doruvidejesus4508]

How did you make it and what course did you took?

[@CGCake]

Including the Intro? 26!

[@slouchboi6412]

Art isnt just on a canvas, maybe it lives within an application on your computer, maybe its something you scrapped two months ago. Maybe, just maybe, its in all of us.

[@slouchboi6412]

I think i might get into blender.

[@slouchboi6412]

Cuz i feel inspired

[@uzaykisi1863]

can you please make a detailed tutorial for #11 ?

[@wilde7061]

Could there be a tutorial for 21?

[@user-oy2fw6qt4i]

Please I want tutorial of these particles video

[@nenotu8400]

WARNING! DON'T TURN ON CAPTIONS

[@megaangryjoe]

How do you make your particles look so much like smoke in some of these?

[@dommafia]

smoke flow force

[@IceStormFX]

Wow I'll never get That good

[@Ibrahimkhan-zn9vv]

2nd and 3rd one plz

[@ricardosoares2924]

I'm from Brazil. I know 3d Max and I want to migrate to the blender because it seems that the functionality and access features of the interface are close to the most used software.

[@notsoclearsky]

Can you please reupload? The files are down and I seriously want to learn these animations.

[@mike_winchester]

OMG, what music is this, name and link, please? Been looking for it for so long!

[@IagoMotaVFX]

Well, it's not any official song, since I created it solely for the purpose of this video. I haven't published it anywhere else, so sorry about that. I might try to improve it a bit and later publish it somewhere, but I'll need some time.

[@mike_winchester]

No wonder, neither Shahzam, neither Soundhound could detect it. It's perfectly fine for me, pls do send mp3 :D

[@IagoMotaVFX]

Here you go: www.dropbox.com/s/ljuu5n1dm0ae0t6/Iago%20Mota%20-%20Aeternum.wav?dl=0

[@mike_winchester]

Thank you so much

[@galaxie8032]

@@IagoMotaVFX It has been deleted? :(

[@santiagobetancur4894]

Wooof!!! Make tuts for all of them please...

[@edwardwood6815]

I like the one at 0:22

[@xlxs1]

Imagine the possibilities when particle nodes is out...