Tutorial: Creating a Fireball in Blender

[@marcozagara]

That's definitely one of those "can't believe I'm learning this for free" kind of tutorials 🔥

[@jon_do]

And applying it in a free software. #BlenderIsBigTechToMe

[@vextormull]

The tutorials are fun too yknow

[@skotter463]

YES, that my friend is exactly why I love this guy

[@milkos81966]

first thing that popped to my mind watching from the begining, really solid work @Polyfjord thank you!

[@2001herne]

Yep. I haven't touched blender since high school. I am now very tempted to reinstall it and see where we go from there. This guy's tutorials are both awesomely informative and wildly inspirational.

[@blenderguru]

Outstanding tutorial. I love how you constantly show problems then the magical setting that solves it. I tried making an explosion tutorial in 2020 and got 6 weeks deep before hitting two critical bugs that stopped me finishing it (and they're still not fixed!). Glad to see someone stepped up to deliver a thorough mantaflow tutorial to bring more people to the simulation side of Blender.

[@lincolnehret]

Thank you, sir, for everything that you’ve taught me and millions of other people about Blender. We really appreciate it.

[@dyfx9788]

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[@alexconner3958]

Seriously. Every single time I try to work with fire simulation there is something broken. And I'm very used to it by now.

[@Polyfjord]

Thank you kindly Andrew!! You’ve taught me so much! I remember following your large scale explosion progress in 2020, and I still have no idea how to do explosions in Blender. I’m just really happy we’re getting Cycles X, making at least rendering much more available!

[@MarkNarrations]

Excellent tutorials from both of you guys, I only use 3d animation every now and then and always require a tutorial to do what I need to do. So for you both to share your knowledge with us for free is amazing. Thank you

[@BrownHuman]

After years and years of people explaining Simulation in Blender. This Sir, is probably the most intuitive and beginner friendly tutorial of them all. You not only make people understand in the easiest way possible but also inspire the heck outta me to bake some nice fresh simulations. Thanks again Polyfjord.

[@Polyfjord]

Thank you kindly my friend!!

[@arian2845]

I agree 100%

[@sobreaver]

Inspiring is quite an understatement, I felt like I had a MASSIVELY INSPIRED Matrix Mind Blown Moment !! Like WHOOAAAAAAA XD THANK UUUUUU POLY !!!!!!!!!

[@Goofer]

This guy is literally the blender master. His work is absolutely stunning, The music, the editing, the content, the way he explains stuff. Absolutely the best on KZbin.

[@RomboutVersluijs]

He has such stunning sound design on his vids

[@DerekElliott]

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[@Polyfjord]

Thanks Derek!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@safiminu108]

No hot

[@ivoxui2448]

Just like your tutorials 😉

[@thatguyalex2835]

Plus, you don't have to pay a single cent to a software behemoth such as Adobe. :) Now that's pretty fire 🔥, isn't it?

[@slm7900]

One of my most favourite instructor commented on another coolest instructor's breathe taking video. 🥰

[@robmastriano]

This is the only video that shows how to expose the stupid "Bake" button in the cache!!! Life saver and way more information than the other fire simulation tutorials out there! Cheers

[@iamyajat2088]

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[@DenimPirate]

By far the most impressive tutorials on the platform. Never stop going for quality over quantity. It's so refreshing

[@coleorloff]

You're easily making some of the highest-quality Blender tutorials out there. Absolutely awesome.

[@humandarion]

I just need to stop for a second 5 minutes into the video to drop this comment.... this has been an incredibly well-explained tutorial on fire sims. If you haven't already I would love to see you chat about water sims. Keep up this masterful work. Update: I finished the tutorial, not do I understand fire sims, but the compositor . . . quality tutorial! Update #2: end montage is brilliant

[@JaredOwen]

The music makes this tutorial very Epic! Thanks so much for the hard work

[@KN-xn2ee]

So... that's what you learned from this tutorial?

[@perttuilmari1378]

I agree, most pp don't realize how much more the subtle music brings this tutorials, so high end stuff! Lot of work and effort! Pure art!

[@igorzkoppt]

Matter of taste, if there is music, I don't even try. I will not be able to focus on the explanations. I really wanted to watch it but.... Too sensitive to music.

[@matthewbrereton4629]

I have been learning Blender for a little more than a year and have done so with the benefit of you and some of the seasoned professionals (who I note have already started to comment below). This tutorial is absolutely sensational. I love your enthusiasm, your skill and ease of communication, not to mention what is a fabulous result. Thank you so very much.

[@totochandelier]

sometimes you feel like you need to take a Blender break. Other times you feel like you're going to come back to it. You just created this moment for me.

[@Kitten202021]

During the “No smoke without fire” introduction, I could very quickly see this as being used to animate sea life, spirit orbs, fire - duh - and many other things for games or animations. Getting my first real good computer ever this coming week, so I will be saving this tutorial as I can now FINALLY truly utilize Unreal Engine 5, Blender and Cinema 4D to their fullest potential. So excited, thank you, Polyfjord!

[@okonvick]

Oh my god. I have been using blender for over 5 years, but never heard about the possibility to composite without re-rendering. That's absolutely fantastic. Thank you!

[@yovhal1980]

After months and years of trying to figure out how to make high resolution fluid simulation without cranking up the resolution slider, finally found it! Thanks a lot for investing such great deal of efforts in these tutorials

[@KrzysztofLomonkiewicz]

The only people that have disliked this video are the other blender tutorial gurus who can't get even 10% as good as this! This is gold! I appreciate not just the informative side of this tutorial but the way you keeping the viewer engaged with the b rolls, end parts, music, side notes, and cutting the fluff off... pure value!

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There are physic and philosophy in all of his tutorials, you get two for the price of one, what a deal!

[@vinod-gowda]

The Intro is killer, this is going to be awesome and already know it. Watching!

[@Agentderp1097]

0:15 is an accurate representation of my laptop when I do some work on blender.

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Hot damn! Man you're killing it lately. Such a quality content you create, incredible. I can imagine that this is a lot of work. Your passion is something to admire. Hats off to you! 10/10

[@mahirfr]

Best guide in the whole KZbin for Blender Smoke Simulation,..

[@IrreversibleExtents]

"I have spent 5 weeks working on this smoke simulation." Haven't we all? haha Love your work. I favor it most out of all the other Blender guys out there.

[@vectordexter5393]

The quality of these tutorials is surreal, and the fact that its FREE I’m BLOWN

[@ollesimba]

Not only was the whole tutorial amazing but that exr compositing trick is gonna save me a bunch of time. Thank you from Sweden!

[@GBCxPrime]

I tapped for the thumbnail alone but stayed because your pacing in the tutorial is phenomenal. Your passion does not get in the way of making a clear explanation. Very well done

[@crypt0sFX]

I swear there aren't enough cool pyro Sim tutorials and others for blender this good.

[@thechunkycat1]

I have scoured the Internet for Blender tutorials, but I cannot find better tutorials than Polyfjord. He is such a good teacher, and highly recommend watching his amazing videos. Thank you, Polyfjord for your genius!!!

[@forgeflarion8362]

This is such a master class! Thank you! It is a true masterpiece!

[@ahmedshalaby8832]

I am a simple person I see a polyfjord new video notification I click :)

[@motazdwairi7126]

this tutorial learnt me more than a crazy smoke simulation, this is one of the best tutorials so far, much love keep doing what ur doing

[@pierpaoloandraghetti]

you're not just teaching the process. you're teaching the learning process. This is excellent. thank you.

[@jon_do]

Top notch free tutorial from a top notch creator with top notch free software. Thank you!

[@yagikaroo]

Polyfjord is always the best tours!

[@fatcat5323]

the most useful smoke simulation tutorial ever!

[@moodl3d856]

I’ve been waiting for a good tutorial about smoke/fire sims It finally arrived

[@DUHRIZEO]

That intro was so much fun! What an awesome way to get motivated to learn.

[@urdadacrypto3044]

Holy shit, this guy is flexing right now, the intro is sooooo cool, love your tutorials right now brooooo

[@Sokar12345]

37 minutes - thats how you make a smokey ball. 2 minutes - thats how you animate a character with a burning sword.

[@thedebapriyakar]

You're hands down the best blender tutor to have existed on the planet.

[@ZeusCreates]

I live for the advanced part of every video! Always such a joy to watch them! And the whole explanation was so nice too. Simulation stuff is not the easiest thing to understand but damn, you made it pretty easy and fun!

[@stockerman7747]

I'm sooooo glad I watched this. No need for fire at this stage. but hell it's packed to the brim with useful info (especially the compositor which I struggle understanding),... It may have taken you 5 weeks but thank you SO MUCH for doing so.

[@sionvisuals4045]

Best 3D Artist dude in KZbin and thankfully devoted to tutoring other people! Thank you again! We appreciate your hard work! ps: Will be so cool to see more and interesting audio vizualizers with Geometry nodes

[@monarchfilmspx0955]

I know this is an older tutorial, but its still relevant. You literally just crammed ten years of me learning this myself into one video. Hahaha nicely done.

[@drzigzag8985]

Wow !!! That was Amazing I Learn something new each & every time I watch your videos Yes I'm a Patriot. 👏

[@cloneclone5341]

Thank you David Tennant, very cool tutorial

[@JJSnel-uh3by]

Yeah this is just a insane tutorial. I think even if you would to have never even touched blender you could follow this! A little slower but still! I loved it!

[@RudyWarman]

I'm day 3 in and I could follow this. Brilliant stuff. Definitely taken me 4+ hours to get through this 40min video though haha!

[@lascaustefan4087]

Just seeing the first 10 seconds of the video made me leave a like! Really awesome, looking forward to what's next ^^

[@teamavatar6460]

The Quality omg😫😫😫 keep them coming

[@fletx8858]

YOU deleted the default cube!? Where is the real Polyfjord?!? Pd: I can't thank you enough for the amazing amount of knowledge I've learned from your videos, the quality is incredible and the accessibility even greater, huge thanks to you man♡♡ I'm already waiting for the next one :))

[@JustMe-5239]

Finally a simulation tutorial that actually works and teaches us, rather than just telling us what to do.

[@sashasmiler2012]

Video is absolutely cool and useful, thanks alot. The "advanced part" though felt like a situation when you sitting in class, paying attention, teacher like "7+8=15, clear?". You like "ab-so-lutely". And then you blink and that triple differential equation appear. And please, make less references to seconds, I've got only laptop with 3050 and that sounds more promising that it should ;)

[@soldierplayzzz818]

You are by far the best at explaining blender tutorials and making the coolest projects, all for free. Thank you so much!

[@FinalMotion]

wow, that was crazy good no one has broken down smoke simulations so simply like that before. thank you 🙏 Another idea for a tutorial... can you please show how you make HDR Renders? I have tried, but there is such a lack of information on it, let alone info for doing it in blender. Thanks!🙏

[@Polyfjord]

Thanks!!! Hmmm... Right now working with HDR video seems too dependent on relatively expensive external hardware, so I still haven't figured out a good way to integrate that into a tutorial that has value for most people

[@FinalMotion]

@@Polyfjord mmm totally, that makes sense... In that case, is there a resource/video you could recommend? or maybe make it a patreon tutorial? 🤔

[@Polyfjord]

@@FinalMotion Here is the best video I have found on the topic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWTcmXuZgZubY68 As you can see it requires both a separate 10-bit HDR display and an external capture and playback device like the UltraStudio 4K Mini

[@FinalMotion]

​ @Polyfjord AHHHH ok thanks! I thought that since it was generated footage, just exporting it as a HDR Compatible format (Like EXR) and telling adobe/davinici that it is HDR Content, it would let you export/upload it. or at least let you play it back on ur PC (if you have a 10 bit monitor that is) But thanks, i didn't realize how much went into it, i just wanted to make some sweet renders like you did for your HDR Montage ❤Thanks!

[@maxstepaniuk4355]

Nicey. Well explained, nice looking fireball. Fire mages approve.

[@theinfam3449]

4:32 I'm currently having a small issue where the fireball is large for the first couple of seconds and then goes to the scale I chose. I'm new to blender animation so I'm probably just doing something wrong but I am quite confused

[@koendos3]

have you forgot to disable the autokeyframe button? If so there will be keyframes of scaling.

[@joseoton2360]

Your series are certainly the best tutorials I've found. You are a Blender expert but, above all, you are an excellent teacher!

[@Pasakoye]

*Makes bean bag that turns into fire mid throw* "Fireball! Fireball!"

[@inventify_club]

now that's a lot of hard work to something that's available for FREE

[@kropout7714]

quick tip : Just set the resolution of the smoke to be more than 4096 or smth like that and you will get a real life smoke sim ,how cool is that ?

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Lol

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past three days ive been completely addicted to your channel. I'm making the units for my game now because of this channel actually. you rock.

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[@auricx]

Thanks

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3:40 omfg u just saved me so much time trying to select the right object and the right tab every time i want to change anything.

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[@meow889]

I don't think skillshare or any learning website would've this quality learning content

[@poplidhiraj3]

Insufficient tutorial: I tried creating smoke and fire simulation in blender but instead my pc caught fire and started emitting smoke..

[@Polyfjord]

This is a great workaround!!

[@colinorourke]

I decided to take on a ball of smoke simulation a day before this video came out, and it helped me explain ALL of the questions i had! I never understood a thing about the gas fluid situation before this and now, thanks to you, it all makes perfect sense. thank you!! :)

[@Michael9383-e9]

Who else is super confused when watching people on blender

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@@Michael9383-e9 even though I’m tech savvy,I only understand half of it

[@Tryh4rd3rr]

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[@FinalMiro]

So why are you underrated? I’ve tried to study smoke simulations so many times and you’re the only one I completely understood!

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This Tutorial leaves you a aspace to explore things by yourself and parallely helps you not to lose yourself, can't describe it, maybe it is like leaving your zone of comfort

[@gauthierruberti8065]

I lost track of what you did just 5 seconds after the advanced part started, it's amazing how you managed to make ME (a blender neophyte) understand so many things in just half an hour

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This is one of the best simulation tutorials I have seen, I have shared the link to the video in the facebook blender beginners group and people love it about 180 likes in the last 4 hours, I cannot wait for a new video

[@1110-k7d]

so simple so easy the most perfect tutorial maker ever

[@qissthee]

Crazy as hell. Can’t wait for blender 3.0 and cycles X.

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[@sakatrak2773]

Multiple wow moments in that tutorial. Clarity, quality, smile all the way. Love it!

[@soundroom4616]

So cool to see the exr compositing workflow. Blender Bob was complaining about re-renders. This fixes it!

[@SUVO_RAW]

2nd best bender channel on entire KZbin, waiting for fluid simulation, and destruction, and anything else

[@Samtagri]

Your enthusiasm for blender is inspiring!!!

[@tasnik3971]

If I wasn't already looking for a good blender smoke tutorial, that intro alone would hook me. The whole process is so clear! Can't wait to see what I'll make. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@farrukharshad6195]

That advanced part was mind blowing

[@Art3m150]

I'm so thankful about this episode. thankyou very much Mr. Polyfjord.

[@mahmoudrizk15]

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[@MrBlendercross]

This is one of the best Tuts for smoke stuff i've ever seen. THX a lot for this great work

[@keithbrown7726]

Great tutorial. Lots of things I didn't know until now. Especially for getting the glow of the flames. Thank you for doing this video to help others out with Blender and a BIG Thank you for not having annoying music playing when your doing your video :D Makes it easier to hear you to follow instructions.

[@artavenuebln]

I'm just 1 min in and wow, the amount of work just for the video beginning is crazy. Sounds fit perfectly, so many examples, real life video at the start. Damn.

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[@4.0.4]

Man, your tutorials are so next level. It seems like you're showing magic, then you show us how to do it and we feel we can be magicians, too.

[@kunibertrandolf1886]

I love how the final fireball looks amazing already and then you just go full apeshit with a full scene and fire katana. It's the same feeling you get when watching other artists drawing turning from amazing into something even more amazing every stroke they take. I can't believe this is free on KZbin. Truly amazing

[@MJ12GRAVITON]

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[@mindvisual1276]

wow! I wish I could give 100 thumbs up. I have rarely seen fire and smoke simulation explained so well

[@makakiin]

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