A guide that focuses on the creation of a series of blasts whose shape and position are based off of a dynamic laser gunfire simulation.
The guide also discusses several commonly (and easily) used math topics to achieve professional and art directable results, including quaternions, cross, and dot products. A breakdown of professional workflow and tons of advanced tips and tricks included.
Applied Houdini is a tutorial series by Steven Knipping, a Senior Rigid Body Destruction / FX Technical Director at Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light & Magic (Rogue One, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Avengers: Age of Ultron). These guides can give you a closer look at some of the production proven workflows and in-depth explanation of why things work the way they do.