"Cliff Collapse" RBD Simulation in Blender using RBDLabs Addon w/ Breakdown
18Since new years I've dabbled with RBD, Fluids, VDBs and Vellum in both SideFX Houdini, Blender and Unreal Engine 5. Even though I've taken literary baby steps with simulations, it's so much fun! I'm proud to present my first real RBD simulation done in Blender using the RBDLabs addon. It let's you work with fractures in the same way I learned in Houdini, by using clusters, glue constraints, proxy meshes etc, but in a super streamlined fashion.
Start out by fracturing your mesh, then create constraints and cluster groups. After you've cached the sim you can quickly add debris and dust using a custom collection. Final step is creating a smoke sim for the debris which I did using the meshes and not particles.
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To bring more life into the environment I wanted the foliage to be animated but didn't yet know how to do it. So I came up with my own solution of using the displacement modifier in Blender and with the help of a clouds texture, an empty null and vertex paint were able to move the foliage meshes in a somewhat realistic way. It wasn't based on physics, but at least easy to art direct.
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After I got all my render passes into a multi-layer EXR i composited everything in Blackmagic Fusion Studio. I carefully practiced the A over B workflow of nodes. I also tried to get comfortable with the 3D camera by doing a parallax dolly zoom with the different layers. After adding some camera/lens effects such as chromatic aberrations, film grain and lens distortion I edited everything together in Blackmagic Davinci Resolve 18 with some sound design.
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The most valuable lessons from this project was probably getting comfortable with the RBDLabs addon, learning that imported VDB files plays back smoother than a cached sim (strange?), and getting familiar with the 3D environment in Fusion Studio which is still a bit difficult to grasp.
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All in all I think I spent around 40 hours on this. Mostly on learning everything.
๐ก 00:00 Final render
๐ก 00:12 tiedtke.
๐ก 00:20 Breakdown
๐ก 01:00 Outro
See the full project on Artstation:
๐ธ https://www.artstation.com/artwork/5v8oYO
Addons used in the video:
๐ธ https://www.blendermarket.com/products/rbdlab
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๐ป ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ธ DaVinci Resolve 18
๐ธ DaVinci Fusion Studio 18
๐ธ Storyboarder Pro
๐ธ Autodesk Maya 2022
๐ธ Blender 3.3
๐ธ Unreal Engine 5
๐ธ Natron Open Source
๐ธ Adobe After Effects
๐ธ Adobe Photoshop
๐ธ Adobe Premiere Pro
๐ธ Foundry Nuke
๐ธ Substance Painter
๐ธ Substance Designer
๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐:
๐ธ Sony CineAlta F5 + R5 4K RAW Recorder
๐ธ Sony Alpha A7S III
๐ธ Sony Alpha A6300
๐ธ Sony Alpha A5100
๐ธ Insta360 One R
๐ท ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐:
๐ธ XEEN 16mm T2,6 Cinema Prime
๐ธ Sigma 24-70mm 2.8 ART
๐ธ Samyang 12mm 2.0
๐ธ Takumar 135mm F3,5 M42 mount
๐ธ Helios 44-2 58mm F2 w/ M42 to EF adapter
๐ก ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐:
๐ธ Godox SL200 II
๐ธ Aputure LS 300D
๐ธ Aputure LS 120D II
๐ป ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด:
๐ธ AMD Ryzen Threadripper 5800X
๐ธ NVidia Geforce GTX 3090
๐ธ NVidia Geforce GTX 1080 TI
๐ธ Logitech MX Master
๐ธ Microsoft Designer Keyboard
๐พ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ:
๐ธ LaCie 4TB Rugged Portable HDD
๐ธ Sandisk 128GB 170mb/s SD card
๐ธ Prograde 128GB V90 300mb/s SD card
I've worked 9+ years as a Director of Photography in Sweden, working on projects ranging from feature films to commercials and music videos. Currently studying at Visual Magic in Skellefteรฅ, Sweden. Years active in the 3D industry is about 2 years. Focusing on visual effects, 3D animation and lighting which is my passion.
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