Beginners Guide to the Particle System in Blender 2.9

On July 3, 2021

Release date:2021, March 8

Author:Stephen Pearson

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

Do you want to learn how to use the Particle System in Blender to create awesome renders or animations? Do you want to feel confident while using particles? By the end of this course you will have an understanding of the functions in the particle system. In the first couple sections we will be focusing on the settings and what each one does. All the videos are labeled so it’s very easy to find a specific setting or value that you are wanting to learn.

One of the best ways to learn is to practice it yourself. That is why I have included 5 full tutorials in which we use the Particle System to create different renders and animations! The first one being on grass. We will be using hair particles to create the shape and from there we will learn how to create a realistic grass material.

The second tutorial is on fluid particles. After a basic overview we will jump straight into Blender and create a fluid particle animation together using the render engine Eevee.

Next up is low poly fire. For this one we will be using a trick in the particle system to change the size as the particle rises. We will also learn about materials and how to change the color overtime.

Hair is the next tutorial that we tackle in this course. You will learn from scratch how to add hair, style it the way you want and create a nice material.

Finally the last section of this course is on the smoke simulation and how you can emit smoke from the particles themselves.

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01 – Introduction
02 – What are Particles
03 – Hair & Emitter Types
04 – Naming & Linking the Particle Systems
05 – Emission Settings
06 – Baking the Cache
07 – Particle Velocity
08 – Rotation
09 – Physics
10 – Render Panel
11 – Viewport Display
12 – Field Weight & Force Field Settings
13 – Vertex Groups
14 – Texture in the Particle System
15 – Collision Objects
16 – Keyed Particles
17 – Particles Following a Curve
18 – Hair Dynamics Overview P1
19 – Hair Dynamics Overview P2
20 – Creating Grass P1 Particle System
21 – Creating Grass P2 Vertex Groups
22 – Creating Grass P3 Hair Shape
23 – Creating Grass P4 Grass Material
24 – Creating Grass P5 Lighting & Rendering
25 – Fluid Particle Overview
26 – Fluid Particle Tutorial P1 Particle System
27 – Fluid Particle Tutorial P2 Material
28 – Fluid Particle Tutorial P3 Rendering the Animation
29 – Low Poly Fire P1 Particle System
30 – Low Poly Fire P2 Fire Material
31 – Low Poly Fire P3 Logs & Lighting
32 – Low Poly Fire Image P4 Sequencing
33 – Particle Edit Overview
34 – Creating Hair P1 Stylizing
35 – Creating Hair P2 Adding Highlights
36 – Creating Hair P3 Adjusting the Hair
37 – Creating Hair P4 Principled Hair Shader
38 – Creating Hair P5 Lighting & Rendering
39 – Smoke Particles P1 Particle System
40 – Smoke Particles P2 Smoke Simulation
41 – Smoke Particles P3 Smoke Material
42 – Smoke Flow 2.79 P1 Smoke Simulation Setup
43 – Smoke Flow 2.79 P2 Particle System Setup
44 – Smoke Flow 2.79 P3 Particle Material
45 – Smoke Flow 2.79 P4 Sequencing the Animation