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Adding foliage, fire, and smoke with paint effects page 1-32

Growing short hair, long hair, grass, and electric arcs with fur and nHair page 33-66

Creating water, smoke, and sparks with nParticles page 67-94

Generating nParticle swarms and bubble masses with expressions and MEL scripting page 95-124

Simulating semi-rigid and rigid debris with python, pyMEL, and nCloth page 125-146

Producing dust puffs, fog, trailing smoke, and fireballs with rigid and fluid dynamics page 147-174

Animating fire, water, and damage with effects, fluid effects, deformers, and textures page 175-200

Building reference models and motion tracking with Maya and matchmover page 201-226

Combining nCloth, nParticlrs, and fluid effects to create complex page 227-252

Preparing, rendering, and combining render passes page 253-294