With Phoenix you can create realistic liquid simulations with splashes and foam directly in 3ds Max and Maya.

Create any type of fire and smoke effects with Phoenix's powerful, adaptive-grid dynamics engine.

Create realistic simulations the easy way with our presets. Quickly set up commonly used effects to use out-of-the-box or modify them to fit your needs.

Fine-tune simulations interactively in the viewport with Phoenix’s GPU-accelerated preview.

Add detail and increase resolution without changing simulation shape or behavior.

Perfect for generating small wisps of smoke and steam.

Import & export mesh objects and particles to OpenVDB, Alembic, Krakatoa, XMesh and V-Ray proxy files for 3ds Max, and OpenVDB, Alembic and V-Ray proxy files for Maya.

Simulate highly-realistic and complex vorticity effects with full control over large-scale vortex strength and ultra fine details.

Use a wide range of emission sources including animated meshes, texture maps, particles and more.

Create a series of simulations that trigger and interact with each other.

Speed up or slow down simulation playback. Perfect for slow motion effects.

Easily create ocean surfaces that never repeat using procedural ocean displacement. Preview and render the ocean surface without simulating cache files.

Seamlessly transition from procedural ocean to simulated beach waves.

Create more realistic foam, faster. Easily add variety to the size and look of your patterns.

Influence simulations with forces such as wind, spline follow, mesh attraction, and build realistic ocean simulations with Massive Wave Force.

Preview fire, smoke and liquid simulations quickly and accurately in the viewport.

Change each voxel and particle's properties during simulation, and use customizable conditions to delete particles.

Use Phoenix simulation licenses to submit jobs over the network to Deadline and Backburner.

Render particles as bubbles, drops, points, or fog.

Render photorealistic liquids and volumetric effects using the Phoenix shader.

A whole new level of volume rendering effects using Colored Absorption. Achieve more control over smoke shading—change the light’s color as it travels through smoke.

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