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In this Video we will take a look at how to create a shatter effect within autodesk maya. This Effect can be accomplish by many different ways in Maya but we will take a look at two of them. One with creating a shatter effect within the Dynamics tap and the other Being with nCloth. with the nCloth method you may need to create extra layers to get that depth you’re looking for or just simply extrude the object.

Learn, Create and Accomplish- Jeremiah

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