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Creating realistic fire effects in 3D has always been a challenge. The Chaos Group stepped up to this challenge by creating Phoenix, a 3DS Max plug-in distributed by Digimation. Phoenix produces realistic, natural fire effects that react to the movements and modifications of their emitters. A single candle flame, a campfire, or a raging fireball can be generated quickly and easily while giving the user an astounding amount of control over the fire's color, shape, movement, and interaction with objects in the scene. The latest version, Phoenix 1.5, adds some powerful new features to its already sophisticated toolset. Phoenix Lights, Phoenix Render Effect, and Phoenix Fractal Map give users more editing power and reduce production time. The new version boasts improvements in speed and stability, better interactive controls, and greater flexibility for emitters and deflector objects.
The most significant addition to Phoenix 1.5 is the Phoenix Light. Adding a single Phoenix Light to a scene creates a series of lights for each flame object, or...