--- title: "Animated Clouds" canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/PHX4MAX/124395801/Animated%20Clouds" format: markdown --- ## **Overview** --- > Macro (ui-text-box) > > This Advanced Level tutorial shows you how to create Animated Clouds using Phoenix. It's recommended that you have at least basic knowledge in lighting, materials, and the Phoenix simulation. ## **Units Setup** --- ## **Scene Layout** --- ## **Scene Setup** --- > Macro (ui-text-box) > > This tutorial involves two simulators and a lot of steps. Here we focus on the Phoenix-related steps only. Feel free to use the camera and light settings in the provided sample scene. > For reference, you can find the camera and light settings below. > > > > Macro (legacy-content) ## **Anatomy of the Animated Clouds** --- ### **Comparison of Cumulus and Stratus Clouds** --- ## **Fire/Smoke Simulation for Cumulus** --- ### Output Settings --- ### Cumulus Source Geometry Setup --- --- --- --- ### Creating and Animating a Phoenix Fire/Smoke Source in the Scene --- --- --- --- ### Initial Simulation --- --- ### Switch to PCG Solver --- --- --- --- --- --- ### **Adding Phoenix Turbulence for Smoke Swirls** --- --- ### Set up Two More Sources for Cumulus --- --- --- --- --- --- ### Adding Plain Force --- ### Final Simulation for the Cumulus --- --- --- ### Retime for the sources and textures --- --- --- --- ### Resimulation for the Cumulus --- --- --- --- ### Scene Interaction --- ## **Fire/Smoke Simulation for Stratus** --- --- ### Create a Geosphere Geometry --- --- --- ### Adding a Fire/Smoke Source for Stratus --- --- --- --- ### Scene Interaction --- --- --- ### Smoke Dissipation --- --- --- ## **Improving Volumetric Shading** --- --- --- ## **Border Fade for Stratus** --- ## **Render Elements** --- ## **V-Ray Frame Buffer** --- --- ## **Relighting with LightMix** --- --- --- ## **Phase Function** --- --- ### Phase Function comparison (front lighting) --- --- --- ## **Bonus step:** **back lighting condition** --- --- ### Phase Function comparison (back lighting) --- ---