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title: "Nebula"
canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/PHX4MAYA/126060414/Nebula"
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## **Overview**

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> This is an Intermediate Level tutorial. Even though no previous knowledge of Phoenix is required to follow along, re-purposing the setup shown here to another shot may require a deeper understanding of the host platform's tools, and some modifications of the simulation settings.

## **Units Setup**

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## **Color Management Settings**

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## **Scene Layout**

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## **Lights, Cameras and Environment**

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> In this tutorial we have many steps to follow. To keep it concise, let's focus only on the Phoenix related steps. Feel free to use the camera and light settings in the provided sample scene.
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> For your reference, below you can find the light, camera and VrayLightMtl settings for the nParticles.
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## **Phoenix Simulation**

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### **Adding Fire/Smoke Sources**

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### **Adding Phoenix Turbulence**

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## **Input**

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## **Volumetric Shading - Smoke Color**

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### **Smoke Opacity**

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## **GPU Rendering**

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## **Buffered Conservation**

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## **Resimulation**

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## **Simulator Duplication & Positioning**

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## **Final Lighting Setup**

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## **V-Ray Frame Buffer & Color Corrections**

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## **Smoke Color Absorption**

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## **Final Results**

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