Get 6 free smoke and fire effects sequences from FX BackPack
FX BackPack’s commercial Smoke Impacts collection of stock FX clips and VDB file sequences, one of which is included in its free Discovery Pack of smoke and fire effects.
New stock effects firm FX BackPack has released the Discovery Pack: six free smoke and fire effects for use in visual effects or motion graphics projects.
The assets are provided as sequences of VDB files optimized for use in Blender, but suitable for use in other DCC apps, and as 2K MOV files with alpha channels for compositing.
Six free stock FX clips of smoke and fire, for use in VFX or motion graphics
The Dicovery Pack consists of six stock effects: three of fires and three of smoke.
All are based on Houdini simulations that are then resampled to reduce file sizes while preserving as much of the original detail as possible.
The fire effects are flame sims with sources with suitable shapes for use on the windows or facades of buildings, and on vertical structures like poles, pillars or ropes.
The smoke effects consist of a ground explosion, a smoke plume, and horizontal jets mimicking smoke grenades or steam escaping from pipes.
The 150-to-300-frame animations are provided as 2K ProRes 4444 MOV files with transparent backgrounds that can be composited into footage for use in VFX or motion graphics projects.
Also available as VDB file sequences for rendering in Blender or other CG software
Users also get the effects as sequences of VDB files that can be rendered in any DCC app or game engine that supports the OpenVDB file format, now including Unreal Engine.
The VDB files are optimized for use in Blender, where they can used with either the Cycles or Eevee render engines, and are designed to be lightweight and quick to render.
Blender users also get a .blend scene file with five readymade smoke shaders and three stylized fire shaders.
Available as a free sample of FX BackPack’s commercial asset collections
The files are samples from FX BackPack’s commercial asset collections, each of which contains 10 variations of smoke or fire effects.
The commercial packs cost $4.99 or $9.99, depending on whether you want both the MOV files and VDB file sequences, or the MOV files alone.
As well as downloading the samples free on Gumroad, you can buy the Discovery Pack on Blender Market, with all of the money from sales going to the Blender Development Fund.
FX BackPack plans to release new collections throughout 2025 and 2026, starting with volumetric effects, but eventually including magic FX, destruction, water and particles.
License and system requirements
FX BackPack’s Discovery Pack assets are provided as sequences of VDB files, suitable for use in any DCC application that supports the format, and as 2K MOV files, for use in compositing.
The Blender files are compatible with Blender 3.0+, and the Cycles and Eevee renderers.
The assets are licensed for commercial use.
Download FX BackPack’s smoke and fire FX Discovery Pack from Gumroad
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