Create a Quick and Simple Shatter in Maya

Reimagine Fx shows an old Maya standby to create shatter effects quickly.

Amar Shinde (Reimagine Fx) shows an old and maybe forgotten tool within Autodesk Maya that allows you to shatter virtually any object. The shatter tool likely represents the most basic shatter tools today; you might still find it pretty useful in certain situations.

Shinde shows how you use the shatter tool across a range of objects and covers some settings. It’s worthwhile to note while other DCC’s like Cinema 4D, Houdini, and others have much more built-in and advanced shatter tools, Maya’s is super old, slow, and not as robust as some.