Fast flowing river in Maya tutorial or help request

Hey folks,

We have been shooting some plates today for a promo we are working on and there is a river in the footage which I'd like to animate objects rising from and being affected by the river flow. First stop tomorrow is the nparticles system in Maya 2013, but I wondered if any of you have some good tips on working with scenes like this or know of any good tutorials that might help walk me through it. Don't have a great deal of experience with the n systems or fluids TBH. But good working knowlege of Maya. Thanks in advance.

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I haven't used particles in Maya very much, but I do know that RealFlow (which works with Maya just fine) is made for the goals you're describing. And it's a lot easier to learn/use. Even the most basic tutorial describes the process of letting objects be affected by the flow of water.

Maybe look into that instead, because I _think_ it'll be a lot harder in Maya.

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