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Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold

This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble it i

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Mosquito 1/24 scale animation

My mate sent me this link from a hobby shop here in Perth. Take a look at this!!!! its bloody good!! It looks like Autocad?? I havent checked out the...

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by bullet1968

20-05-2010|10:25 AM

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transparency problems

hey guys, hope everything fine! :) My problem is that I have a scene where trees are made from 2d sprites which are with an alpha masked out. I...

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by Mayastatic

19-05-2010|05:04 PM

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zBrush to Maya issue

So I am exporting a model from zBrush to maya in OBJ and when I import into maya or open the file in maya its breaks my model into a bunch of random...

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by Jay

18-05-2010|02:39 PM

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image plane

I have a issue where I import my image planes and when I move the image plane behind the grid on the side view it is only doing it if I go in the...

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by bullet1968

18-05-2010|11:16 AM

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Subdiv Proxy vs Mesh>Smooth

I am still learning all the common practices for Maya modeling. I typically take the box modeling approach but I'd like to know: 1) What is the...

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by NitroLiq

18-05-2010|02:38 AM

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Basic modeling tool questions

What's up Simply Maya Community, I'm back with another total newb inquiry! After viewing Digital Tutors lessons I'm a bit perplexed by some basic...

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by Megatron2.0

17-05-2010|09:44 PM

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rigging doubt

shell we mirror the bones with iks,controles of one side to another?

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by 3ddon

17-05-2010|04:37 PM

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Paint Skin Weights Tool question...

Hey anyone, I have my rigging set up on my model and have skin binded the two, and now i am trying to use the paint skin weights tool, but when i...

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by Ataraxy

16-05-2010|01:49 AM

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why have so meny threads been cut back

Hi all I think the header is the question................dave

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by daverave

15-05-2010|09:48 AM

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wondering about good tvs/monitors | Page: 1 2

hi all. i've been wondering for a while about how good it would be to work on a big screen again. my computers quite nice but the the monitor i work...

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by ben hobden

14-05-2010|04:33 PM

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Character Animation

Has anyone used Mental Ray for character animation and is it considered a viable option say over vray? Thanks

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by Stephen

13-05-2010|01:16 PM

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ambient Occlusion

How do I get an ambient occlusion render from maya 2010? I select the ambient occlusion checkbox in the mental ray features tab but I don't see an...

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by mantoo

13-05-2010|11:33 AM

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IP-S2 Surveying and MODELLING a MUST READ

I posted this in Jays thread but made a new one. Guys and girls CHECK this out. It IS the new Surveying method in urban areas and when it comes out,...

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by bullet1968

13-05-2010|11:21 AM

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Odd shadow

Hi Guys Just finished setting up a scene with some basic lighting for a concept render. I seem to have some odd shadows being cast on some of my...

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by BennyK

12-05-2010|10:29 AM

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UV mapping trick

Ok guys, I notice the newer Maya has a path selection for faces, ie select a face nominate the path and you can select the 'ring' you want. ...

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by bullet1968

08-05-2010|09:56 AM

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Poll: Do you get payed for your Maya work? | Page: 1 2

So do you get payed for your Maya work?

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by ckyuk

08-05-2010|09:23 AM

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Facial Rigging and Animation...

For facial rigging and animation XSI has Face Robot. Does Maya has something like that....or any plug-in that will make facial rigging and...

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by iamcreasy

07-05-2010|09:16 PM

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delete laminated faces tips for us noobs

Ok guys, having had the 'laminated faces' problem a few times I came up with 2 methods. Sometimes M1 works sometimes M2 works. tried it a few...

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by bullet1968

07-05-2010|01:17 PM

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BUMP MAP/PHYSICAL SUN

HI all i have this image with bump map lines on it and it renders fine on default lighting left image but when i add physical sun and sky this...

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by murambi

07-05-2010|12:25 PM

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playing tunes whilst using maya

after a big break, started to fiddle around with maya to get back into the game. decided to have some tunes in the background but noticed every...

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by marlonjohn

07-05-2010|10:10 AM

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Will Nvidia Quadro speed up mental ray? | Page: 1 2

Hi, I am thinking of buying an Nvidia Quadro 5800 card (or later model if released). So I was wondering, will this card speed up my mental ray...

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by murambi

07-05-2010|09:08 AM

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the most awesomest thing i've seen!

you know how some people take videos from youtube and stick their own audio onto it or just take other people's videos and upload them as their own...

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