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Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold

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Dynamic problem

Hi some grouped models are constrained (geometry & normal) on a wavy nurbs plane (create softbody and attach a turbulence field to its particles)....

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by daverave

09-01-2013|05:58 PM

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Break object into particles

Hello everyone I have created a word in Maya that is composed of one object per letter. At a certain moment I'd like to make explode the whole...

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by stwert

05-01-2013|12:28 AM

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Hair Paint FX are jagged??

I managed to 'Assign Paint Effects Brush to Hair' but the problem is that the paint effects lines are coming out jagged. I'm guessing it's...

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by Sgt_BigZ

17-11-2012|02:15 PM

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Attracting Dynamic Curve Sets

Hi All, I'm trying to explore self-organising nodes/networks and I've been working with maya dynamic curves as part of that investigation. So...

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by Sgt_BigZ

14-11-2012|01:40 PM

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Changing Point Lock for multiple Dynamic Curves

Hi All, I'm just wondering if there's a quick way to change the point lock from 'both ends' to 'base' or 'tip' for multiple dynamic curves. I...

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by Sgt_BigZ

13-11-2012|08:18 PM

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Particles collide with same object emitting from.

Hey, I'm trying to make particles collide with the same object they are emitting from. I have a complex 123d mesh of a hand and forearm...

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by daverave

12-11-2012|08:04 PM

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simple expression question

I just saw the top thread about expressions but could not find the reply button there. Sorry that I post a new one. I'm new to expression. And...

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by lxhtin

04-11-2012|08:52 PM

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Problems; Creating "fog" from blower

Hello, I'm trying to re-create the effect of an humidifier device blowing out "fog" (see examples below). I have little experience with maya...

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by dvhouw

12-10-2012|03:48 PM

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Maya hair/fur

Hi! I just got the urge to learn hair/fur in Maya. I've heard that the built in Maya hair/fur isn't that good. Is it worth buying shave and a...

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by honestdom

02-10-2012|07:06 AM

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Paint Fluid Dissipation & Other Liquid Issues

I used the paint fluid tool to draw liquid at the bottom of the container to act as a puddle. However, when I play the sim the fluid dissipates for...

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by venator

01-10-2012|05:29 PM

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Point Stars with Space Paint Effect?

Such a simple question yet I cannot find the answer anywhere. Is there a simple way to add points like the ones created by camera lenses to the space...

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by Gen

23-09-2012|06:19 PM

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grow animation

hello everyone , I am new to maya animation, worked a lot in 3ds max, what I want to know how can I animate a building growing up from the soil. In...

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by daverave

10-09-2012|11:08 AM

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Mental Ray rendering multicolored sprites as one color! Why?

Hi folks. So I'm trying to get mental ray to render a bunch of STATIC particles that are no longer dynamic. I have assigned a lambert shader to...

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by scentmental

21-08-2012|10:48 PM

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Moving fluid clouds

Hi, all, Couple of questions you guys and gals might be able to help me with :) Firstly, I'm doing an orbital shot, that is a shot from orbit ...

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by Calvin

26-07-2012|07:34 AM

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Cloud Particles doesn't work?

Hey guys, I was trying to learn Dynamics, and doing Maya Getting Started lesson on Dynamics, in which creating a fountain particles with color....

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by daverave

05-07-2012|01:36 PM

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Creating sparks little tutorial

I created a little tutorial on making sparks in Maya using nparticles. Hope it helps some of you out. I wanted to render them in V-ray but so far I...

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by dre4mer

04-07-2012|03:39 PM

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Shatter Effect

So I am trying to use the shatter effect but its giving me some weird results. The one on the far right is solid shatter, the middle is surface...

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by Ozgalis

12-06-2012|05:39 PM

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Transformers 1's cube

Friends, This is my first post, Hope u guys help me out.. I'm working on creating a cube(movie transformers), that starts falling towards earth and...

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by PrashantFX

09-06-2012|09:25 AM

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Compositing Fire | Page: 1 2

Hi I have a bright studio scene lit with HDRi. I rendered flames on another render layer separetely to get dark lighting. I now want to...

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by honestdom

01-06-2012|01:57 PM

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animating ncloth along path

Hi everyone, Does anyone here know how to animate a flying cloth along motion path? I want to create something like this: Flying cloth test -...

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by daverave

01-06-2012|10:15 AM

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How did they do this???

I've been trying to simulate this type of explosion and I'm at a complete loss. Does anyone know how this FX artist pulled this off? Thanks for the...

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by korvic

19-05-2012|06:30 PM

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particle direction with animated characters

Ever wanted to make a particle go in the direction your character is pointing and don't want to animate the emitter directly? Yeah, didn't think...

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by Razor Blade

19-05-2012|01:01 AM

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rigid bodies and animated passives

there seems to be no way to have rigid bodies not penetrate animated passive rigid bodies... the same collision geometries which work perfect when...

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by Razor Blade

19-05-2012|12:01 AM

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Creating splashes the easiest way

Hi Guys! Creating a splash is always been one of the most difficult tasks anyone might have come across. It takes a hell lot of time trying to...

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by Skalman

06-05-2012|09:16 AM

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how to let the fluid follow the mesh doing animation?please help me~

hi, anybody can help~i am using maya2012 now i want to doing a fluid cloud character~ but can't let the fluid follow the mesh to doing the animation...

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by yoruneko

26-04-2012|04:57 PM

Replies: 1