Hello all,
I have a simple model of a landscape and have a layered shader on it. I'm trying to achieve a quick and simple effect of grass growing and overtaking the landscape. On layer is an image...

I kind of figured a way around it. The problem is how the paint effects are rendered (which this is probably more appropriate for the rendering forum, oh well). It renders your scene, then paint...

In the same scene I have my beach, palm trees, and some fog. My palm trees though aren't being effected by the fog...they're popping through like the fog wasn't even there. Does anyone know how to...

Hi, I'm trying to make a beach with some palm trees on it. I'm using paint effects and the palm tree presets/templates that come with maya 6.5. The only problem is is that they are painting down (-Y)...

Thanks for the help so far...I'll continue experimenting, and take a step back. If you get a chance to take a look that would be great.

Okay, the lava looks great and it works fine except for some things that I can't seem to find which value would make this different. (Below I've attatched my scene...the FlybyCamera is what I'm...

That is sweet!!! Thanks a bunch! That definitely gets me started...I'll probably have some more questions as I fiddle with it during the next couple a days but that helps a ton!

Thanks!

That would be sweet if you could get me started like that! I don't ask for you to do it all for me, because I want to learn...but just that much would help out a ton!

Sorry...I guess it was on my local network. Here's the file.