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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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# 1 01-01-2004 , 11:07 PM

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Hi, im new here and i was wondering how i get points. i want to download some of the videos here but it says i need points. how do i do this? user added image

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# 2 01-01-2004 , 11:25 PM

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https://www.simplymaya.com/payment.mhtml

grrrr

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# 3 02-01-2004 , 03:27 AM

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o man, u have to pay?

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# 4 02-01-2004 , 05:34 AM

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Yep. That or you can win points by winning the monthly challenges or by becoming the member of the month by helping a lot of people and being really nice. Occasionally Kevin gives out special points to people out of the goodness of his heart. (used to at least I know)

But... I would seriously just buy the points. They're really cheap, so it's not like you're paying an arm and a leg.

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# 5 02-01-2004 , 05:57 AM

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Um... Those ARNT cheap. Alot better than some sites, ill give ya that. But i would not use the word 'cheap'

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# 6 02-01-2004 , 06:20 AM

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"Cheap" is relative. After the cost of licenses of Maya Complete, Photoshop, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Flash, etc., $25.77 (or whatever currency you're using) is nothing. I spend more at Starbucks in a week. user added image

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# 7 03-01-2004 , 06:40 AM

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have they raised the price in the past 6 months? *looks at Kevin* I haven't messed with points for a while now. hmm

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# 8 03-01-2004 , 07:00 AM

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Originally posted by rsjrv99
o man, u have to pay?

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Those were my exact words when I first started on this site,, but I keep coming back and downloaded the free videos and got hooked like a crack addict and finally paid for the VIP points,, a lot of talented people on the site that make the videos and very helpful community as well, stick a round and join the contests they have here and win points too.

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# 9 03-01-2004 , 03:46 PM

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Originally posted by Darkware
have they raised the price in the past 6 months? *looks at Kevin* I haven't messed with points for a while now. hmm

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We haven't raised the price in 2 years!!

at around a £1 for an half an hour of video its very cheap by anyones definition.

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# 10 03-01-2004 , 05:06 PM

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ahh, just as I thought then. They are cheap. If they are the same price as what they used to be, you are getting a lot for a little bit of money. I was astonded when I first saw the price because it was so low. You appreciate costs like this when you take a look at other places around the web. user added image

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# 11 03-01-2004 , 10:24 PM

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this compared to many sites ive seen is incredibly low. especially considering the have video tutorials. Ive seen some sites charge 3 times as much for just a text document...

I keep meaning to get some points... but eh... i will later(forever a procrastinator.

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