Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2
This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with
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"Thoria" Bridge (W.I.P. )
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nice texturing, especially on the tops of the pillars.
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You might want to up the tessellation settings for some of the objects to get rid of the edgy look like on the top arch of the bridge thingy...
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Keep going
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I'm still trying how to make a good sun and sky, envSky and sky bitmaps obviously dont work too well, and fluid effect clouds are difficult to integrate. Any Ideas anyone?
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If you want a good soil/ground shader, ask pure_morning, he did it very well
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For some reason when I tried to render in Mental Ray, Maya would just crash and disappear. Oh well, Ill try again tomorrow.
let me know what you think.
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but nice pictures you made
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ok - good aproach. just one suggestion:Originally posted by Aerlinger
Yeah, I know, the render times are pretty insane, but I'm worried more about quality. When I'm done I'll think of ways to keep the render time down.
render in frames. if your computer crashes at frame 999 of 1000 and you rendered into avi - you gotta redo all. if you rendered in images, you only have to redo frame 999 and 1000. the avi file would need re-encoding after rendering anyway as it is not compressed at all.
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If you want a tip, go to the Alias Wavefront site and download the "ocean waves" shader. I don't know what I would do without it! If you take the time to tweak it, you can obtain so many different types of very cool looking water.
Also, if you were using the Maya renderer rather than Mental Ray, you may want to take a look at the Paint Effects and the great clouds you can get if you play around with it a bit.
I look forward to seing more!
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two suggestions:
- the two single towers on the right hand side seam to be floating - maybe some supporting bars that are visible from any angle would help (like a triangle thingy for better support)
- the land above the waterfall is a bit flat - some hills or construction would make it a lot more interesting
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