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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.

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# 31 01-05-2004 , 04:56 AM

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hey dragon, Unfortunetly im not very familliar with Byrons poly tools but just to let you know that Maya Bevel Tool has been worked on for Maya 6. you can now create inward bevels, there is a fraction offset that will not let the bevels turn inside out. The best thing is the option to bevel in world space instead of Local. There are few more things done to the bevel tool.

I will check out Byrons tools to see what they do.

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# 32 01-05-2004 , 05:53 AM

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The HDRI Support in Maya 6 rocks aswell user added image

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well you were able to do it bevore as well, but not as good

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THE "High Qualitiy Rendering" in the viewport - view your bump maps in realtime, better specular lightning, makes in a way the IPR obsolete ...

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# 33 01-05-2004 , 08:51 AM

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Yeah I got maya 6 a few days ago, not really sure how anything works in it so i'm waiting for some lovely lovely tutorials user added image

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# 34 01-05-2004 , 04:45 PM

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Wow! At first I didn't realize who Duncan was until I looked really close at his profile picture and then it hit me....

I saw him in one of the Fluid Introduction movies! it was awsome !!! I love the part where there were Fluids in that Palm!! user added image

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# 35 01-05-2004 , 05:39 PM

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yeah right !!

i know him from that DVD too ...

"well, there are 300 new variables - so we got 5 secounds for each" ... lol

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- Dear Alias-Workers, we love you for giving us such a great tool !

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# 36 01-05-2004 , 10:50 PM

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Come on, people! we're crowding the poor man off the site! user added image

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# 37 03-05-2004 , 08:45 PM

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hehe ... anyway... me cant wait either... gotta talk my dad into it.. yes i am under my dad's roof... i dont think he'll regret

btw,, any rendering enhancements????

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# 38 03-05-2004 , 11:00 PM

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lots of stuff done with mental ray. It also supports v3.3 of mental ray.

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# 39 04-05-2004 , 05:40 AM

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cool... it "supports"????!!! or is it integrated?

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# 40 04-05-2004 , 12:46 PM

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it uses mental ray 3.3.1 in Maya to do the rendering

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# 41 05-05-2004 , 09:16 PM

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Silly question here but does Mental Ray render any faster than before? LOL!

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# 42 06-05-2004 , 07:57 AM

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YES!!

final gather is a lot faster, the raytracing as well ...

didn´t have the chance to test in detail, but first impression: a lot faster

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Thank God for small miracles, eh? LOL

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# 44 11-05-2004 , 09:17 PM

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Originally posted by train_ucl
YES!!

final gather is a lot faster, the raytracing as well ...

didn´t have the chance to test in detail, but first impression: a lot faster

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I found MR to be faster than the default software renderer in most cases. I rarely use the SW renderer now. Once people get away from the notion that MR is only good for FG, Caustics and GI, it'll be used more and more by everyone.

You can teach to ignorance, but you have to slap out stupidity.

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# 45 12-05-2004 , 08:51 AM

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i use mental ray as default ... it is so much better than the normal maya render.

when i first used maya, i could not believe it had no caustics and stuff, and i came from rhino ... not know as a all-in-once 3d package user added image

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