Complex UV Layout in Maya
Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character
# 16 16-05-2007 , 08:12 AM
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Here's a wire. Unsmoothed. I don't smooth all parts though, some parts I just bevel (if necessary).

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# 17 16-05-2007 , 08:16 AM
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And here's the same scene but with a diffuse material only.

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# 18 16-05-2007 , 11:58 AM
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Man that's so cool!!! I use to have VIC 20, how sad is that!

Look like the real deal

# 19 16-05-2007 , 12:12 PM
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Looks good m8. Still think those render times are a complete killer for switching to Maxwell (even though its a great render engine). MR is just as good (yes tweaking is a pain in the ass).


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# 20 16-05-2007 , 03:37 PM
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As I wrote before everything looked good except the plastic lid after 5-6 hours. You could probably tinker with the settings to get rid of the noise BEFORE 9999 minutes user added image I didn't bother though. Justed pressed render and let the machine do the work for meuser added image

# 21 17-05-2007 , 05:54 AM
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this looks awesome
quick question about maxwell, do you export the scene and then open it in maxwell or can you render right in maya with maxwell?

# 22 17-05-2007 , 06:08 PM
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They written a plugin so that Maxwell launches from within maya (as an external application) and returns the picture in maya render view when done. So it's not as integrated as for example MR. For longer renders I export the scene though and render it on my server from command line.

# 23 19-05-2007 , 06:26 AM
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Thats a very very nice and realistic render DJbLAZER.

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We eventually got an Oceania 5 1/4 inch floppy drive (similar to the 1541 drives but slimmer) and couldnt believe how much more convenient and faster they were - but instead of £9.99 per game they were £12.99 or £14.99 which was stupidly expensive!
My first disk game was echelon, a wireframe 3D world puzzle type of game which I spent far too long on.

International Karate was cool and so was the follow up IK+ where you had three fighters and you could change all manner of things in the background and stuff (background sky colour and style, background watercolour and ripples, drop characters trousers etc etc.

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This is cool (like all of your works, DJB). Great realism, although I contribute it to Maxwell user added image.


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very nice. love the scratches.

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