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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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Problems with painting weight

Hi, I'm kind of a newbie on the Maya platform, but I've made a few models before, and I've been introduced to rigging and IK. Now, I've made a...

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by arnegevaert

21-11-2012|07:06 PM

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strange transparency toggling in maya 2013

Hey guys, I am transitioning to maya 2013 and I am having a strange issue with transparency toggling for no apparent reason when I apply a...

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by NextDesign

20-11-2012|02:14 AM

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Problem opening a Maya 2012 file in Maya 2013

I did all my work in Maya 2012 and now when I try to open it in Maya 2013 I can't do anything. It just opens up, but I can't play my animation. Is...

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by NextDesign

20-11-2012|12:35 AM

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Textures and alphas

Doing a project for Uni, I am trying to build up some foliage in my scene I am using a tif file with an alpha channel, I attached the texture to...

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by mr_mayagi

18-11-2012|08:00 PM

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Problem with the move tool

Hey guys, When i try and move something on an axis with the move tool, it doesnt give me free movement, but it moves it on that axis by a set...

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by stwert

17-11-2012|08:35 PM

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Rendering is black?

Hey guys, I'm fairly new to Maya. I screwed up with hypershading, and have to mass delete a LOT of pasted blinns and colours I never knew I...

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by stwert

16-11-2012|10:26 PM

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Problems with the Create a Polygon tool

When I try to use this tool, I can't see the little dots that I should to make the outline of the shape. I just have to click without seeing anything...

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by daverave

12-11-2012|07:51 PM

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Open Source Texture Painting / Mudbox Install

Other then blender, is there another open source program that runs in linux that can be used for texture painting, that is good? I know Mari and...

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by dustykhan

07-11-2012|04:37 PM

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Mac Book Pro and Maya 2013

Hello Maya users, this is my second thread on this site. I'm from Holland, so there will be some writing errors, sorry :( From the start off...

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by David

05-11-2012|10:19 AM

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Mental Ray Render Engine Disappeared?

I'm currently working with Blinn objects and I've come across a seemingly simple-fix error: Mental Ray is not displayed as a render option. The three...

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by Gen

31-10-2012|04:32 AM

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Issues with tools

Hello everyone, i'm learning to use maya 2013 only a few weeks. I have a problem with the tools: move rotate and scale. When i select my polygon the...

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by daverave

27-10-2012|10:49 AM

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Playing aroung with lighting and now I get this error...

// Error: file: /usr/autodesk/maya/scripts/AETemplates/AEspotLightTemplate.mel line 79: Object 'spotLightPreviewPort1' not found. Im not sure if...

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by zestken

26-10-2012|09:04 PM

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Corrupted File

I was working on my modelling doing the animations, i went to save it and then maya closed down. Next time i opened my work it says the file is...

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by asamad

26-10-2012|10:41 AM

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HELP! Color abnormality on rendering from fr to fr!

Hello, guys! The colours in my textures change randomly from frame to frame! I triyed to change the shader (now it's a mentalRay shader...

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by danielmartins

24-10-2012|09:30 AM

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PC freezes when using maya fluids

my pc specs cpu - amd fx 8150 8 core processor, 3.6ghz ram - 8gb graphics card - nvidia geforce 560 Pc and maya works fine but whenever i try...

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by 423104

19-10-2012|03:34 PM

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maya lagging | Page: 1 2 3

Hi greetings i facing a problem which is while i am modeling or texturing in maya software at the meantime the maya keeping lagging i wonder what...

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by MakingPicsSlowly

19-10-2012|11:18 AM

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Turning off Select region

Hey guys im using a new vershion of maya and have activated select region some how and when i select a vert to move. I can make the region small and...

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by Kurt

15-10-2012|12:37 AM

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how do i make both sides shine?

is there a way for me to make both sides on the picture i uploaded give off a shine? the background is set to dark/black and i added a light, but it...

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by r3m1x

14-10-2012|10:12 PM

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building a computer for maya

i'm building a hackintosh computer and want to build the fastest computer possible for running maya. does the speed/rending of my depend only on the...

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by NextDesign

14-10-2012|05:49 AM

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Zbrush UV/Polypaint issues? UV Map messes up before export?

Hello. I am having troubles exporting the polypaint map from Zbrush to be imported into Maya? The map is perfect when I haven't touched a thing or...

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by daverave

10-10-2012|03:59 PM

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Blank hyperhade and render settings PLEASE HELP!

I have tried everything i can find to get them back to default and nothing seems to work! For some reson only the menu along the top is visible on...

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by dustykhan

09-10-2012|11:33 PM

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key frames transparency on an object?

i'm trying to add transparency on an object by adding key frames on the time slider. i can't figure out how to do it though. can someone help me out...

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by r3m1x

09-10-2012|12:06 AM

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rendering TGA file to .avi?

does anyone know if this can be done with composite 2013 that comes with maya? i've never used composite before, so i have no idea on how to render a...

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by r3m1x

06-10-2012|10:10 PM

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Selecting Control Vertices

Hi Guys Not sure what I'm doing wrong, or if it is a setting somewhere, but in Maya 2012, When I have a bunch of splines, and I just want to Move...

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by Gen

04-10-2012|04:14 AM