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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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motion blur

is it possible to fake motion blur on a still objectif so how do you do it the documentation isnt exactly clear

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by LauriePriest

12-02-2009|09:59 AM

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interior lighting

hi having a problem im getting weird light spots on my renders anyone knows how tto prevent this(bright spot at the corner of the bathtab) its really...

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by Gen

05-03-2009|06:00 PM

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Game longetivity | Page: 1 2

Is it me or games keep getting shorter and shorter(story mode) been idle this past week feeling abit lazy with maya i think i have cleared three...

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by Chirone

09-03-2009|08:13 PM

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character animation

when modelling characters for animation what are some of the biggest mistakes made by noobs(me being one of them) and how can they be avoided...im...

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by gster123

07-03-2009|09:26 AM

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broken codecs

hey all my pc crashed last week so i had to reinstall everything. now i installed k-lite mega codec pac and it was working fine for a few days...

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by murambi

16-03-2009|08:54 PM

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interior lighting | Page: 1 2

hi all does anyone whats the problem here

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by Gen

22-05-2009|01:51 PM

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physical sun and sky

i have to admit physical sun and sky had been kicking my ass and i hadnt seen an image good enough for me to keep pushin on with it well until i saw...

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by WynterNyght

15-06-2009|04:23 PM

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matchMoving

hi can anyone point me in the direction of match moving tutorials i just cant seem to understand the ones that come with maya prefferably videos if...

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by bendingiscool

15-10-2009|09:40 PM

Replies: 5

CameraAim

hi all im having problems with a camera im trying to animate i have a model moving from right to left and a camera rotating in a circle. Now i want...

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by murambi

15-12-2009|03:00 PM

Replies: 7

Lighting

hi all was just wondering what kind of lighting systems guys use for animations in movies personally i like to use alot of fg cause its easier (i...

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by gster123

14-12-2009|08:15 AM

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Internship

hi all just got an internship at an advertising agency .they are starting an animation side and well i applied for internship and got it.but thing...

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by Gen

18-12-2009|02:26 PM

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dualBoot

hi all i had installed xp64bit on my pc and finally got windows 7 so i installed windows on a separate partition.Now here comes the problem i cant...

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by murambi

27-12-2009|09:15 PM

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cameraShake

hi all im doing a scene in after effects with an explosion i have read in some sites that it can be done in after effects instead of your 3d...

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by effacer

29-12-2009|05:28 PM

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alpha maps

hey can anyone point me in the direction of tutorial on how alpha maps work and how to render them out i cant seem to get a good tutorial on google

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by ctbram

31-12-2009|06:33 AM

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render liquids

hi all i want to render juice in a glass bottle i know for clear water i need to assign dielectric materials to the surfaces then crank up ray...

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by NextDesign

10-01-2010|06:26 PM

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tires

hey can anyone point me to a realistic tire shader tutorial dont like the results im getting with lambert shaders thanx in advance.

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by NextDesign

15-01-2010|05:55 AM

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Alpha maps

ok its like two in the mornin and im at work high on coffee im trying to get my alpha map to work knowing maya its a tiny setting that i just havent...

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by murambi

20-01-2010|06:46 PM

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Reflections

playing around with some old model and i came across a problem.The reflections on this car look terrible anyone know of a how to fix this

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by Gen

31-01-2010|08:56 AM

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lighting

ok dont know if this question has been asked before but i see lighting in games and they look damn realistic nowadays and this is all in REAL TIME....

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by gster123

12-02-2010|08:15 AM

Replies: 1

Threads

hi all just got maya 2010 and i have scenes that im rendering paintfx and i realized that maya is dropping some threads when rendering hair but when...

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by gster123

20-02-2010|05:24 PM

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mayaX2

is it possible to run two maya applications simultaniously in windows 7 i have tried it but one window wont loadmental ray

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by tweetytunes

25-03-2010|04:54 PM

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UNDO MESH SMOOTH

HI all i know this question is asked alteast once a month but for the life of me i cant remember how. I applied mesh smooth to my objects and i want...

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