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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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Desperate help! Maya fluids

Hi, I am completely new to MAYA. I am trying to create 6 or 7 oil fire plumes like in this image for an art project. I need to recreate 6 or 7...

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by bullet1968

04-04-2011|01:08 PM

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wierd deform when rotating.

Problem. When im rotating objects they deform as they rotate. Why is maya doing this all i want to do is rotate the object not deform it, how can...

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by stickyhead

14-01-2006|02:29 AM

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Maya vs 3ds Max ?

Hello, probably this was asked many times before, but I'm going to be more specific, I'm curious what Maya does better than Max since I know Max...

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by FluxMode

13-03-2021|01:31 PM

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Navigation Controls in Maya 2010 | Page: 1 2

Hello Guys- I am starting up in Maya 2011 and trying to get my head around the navigation controls "Macally" usb type. The Pan do not seem to be...

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by ctbram

10-11-2011|09:47 AM

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Japanese pagoda roof - which method?

Hi, I'm new to the board. I'm working on some small architectural pieces in maya and after examining several pagoda roof structures am trying to...

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by NitroLiq

13-12-2002|05:03 PM

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how to make a poly brake disc | Page: 1 2

Hey Guys! I need to build a drilled & "crossed" polygonal brake disc for a car. i did one, but i am not satisfied with the result. It had to be...

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by daverave

29-06-2010|07:03 AM

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Jack Thompson recommended for disbarment! | Page: 1 2

It seems that anti-game lawyer Jack Thompson has been recommended for disbarment (which means banned from practicing law). It seems that writing...

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by The Architect

19-07-2008|10:47 AM

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FCheck

I'm doing one of those basic Rendering Tutorial and at the end I'm kinda stuck. After I used batch render to render my 48 frame to 48 single iff...

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by BabyDuck

17-05-2003|10:36 AM

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Using Maya for Photorealistic rendering

Hi, I am interested in learning a 3D rendering software package. I have been using Rhino for several months and like to make models of objects and...

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by badbunny

14-09-2002|06:41 PM

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Adding tools in Tool Box?

Is it possible to add more tools to the Tool Box bar? I know we can just drag tools to the Shelf bar, but what about the Tool box?

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by 3djoe

22-11-2002|10:49 PM

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maya 2009? | Page: 1 2

Hi - i'm thinking about getting the latest version of maya. I'm wondering if anyone knows whether autodesk is planning to release a new version soon...

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by The Architect

09-07-2008|02:46 AM

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Paint Baldness to hair attr. Sweet, but where ? | Page: 1 2

ok so check the reply to this thread, http://forums.simplymaya.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=69244#post69244 -- _morning said that i can paint...

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by vladimirjp

29-07-2003|01:18 PM

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Rendering overlapping geometry

Hello How does one go about removing the flickering in a moving camera render associated with geometry that overlaps. I have been supplied with...

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by jrm522

01-09-2013|07:17 PM

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The Matrix Revolutions Comercial | Page: 1 2 3 4

Ok, just saw a new MR comercial during the friends seasion starter. Saw some stuff i havent seen in any trailers. Anyone know where i can get it??

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by Ultragames

06-10-2003|05:52 AM

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Maya scripts you could not live without?

Though i'd kick this of to see what scripts / plugins everyone uses on a regular basis, I'll start the ball rolling with a couple i use all the time...

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by Gen

16-03-2014|05:58 PM

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locking uvs

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by mhcannon

06-03-2005|11:26 AM

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Create a blooming flower?? Without paint effects?

Heyy I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas for creating a flower bloom effect? I've seen the same tutorial all over the web of using paint...

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by honestdom

15-03-2011|10:44 AM

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Can someone tell me how I can setup a direct x 11 shader over an object that was

Can someone tell me how I can setup a direct x 11 shader inside Maya over an object that was imported in as an fbx file with a texture map, disp....

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by TheMuffinMan9

29-07-2019|02:20 AM

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how to make a face ?

hey pplz how do u make a face from 4 verticies like in blender all u do is select the 4 verticies thne press f how do u do it in maya

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by Gamestarf

11-05-2006|10:12 AM

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CV Curve Tool problems

I have created a curve with the CV Curve tool. When I want to move a control vertex by highlighting it the curve turns many different colors and...

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by EVSMusica

26-02-2013|03:20 AM

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Split Polygon Tool Frustration!

I am using Maya 2013. I WANT MY OLD SPLIT POLY TOOL BACK!! I don't know if anyone knows a way to make it like it used to be but if you do... PLEASE...

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by septopus

07-02-2014|04:59 PM

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How to delete a blend shape?

Hi, how can I delete one blend shape that's gone wrong? I can only seem to delete the whole node. I can just create another one but for the...

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by mastone

04-04-2008|07:04 PM

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Getting good in texturing

Hi :). I'm new to this forum. And I'm new to the world of CG. Ok I'm not super new, I started out learning Maya about a year ago. I learned the...

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by chameleon101

11-08-2011|06:20 PM

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Image plane weirdness

Loading a tiff image as an image plane, it shows up just fine at the origin, I want to trace it in the front panel, so I move it back -2 units in Z,...

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by daverave

23-01-2013|05:06 PM

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Vertical Perspective Problem

Is there a way to 'force' Maya to use 2 point perspective? I'm trying to model a scene by Piranesi. As you can see, he uses standard 2 point...

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by peri

14-08-2007|04:27 AM