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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

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Skin of Morpheus turning black after successfully rendering a frame

Hello everyone, I am running into a problem rendering a scene in Maya 2015 on Mac OS X 10.10. I have 2 characters with 4 lights, (3 directional...

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by dbdemille2

05-03-2018|04:52 PM

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Frame Rate Settings Impact

Hello, I was googeling around for that question but couldn't find a suitable answer for myself. Hopefully it's not too greenhornish :giggle: At...

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by Gen

07-02-2018|09:51 PM

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XGen and Mental Ray

Hello, my name is Norbert and after a long break i have re-signed myself to this website! I have a problem with the Rendering of my fur test...

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by NorWi

28-01-2018|01:44 PM

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Arnold?

Hi is this topic being covered on the Forum at all? just wondering. Im starting to get my teeth into it, so have couple of niggles.. Graham

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by Sircharles

27-11-2017|12:14 PM

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Maya hardware rendering black screen

Hello, I've ran into this quite big issue. I'm making a scene with a person in rain. I put the rain particles in a different layer, because...

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by domasikas

08-11-2017|12:31 PM

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A list of Maya Renderfarms

Here is the list of all Maya renderfarms: https://rentrender.com/maya-render-farms/ Now there are 79 of them. Do you know any more?

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by JinaLu

03-11-2017|10:27 PM

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All Maya renderfarms list. Do you know any more?

Hi! We have collected all existing Maya renderfarms here: https://rentrender.com/maya-render-farms If you know any more, please, write it here....

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by JinaLu

23-10-2017|04:17 PM

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IBL technical issue

Hello I'm working on my IBL techniques and I've run into a problem which I'm having some issues fixing so I hope somebody will be able to assist. ...

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by persius

21-10-2017|07:40 PM

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Help! Vray Subsurface

Hi guys, I am facing a issue with Vray subsurface (VrayFastSSS2). I am not able to get the SSS pass or Aov when I am rendering in the farm. But it is...

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by martinartz

10-09-2017|02:19 AM

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Matching a scene

Hi guys, been away a while. Was wondering if anyone has experience matching a scene lighting to a plate - footage shot. I would like to recreate...

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by Sircharles

04-09-2017|08:58 PM

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Render is wrong in Orthographic cam

Hi, I have an issue when rendering xgen hair in Arnold. I'm using the same AlHair shader on all strands. In perspective view, all strands...

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by David

30-05-2017|08:19 PM

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Maya renderfarms list

Hi! We have collected all existing Maya renderfarms here - there are 78 of them now: https://rentrender.com/maya-render-farms/

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by Andrew Goldman

25-04-2017|09:04 AM

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Need opinions

On my interior architecture rendering ...

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by nvnoor

19-04-2017|06:58 AM

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Displacement_Map_Render

Hello, I am getting a strange result when plugging*in a Displacement Map(from Mudbox) into a Mental Ray Mia material.*The render show the geometry...

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by Bcurless

11-03-2017|07:10 PM

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Can't change render frame rate

Hello guys I have a quite simple problem, but couldn't fix it yet: Maya renders my avi-video always in 29 frames per seconds, even if I change the...

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by mxffiles

06-03-2017|04:54 AM

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Maya, Shave and a Haircut lighting problem

I have tried reinstalling Maya and Shave, but nothing changed. Take a look on this picture with hair on a cube. Here it is clear that something is...

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by kbprivatno

01-03-2017|01:41 PM

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// Error: Socket error creating command port

:help: Evereytime i try to Bach Render, this appears. its only recently started doing his :/ Anyone know how i can fix it? :banghead::banghead:...

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by mofoo

28-02-2017|11:50 PM

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Issue: Arnold Batch Render with Alpha Channel

When batch rendering with Arnold Render(1.1.0.3) in Maya 2015 (Windows 7), I get an alpha channel rendering a single frame. When batch rendering an...

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by luka3rd

16-02-2017|12:52 PM

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How to stop an object receiving shadows

Hi everyone, How do I stop an object from receiving shadows? I know how to stop a light from causing shadows but not how to stop just one object...

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by Jay

09-02-2017|01:00 PM

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Maya 2017 Arnold Color Manager

Hi guys hope someone can help me out here. Been playing around with Arnold and loving it. But I have hit a wall here and can`t find anything...

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by Gen

03-02-2017|02:12 AM

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Rendering Smooth Mesh Preview Wireframes

So I have a problem that has been bugging me for ages and after searching for ages on the web I'm starting to feel like there's no simple solution....

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by MrYeti

26-01-2017|10:55 PM

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Maya to Nuke: A Render Problem

Hey Everyone, I'm going through a tutorial right now that involves some things from Maya to be used in Nuke. The main thing is an animated car....

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by Cybrex

26-01-2017|05:26 PM

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render only visible part of an object Arnold Maya 2017

Hi, imagine a fountain, there is the fountain body, and water coming out and flowing down. I have water mesh in RealFlow, imported in Maya...

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by Gen

13-01-2017|07:35 PM

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Mental Ray pixel scattered renderer

Hello, something is up with my 2015 Maya MentalRay renderer. Rendered character will be scattered to pixels. I tried setting Mental Ray options to...

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by lauris47

03-01-2017|04:34 PM

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No shadows

I just finished working on my model and now shadows or related to ray trace are not working, they are enabled but I think maybe some kind file issue,...

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by karanjivnani

27-12-2016|05:25 AM

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