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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2

This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.

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Sticky: HUGE rendering problem - batch render different than single frame | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Hello to all. I am sorry that my first post for this great communitiy is a cry for help... but I desperately need some help. And sorry for my...

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by onemillionthanks

27-07-2018|07:31 AM

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mental ray stories -Final Gathering- | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6

I plan to finally dive into mental ray and get a little wiser. Please contribute with your godlike knowledge of mentalray :) FIRST SOME ISSUES:...

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by Jozvex

01-03-2003|04:15 AM

Replies: 84

V Ray | Page: 1 2 3

Hi excuse my ignorance, but I don't know much about V ray. Why is it good, and should I be using it instead of Mental Ray? Graham

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by honestdom

25-06-2012|08:35 AM

Replies: 43

How to texture lips and eye edges | Page: 1 2 3

Hi all I am in the midst of rendering / texturing my 3D head mesh with the objective of photorealism. I've applied fast skin, Brownian 3D and hair...

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by ezanih

13-04-2010|08:41 AM

Replies: 38

Matrix Pill | Page: 1 2

does anyone know where i could get a tutorial for creating those pills from the matrix? i can model them easy enough but the lighting and shading is...

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by sjurick

11-08-2004|05:26 PM

Replies: 28

swarovski crystal | Page: 1 2

hallo there! I can´t get the right material for a crystal shader. tried it with mr and maya shaders but all I get is a boring transparent object....

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by Falott

31-10-2006|09:26 AM

Replies: 27

GI_Joe 2.0 | Page: 1 2

Not sure if you guys know this, but GI_Joe ver.2.o is now available. Very nice. YOu can download it and learn more about it here... ...

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by brian_ellebracht

18-11-2002|01:21 PM

Replies: 25

Rendering and opticalFX mainly | Page: 1 2

Hey guys, I'm making a few scenes for my general sciences class and I've been having a few problems with the everything, but I'm a proud guy so I...

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by dirack

03-01-2004|03:57 PM

Replies: 24

Vray camera tracking problem | Page: 1 2

I'm asking this on behalf of a friend who is trying some camera tracking tests in Maya with Vray. In short he imported his Syntheyes camera solve...

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by petersrin

08-10-2012|05:50 AM

Replies: 23

Lighting and rendering | Page: 1 2

Hi all. As some of you will know, my lighting and rendering has never been very good. I always kinda belonged to that 'switch on physical sun and sky...

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by Gen

02-07-2010|12:41 AM

Replies: 22

Help with banding issue in fog... | Page: 1 2

Hey guys I am wondering if anyone can assist... I am doing an underwater scene in Maya using Mental Ray with Maya's Physical (water) fog. I am...

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by Nilla

27-12-2010|01:14 AM

Replies: 21

lighting pointers | Page: 1 2

Hi I have been playing with maya for a few weeks now and have been getting the hang of modeling. I have only realy created a few fully rendered...

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by ColdWave

10-03-2007|04:30 PM

Replies: 20

Indirect Illumination In Maya | Page: 1 2

Hey howdy hey! :) I found this REALLY neat 3d package out there advertised in Computer Graphics World called Realsoft 3D - it goes for...

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by Darkon

23-11-2002|07:10 PM

Replies: 19

Using GI_Joe...need help | Page: 1 2

Hi guys, Just installed GI_Joe v2 tonite and have been having a go at it. I've been reading through the documentation on the website but am having...

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by caligraphics

19-05-2003|10:50 AM

Replies: 19

maya -optimizeRender | Page: 1 2

I'm trying to use maya -optimizeRender but it won't complete the operation, saying "Cache is not open, it is not saved" what does...

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by NitroLiq

02-05-2003|10:11 PM

Replies: 19

Do I Need More Light? | Page: 1 2

Hey y'all! Okay, so I'm rendering this shot, right, and I notice a little snag... it's reeeeeeally dark. I kinda wanna keep the dark look...

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by Russell

26-08-2003|03:41 AM

Replies: 19

Rendering dirty metal in Mental Ray | Page: 1 2

anyone got some good tutorials for this? Or know of a shader? I'd love to do this procedurally too. I'm just finding it hard to find one place to...

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by Alan

24-08-2006|03:19 AM

Replies: 19

Maxwell Rendering | Page: 1 2

I downloaded the demo version of Maxwell and I'm pretty impressed. Here's a render with default settings. The play set is from a scene I've modeled...

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by Perfecto

14-10-2007|06:44 AM

Replies: 19

Batch render doesn't animate texture | Page: 1 2

Well I've run into a situation where I'm sure NextDesign's render script will be my lifesaver. However, before I try that, I'd like to know if anyone...

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by stwert

23-03-2013|04:28 PM

Replies: 19

gamma correcting MR Car Paint Shader | Page: 1 2

Anyone know how to set up a gamma correction node for the mental ray car paint shader? Do all the contributing colors need correction? Can...

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by jimmydurant

05-08-2014|01:26 PM

Replies: 19

Rendering in Maya | Page: 1 2

I am just starting out with the Maya PLE. I really like Maya so far. I am getting ready to buy Maya complete in the next week or 2. I was just...

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by Nem

28-09-2002|01:15 AM

Replies: 18

Depth of field | Page: 1 2

Can someone tell me why i get these really jagged edges when i use DoF on camera.

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by iron_tick

21-10-2003|10:10 PM

Replies: 18

Render TIMe | Page: 1 2

Hello all, I have a P4 3.06GHz, geforce4 ti 4300 card and 512mb ram.... and build a toilet and sink room w/ texture... it's been a day and a half...

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by kbrown

31-10-2003|08:24 PM

Replies: 18

Displacement map, Bump Map Problem | Page: 1 2

When i assign a bump map to my model after I set my approx node and displacement map, I get a strange result. My UV's are set correctly and ive...

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by iron_tick

12-09-2006|09:13 AM

Replies: 18

glass | Page: 1 2

I want to assign a super-quick glass like material to face; to approximate a window. I selected the face assigned a blinn and turned the transparency...

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by Nilla

10-12-2010|02:27 AM

Replies: 18