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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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Software render: fluid transparent over fur problem!

Scene Description: The scene is currently made up of: -A sculpted plane with a layered texture made up of a procedural noise map fed into a remap...

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by HcRev

04-04-2013|03:45 PM

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Normal Map bake, stretched out?

Hi, thanks for reading this, your help is greatly appreciated. I baked a normal map from hipoly to low poly mesh. The mesh is a character. The...

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by daverave

01-04-2013|11:51 AM

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Veins 3D

Hello everyone I'm new to the forum and also the 3d field and I wanted to ask you for help ... I should create a similar effect to that (for those...

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by clubdavide

31-03-2013|03:23 PM

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GI and FG photon spot issues

Hey all, trying to render a realistic indoor scene with GI and FG enabled with Mental Ray and having a tough go of it. In this first image there is a...

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by David

25-03-2013|03:15 PM

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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

Need some help with high contrast lighting

Hey everyone. I'm working on a project that needs a lighting scenario that's similar to the lighting that was used in the DLC for the video game...

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by daverave

20-03-2013|06:32 PM

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render image size bleed

hi, Is there a way to set a 'bleed' on the render image size? If I've spent a while setting up a render view, I sometimes decide I might need a...

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by bravo2zero

19-03-2013|07:32 PM

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Using Material ID pass in AE

I've been rendering out a material ID pass with my shots, and I assumed there was a very straightforward way to use each color from them as masks or...

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by stwert

18-03-2013|12:53 AM

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Ambient_Occlusion_Render_Not_Shadowing_PillowRuffl es

Unfortunately, the pillow here is not showing the details of the edge "ruffles" via the ambient occlusion rendering. I thought it was the way I set...

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by stwert

17-03-2013|11:05 PM

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how to get good house AO

Ave all From two weeks i try to make good AO. I made this one (1 one). And its good but it could be better. My friend make that one in max (2...

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by stwert

11-03-2013|10:56 PM

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Baked texture looks different than the rendered

Hi, I'm baking textures to my model. First I create a test-render, before doing the batch bake with the same mental ray settings. For example: ...

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by daverave

08-03-2013|09:36 AM

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Batch Render only works on Master beauty

I've been trying to do a batch render of a model I'm working on. When I click batch render, the dialog box says its rendering the master beauty, and...

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by jkelbs

01-03-2013|12:37 AM

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Problem with Turtle Baking

I've a problem caused off Baking an IlluminationMap with Turtle, look at the Screen. http://s14.directupload.net/file/d/3173/akb9sqwu_jpg.htm ...

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by ZueB

25-02-2013|03:35 PM

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Render>Image size: Settings do not match actual image proportions or resolution

Hello all! I am new to this forum so please go easy if this is a question you may have already come across which has already been answered,...

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by daverave

22-02-2013|09:03 AM

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batch render duplicate object

Weird problem encountered during batch render. After i rendered them, there seem to have a duplicate object appearing in the images. In my scene, i...

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by johnnyboh

20-02-2013|10:51 AM

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Multiple Lamberts

So, I've created a few characters that all have the base Lambert1 material and thus use its skin. But when I Import them all into one scene, they all...

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by Fuzzy Meck

18-02-2013|10:14 PM

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Turtle for Maya 2011

Till now i've always baked my Textures with the Turtle Plug-In and Maya 2009. But now I'm only wokring with Maya 2011 and with Mental Ray baking I...

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by NextDesign

15-02-2013|07:27 PM

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Filtering and contour rendering are incompatible

I'm trying to render a shot in maya that has some aliasing problems. I think I've tracked it down to a message I get in the Output window. It...

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by stwert

15-02-2013|06:43 PM

Replies: 3

iff.#

Hello, I think I may have made a mistake when rendering out my scene. I rendered my scene using filename.iff.# file extension. When I go to...

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by stwert

08-02-2013|03:23 PM

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Wierd material problem (black in render) | Page: 1 2

Hello everyone. I created a basic Creeper model (from the game Minecraft), and I'm experiencing a weird problem. When I look at the model in the...

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by Matan2013

27-01-2013|03:42 PM

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Normal baking problems with outcome

Hey guys, as you can see from my photo, i have a problem with baking normals. i sculpted a high poly mesh in zbrush, imported it as an object into...

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by bullet1968

25-01-2013|08:44 AM

Replies: 6

toon shader outline to look like crayon

Hey guys, it's been a while... does anyone have any ideas how to make a toon outline look like a kid drew it with crayon?

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by tweetytunes

24-01-2013|09:53 AM

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batch render does render with more threads

Hello everyone, im using a hex core proccessor and im trying to get all 12cores to render but batch render keeps on crashing. I have try setting the...

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by digitalone

15-01-2013|04:34 PM

Replies: 6

Batch Render Looks Different than single frame

Hi, I'm working on an animation right now and I'm having a real problem with the batch render. I'm in maya 2013, and using mental ray. When I render...

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by dgoff96

13-01-2013|12:26 PM

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Use Background shader & spot light

I have a question about the Use Background shader and would appreciate help on. I am trying to make a spot light effect render on the surface of a...

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by Jazz555

10-01-2013|09:17 AM