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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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Throwing wine glass on a surface

Hi, I'm having trouble of a glass breaking simulation. I want my wine glass to hit a wall and break after it hits the wall. It's more like someone...

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by Faker513

04-11-2018|01:18 PM

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The Art of Destruction - Production Workflows for Explosions

FXguide has posted a really interesting article with some cool clips about destruction simulations and how they blow stuff up at major VFX houses...

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by daverave

17-12-2011|03:04 PM

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Maya fluid as a light source?

I created a flame using maya fluids. I'd like to make it behave as a light source, so that it could influence the surrounding objects. Is there any...

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by LauriePriest

18-12-2013|05:14 PM

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Necklace simulation: animated character doesn't turn into passive rigid body

Hi! I have a necklace rig built up using pin constraints. If I hit play, it animates well. It even animates well if I only use a still .obj...

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by Etienne79

19-05-2014|05:41 PM

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time node

Hi everyone. I need to slow down particle motion for an animation, but I don't know how to achieve that effect. I found a thread on creative cow's...

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by radvfx

15-08-2011|11:49 PM

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growing vine effect

I need to create the effect of having what looks like a vine growing out of a character. It will then move along the ground go down under the ground...

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by ArtieLange

19-03-2008|10:01 PM

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Warning Messages

Anytime I create an active rigid body, I get warning message when I rewind playback. I know there's nothing wrong with my geo and setups etc. It's...

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by Perfecto

08-04-2011|06:47 PM

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Embed high poly object into low poly object

If i simulate a box with nCloth and deform it, can i then use that simulation/box to deform another object like a car model? Like embed the high...

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by Esperado

03-08-2017|09:41 PM

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nCloth problem

I'm trying a fairly simple thing (so I thought); drop a sphere onto a piece of cloth, which is constraint at it's outer edges.. Butg the sphere...

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by publicFunction

18-02-2009|05:29 PM

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MASH Falloff Bug?

Hello, I have used MASH to scatter grass across a plane in Maya 2016 Ext 2 and its been working great. However I now need to add additional...

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by CardboardBread

06-07-2017|08:57 AM

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particle render probs

hi greeting everyone, i try doing a particle effect in maya but after i done my particle i render out but in render view i can c nothing. i am...

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by keshask750i

15-03-2012|09:33 AM

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nHair location problem in render

Hi, I made hair to my character by drawing curves and making curves dynamic. Hair doesn't follow the mesh despite there are follicles, I don't know...

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by oklava

01-11-2017|01:56 PM

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Particle attraction/repulsion per object/vert

Hi all, I revieved a question from a member, and thought that it might help you all find more ways to achieve a shot: NOTE: names of the innocent...

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by ragecgi

20-01-2005|07:23 AM

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Large number of dynamic objects | Page: 1 2

Hello. I'm been a Maya newbie for a little over a year now :p , and the thing that has always given me the most pain is dynamics. So I've been...

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by cgwhiz

24-03-2009|09:22 AM

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Objects intersect after placement | Page: 1 2

Ok, this has only happened once or twice and I usually manually move the objects I have placed. I have multiple objects...active rigids, made a glass...

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by David

26-11-2011|03:20 AM

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Smoke

Hi people! I am working with a fluid emitter to create smoke. This is what I got after lots of testing to achieve the density and movement...

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by destello

06-09-2017|04:36 PM

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nParticle shading attributes

I must be losing it, as I can't figure this out. What kind of shading type or shader do you need for nParticles to respect the attributes in the...

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by stwert

22-06-2013|03:09 PM

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floating ncloth

I'm trying to create a table cloth for a scene using an ncloth. I've looked up several tutorials which all run through the basic set up (create a...

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by nov2011

20-03-2012|05:39 PM

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Create fog that can be interacted with

Hi guys, I've created some fog with a 3D fluid container. Given it a little wispy texture with the texture opacity setting. It looks nice and can be...

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by dre4mer

29-08-2014|11:09 PM

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Maya 2015 XGen doesn't open brush settings

Hi guys, I am currently working on the Tutorial "Creating a Pegasus in Maya with XGen"...

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by 3dArtist91

07-11-2014|10:27 AM

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Compositing Fire | Page: 1 2

Hi I have a bright studio scene lit with HDRi. I rendered flames on another render layer separetely to get dark lighting. I now want to...

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by honestdom

01-06-2012|01:57 PM

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Ground Dust Test

https://vimeo.com/81097022

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by NextDesign

01-01-2014|09:16 PM

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Resizing/rescaling ncloth with character to fit scene

Hello, I have a skinned and paint-weighted my character, and then I used ncloth for the character's outfit (independent of the skinned mesh)....

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by mayjormayham

11-02-2023|03:23 PM

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Creating sparks little tutorial

I created a little tutorial on making sparks in Maya using nparticles. Hope it helps some of you out. I wanted to render them in V-ray but so far I...

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by dre4mer

04-07-2012|03:39 PM

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Maya surface emitter to curve flow

Hi, I am trying to get some cubes to emit from a plane and then slowly move upwards for about 4 seconds before being affected by a curve flow that...

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by Chris Miller

14-04-2015|08:56 AM