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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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Chandelier Crystal Dynamics Simulation

I would like to find an efficient and stable way to simulate the crystals hanging from the chandelier. I did a search and found that i could do the...

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by LocSp

02-12-2017|01:16 PM

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Nucleus evaluation skipped, frame change too large

Hi,. My character's hair has no problem at the first frame. It follows the mesh when I rotate the head. But when I go to another frame and rotate...

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by nvnoor

17-11-2017|11:18 AM

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particle instances orientation

I want the instances to be directed toward the center please help me It is a surface emitter from the cylinder I inverted the normals but I want...

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by nvnoor

17-11-2017|08:59 AM

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Bifrost

Hello! I'm just getting into fluids but I've been testing and reading up on bifrost for about 3 weeks now. seems like not many people are using...

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by nvnoor

17-11-2017|08:43 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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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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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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Please help... PC freezes during ncloth cache and/or ncloth timeline playback

Hello everyone, I'm really getting frustrated about using ncloth because it always end up giving me one problem or the other. Now i have...

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by luciferr

01-08-2017|08:21 PM

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Maya Particle change instance geometry in certain places

Hello, I am trying to make a simple Particle simulation where the particles change instance geometry, for example: They start as cubes then when...

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by alialbdri

22-07-2017|08:51 AM

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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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nCloth scale

I attempting to incorporate some simple nCloth into a large-ish scene. I'm new to it but know about the disparity in working units (nCloth always...

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by se7enhedd

01-06-2017|11:46 AM

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random rotation using curve flow

hello. i'm wondering how to apply random rotation to objects, instanced to particles with curve flow. i set Aim Direction to Velocity, so that...

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by mickhah

06-12-2016|12:02 PM

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emitting particles on surface and instancing animated objects

hello. i'm trying to make a scene with walking soldiers. i can't get how to make the particles to be emitted in equal distances from each other and...

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by mickhah

04-12-2016|12:49 PM

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Floating objects not floating in batch render

I have a calm ocean with a physical sun and sky and a custom cloud fluid in the sky, and polygonal objects parented to floating object on the ocean...

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by David

16-11-2016|01:09 PM

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Particles won't die (lifespan not working)

So I'm super new to maya and I'm trying to create some snow particles. Quick explenation: A character is sliding on it's butt over some snow and...

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by EliasLeonard

16-09-2016|09:15 AM

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Reproducible 2016.5 nCache missing frame issue

Could someone please try to reproduce this issue? I am planning to file a bug, but we know Autodesk isn't fantastic about following up. In 2016.5:...

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by stwert

12-09-2016|07:28 PM

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nHair Problem

Hello guys, I'm having a Problem with nHair not evaluating correctly when rendering. The hair was made out of curves and parented to the head bone on...

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by davecarldood

30-07-2016|10:39 AM

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Questions about Bullet Physics and Dynamic Bodies.

Trying to play a few simple simulations of a sphere smashing into various props, but I'd like to despawn the sphere after the initial point of...

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by DameonLG

20-04-2016|09:02 PM

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Krakatoa with Maya Deformed Particles

Hi, I am having trouble with a scene where I have used a deformer (lattice) on nome Maya Particles and am trying to cache these out using the...

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by Chris Miller

08-03-2016|12:42 PM

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Bifrost 2015, caching control ? (pursue caching)

Can't we change the caching control in Bifrost 2015 ? The attribute is greyed out and I'd like to continue caching my fluid sim without restarting...

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by caetano

06-03-2016|01:21 PM

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fluid texture and incandescence settings!!1

ok so i'm about to go a little crazy here... but it seems to me that the texture color and incandescence checkmarks are having NO EFFECT. It uses...

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by dre4mer

08-02-2016|08:33 PM

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xgen is loading.....

Hello, I'm new here and I came to look for your help. I'm trying to apply a new xgen description to a horse model which I've downloaded; but, when I...

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by cagateloritoo

08-02-2016|07:35 PM

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how to optimize quadro for bifrost in maya

Hello how can I optimize a Quadro K2200 for Bifrost in Maya? My hardware specs: CPU: Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9550 (12M Cache, 2.83 GHz,...

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by mortezarel

03-02-2016|11:56 AM