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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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Sticky: EXPRESSIONS FOR ALL! (knowledge tidbits) | Page: 1 2 3 4 5

Sorry to break-in mind-raper, but I'm making this thread STICKY so it will always be at the top for everyone to learn from! Post your...

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by sherinnazar5

03-08-2021|09:29 PM

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Sticky: Visual Effects/Compositing/Dynamics and you.

I've been asked a number of times for reference, tips, tricks, and even how to make it in the industry, but if your looking for the holy grail of...

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by Cyan Tarek

05-10-2011|02:59 AM

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Sticky: Free/Cheap Quality Matchmoving Software

Ok, it has been asked about enough to warrant me posting this so others interested in 3D Matchmoving may learn and benefit:) NOTE: This thread is...

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by honestdom

05-10-2011|02:32 PM

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Mash attractor object not attracting

I'm using Maya 2020 and Mash Flight node to animate a school of fish. As in this tutorial by Ian Waters I've middlemouse dragged a locator to...

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by mio

07-08-2020|10:04 PM

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Photorealistic water doplets and sweat | Page: 1 2

Hi everyone, I'm trying to once and for all find a good method for creating realistic droplets and "sweat" on glass bottles. There several topic...

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by dvhouw

16-01-2014|03:44 PM

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copy constraint

Hi, i made a pendular and added a nail constraint and gravity. I hit play and it moves ok. Then i duplicated it a several times with "duplicate...

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by vcastro

17-05-2020|02:55 PM

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Jet Flames in Maya?

Hello Simbly Maya ;) , I am working on a project using Maya 2011. There is this character with jetpacks. :help: :happy: So is there anyone who...

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by Acituanbus

27-01-2020|05:05 PM

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How to check for collision with a particular object?

Hi there, I'm looking for a solution to this: I want to create a moving vacuum cleaner with particles and fields. My scene contains a plane...

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by RaginRob

20-05-2008|01:59 PM

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Matrix Bullet Effect | Page: 1 2 3 4

Hi everyone, I downloaded the tutorial on making Matrix Bullet's and then downloaded the shader for the disks..but i don' t know how to use the...

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by Tammy

06-09-2007|01:58 AM

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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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mapping images into fluid containers

I read Duncan's Corner on The Area about mapping an hurricane image into a fluid container. he put it into a 2d container but still got a thin 3d...

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by jooo

29-04-2014|08:28 PM

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making rigged character passive rigid body?

I was wondering if I would be able to take a character that I have rigged, skinned, and painted weights to, into a passive rigid body? I want to be...

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by Rhetoric Camel

19-07-2010|09:23 PM

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Batch render ignores my fluid sims

Hi guys. I have been working on a scene which holds basic polygon geometry and two fluid containers. The fluid is cached and when I test render it...

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by tombarnett

23-02-2015|12:51 AM

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MASH instancer scale

hello. i have a meadow and need to control y-scale of grass with a map. i can't figure out which MASH node can do it. best result i could achieve...

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by mickhah

07-10-2019|01:36 PM

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Issue with Translating/Rotating Rigid Bodies

First I must say that I am very new to Maya, dynamics, and any 3d modeling in general. I am right now taking my first class in it. I am trying to...

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by TheLombax

06-03-2014|07:04 PM

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Great underwater ocean - howto in maya?!?

Hi! Maybe somebody of you have an idea how to generate an underwater scene like this in maya? amazing underwater scene Actually I've done a...

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by berndr

10-02-2011|05:43 AM

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rigidBodies moving too slow

Hi there! I have a question concerning the animation speed of a rigid body simulation. scene: a box full of balls. one side of the box opens...

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by NextDesign

24-04-2012|05:06 PM

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Bifrost not making a liquid

Ok so i have a project with alot of objects (buildings,cars,trees,street) most of the objects were downloaded, anyhow whenever i create a cube and...

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by redling

04-05-2015|07:22 PM

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Texture or material on particles?

Hi, Can anyone help me figure out how to apply a material or texture to particles? I already tried this: select particles Add Dynamic...

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by ragecgi

24-04-2003|12:07 AM

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XGen - hair will not follow guides anymore

Hey there, okay so ever since I've began using XGen there's this same problem and I can't find out why. Only thing I can tell, is that it...

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by Nekyo

03-02-2021|05:28 PM

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Problem solving many dynamic objects in a pile?

We are having problems with 400 low poly boxes (50 faces each) as rigid bodies falling onto a floor object (passive rigid body) to pile up on top of...

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