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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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Surface intersection

please i will like to know if there is anyway you can avoid sufaces from intersecting. For instance if am to animate a guy jumping on a table and i...

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by bala2007

31-10-2005|11:01 AM

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binding joints to a robot

how do i bind joints to a robot guy without getting deformation on the balls acting as joints?

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by happymat27

23-02-2007|11:30 PM

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motion builder

Ok I am using motion builder a fair bit now but am still troubled by a couple of things. I am sure I saw a tutorial that showed how you can make the...

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by Falott

17-08-2008|12:29 AM

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F Curve Question

Hi All I have a small dilemma, I have a car on a motion path but wish to duplicate it. At the moment the duplicate (with input connections)...

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by stwert

14-08-2010|04:05 PM

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Hydrolics-like system...help?

I need help animating a hydrolics-like system. I have these two "bars" that open and close vertically and i'l like the cylinders to act as if...

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by mtmckinley

31-01-2003|06:05 PM

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help importing walk cycle into a new scene

Help.... I made this walk cycle last week.... It was my 1st animation... http://www.craigcrane.com/3Dworld/walk_web.wmv And I now want to import...

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by Kurt

16-08-2003|03:25 PM

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Joint, bend, bind problems - HELP

Hi, Thanks to everyone here for your help. Heres my newest issue. Please see screenshot http://louiseeaton.com/members.jpg The hand has...

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by capella62874

11-12-2003|01:14 AM

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walk/run cycles

I have built my first character and he is ready to be animated for the most part, but im looking ahead and trying to think whats the best way to...

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by Rubberkidney

29-05-2004|05:54 AM

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Adding a polygon to another joint.

Hello - I am having a bit of a problem using the Paint Weights tool, which I have just started using. Basically I am having problems adjusting the...

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by arran

05-04-2006|02:42 PM

Replies: 10

objects distorting

I am trying to animate a scene but as soon as I go to the next frame my camera changes its view and all the objects in my scene change there size,...

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by leonlabyk

05-10-2006|01:44 AM

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Maya animation to After Effects

I'm the rookie here, trying to load animation files made in Maya into Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro. Sorry, never done thisbefore. Like a...

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by bgreg

15-06-2009|04:55 AM

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any PhD files to learn on maya

am new and a beginner too. I want help frm anyone pls

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by markmol

28-03-2014|11:32 AM

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Getting IK to work in reverse...

Consider a simple leg joint chain : *Hip *Knee +Ankle OK, you can grab the ankle IK handle and drag the leg into a pose, but suppose...

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by kbrown

02-12-2002|04:38 PM

Replies: 9

Scene 2

Ok guy's remind me when you see me how much I hate tring to animate a nice loose walk. MAN!!! you use clamped keys on the feet he jugges a bit, use...

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by Kurt

29-12-2002|04:24 PM

Replies: 9

Animating my model, i've got no clue

I have absolutely no idea how to go about animating this. I'd appreciate if anyone can point me in the right direction. ...

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by ragecgi

31-12-2002|10:41 PM

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RigProblem

Okay, here's the problem I'm having I hope that the way I did this is clear; it's the only way I could think of giving you a B 4 and after of the...

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by abie1

25-04-2003|05:26 AM

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Helicopter Blades

Just a quick question, how do I make some helicopter blades that spin and don't stop. I have been fiddling with the rigid body attributes and I have...

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by olivermagno

26-05-2003|04:46 AM

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Pasting Keyframes

OK wise ones here's a question for you. I am working on some animation cycles which require identictal keyframes at the start and the end of the...

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by gazzamataz

07-10-2003|09:03 AM

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"Those Eyyyyeeees! OH MY GOD... THOSE EYES!!!" ;)

Okay, I'm so not ready to animate this but I have a question anyway re: how to animate beady little round eyes. This is what I had in mind but I...

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by ArtBlack

03-10-2004|09:45 AM

Replies: 9

deleting history (partially)?

hi anyone know if there is a way to delete History for everything except 1 node (Blend shape) which is in the middle of the History / stack?

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by the_podman

31-10-2005|07:46 PM

Replies: 9

Rotation

Hi all! How can I rotate an object around his own axis. I want to make a planet, like Earth. thx (I'm a beginner, so sorry if the question...

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by Velusion

17-10-2005|12:39 PM

Replies: 9

Animate car

Hi guys. Anyone know the best way to animate a car so that you can control its acceleration and direction from steering-like controls. It's a rigid...

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