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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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Maya->Indigo0.5.3/0.5.4 Exporter Script | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Well, people, I haven't programmed in a while. Now I want to make an MEL script that takes a Maya scene and makes an Indigo XML file. So far- this...

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by MattTheMan

19-06-2008|09:10 AM

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WIP: My Raytracer | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Ok, this is a work in progress. I am programming a raytracer in c++. I will post a first update tonight, with diffuse shading. I will be using two...

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by MattTheMan

24-05-2006|12:13 AM

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Is anyone using MEL? | Page: 1 2 3

Of all the forums up here, this one seems to get very little traffic. Either everyone here is very comfortable with MEL and expressions or no one's...

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by silviapalara

29-01-2003|10:21 PM

Replies: 40

Animating | Page: 1 2 3

what id like a script to do is to aid me in setting keys for animation. a box will come up which is the actual scripted plugin, and whatever object...

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by Nem

25-11-2002|06:57 PM

Replies: 35

Create Reference Image Planes - Mel Script | Page: 1 2

Hrr...here it is :) My first, not complete, not optimized, not fully tested, propably buggy but somewhat usable I hope :D Just extract it in...

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by syfer

30-03-2014|08:04 PM

Replies: 29

Loading a MEL | Page: 1 2

I just downloaded GI Joe MEL script and i need to know how to load it? :)

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by Pherbis

08-05-2003|12:02 AM

Replies: 27

bFlocking artificial flocking tool | Page: 1 2

Here's a custom Maya tool I've written in Python to generate artificial flocking or 'boids' based on the work of Craig Reynolds. Its an early version...

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by t1ck135

07-09-2007|11:38 AM

Replies: 27

position of a vertex | Page: 1 2

Hi How to get the value of the position of polygon vertex (x y z)... What is the MEL command to get the value ... Please some one reply me...

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by souzasan

01-09-2007|06:38 AM

Replies: 26

File name prefix and Layer names | Page: 1 2

what first seemed to be an easy task turned out to break my head right now. What I need to do is (for many many files and layers) to output rendered...

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by NextDesign

08-09-2011|01:57 AM

Replies: 26

Danny's UV tools ROCK!!! | Page: 1 2

HOLY CRAP!!! I finally got a chance to start texturing part of my ARGUS ship model, and just watching the UV editor window while the UVLayout...

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by ragecgi

30-06-2003|11:44 PM

Replies: 24

Spin Faces | Page: 1 2

Does anyone know how to add a "spin faces" MEL to Maya. I do not know anyhting about MEL. I downloaded something off of the Internet and it seems as...

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by Jay

01-05-2014|09:38 PM

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Mel Shuts Down Maya | Page: 1 2

Hi guys, I'm currently working on a script and have come to an unexpected road block. While my main for loop runs, Maya suddenly dissappears and...

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by InvaZimm

09-02-2005|05:51 PM

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dannyngan joins us. | Page: 1 2

say hello to our new mel script moderator :)

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by ragecgi

17-01-2003|04:43 AM

Replies: 17

Using MEL to create objects | Page: 1 2

Is it possible to make a MEL script that reads inputs from a file or the COM port and uses the data to create a CV-curve? I´m making a little item...

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by Alan

23-05-2003|06:00 PM

Replies: 17

Joint orientation Script | Page: 1 2

Hey guys I found a great script, some of you may have heard of it. jsOrientJointUI It is for joint orientation and I hear it is very helpful. ...

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by Falott

09-03-2006|02:28 PM

Replies: 17

dannyUvTools v2.0 alpha 3 | Page: 1 2

The alpha version of dannyUvtools v2.0 is now available. New features in this version: Floating window for most comfortable use and easier setup....

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by dannyngan

07-07-2003|03:02 AM

Replies: 15

normals [state] | Page: 1 2

is there a way to catch the state of normals? to know what direction they are facing? if they are facing away from camera or not. im tring to...

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by vladimirjp

27-04-2006|02:39 AM

Replies: 15

BlackLight Renderer | Page: 1 2

I'm at it again! This time I'm writing a path tracer (unbiased) with a whole different program heirarchy to allow for imports and exports! I'll...

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by bendingiscool

22-09-2008|03:10 AM

Replies: 15

Expression Editor Q about rotation increase

1. create cylinder, name it "Coin" 2. scale so it's like a coin 3. Choose Window>Animation Editors>Expression Editor Now, in this window, we can...

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by kbrown

10-10-2002|07:01 AM

Replies: 14

createDynChain - MEL for creating semi-dynamic chains

Hello fellow MELlons :p I started working on this mel script since I needed some long chains with many chain links on my Andrea Gail project....

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by kbrown

04-06-2003|06:34 AM

Replies: 14

camera filmback mel

hi there, iam writing a simple script that will change the filmback settings of the camera and the settings of the render globals, so i have a...

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by olivermagno

07-06-2003|04:10 AM

Replies: 14

random translateY for selected objects

I need a mel or script or something that will translate selected objects randomly on a single axis. I thought I could just select the objects, open...

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by Hugh

04-06-2003|12:30 AM

Replies: 14

Script Request

I was hoping that maybe someone like Next design who kindly offer their mel scripting talents to us all might be willing to undertake a challenge for...

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by ctbram

29-04-2012|06:49 PM

Replies: 14

The best way?

Am I right in thinking the best way to select a node via a script would be to select it via a unique attribute name? As opposed to using an explicit...

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by misterjackson

10-10-2011|09:33 AM

Replies: 14

Measure Angle Tool

I built a tool to measure angles in Maya. I think it could be pretty useful. I know there are a few others out there like this, but I hope that this...

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by stwert

28-10-2017|07:48 PM

Replies: 14