I've been working on this, but my diamond ends up lifeless, with no sparkle. It looks like a dark glass jewel.

For the caustics, did you have to plug in any light photon shaders or anything, or did the whole thing just work?

I was looking to do diamonds recently, following a tutorial on the net, but they ended up dull and boring. Could you post a little tutorial or workflow on how you set this up, and what features you...

Geez, what was the bet?

"Betcha mom won't find out about your affair"?

Just kidding on that. Put it to good use.

I'd imagine that most people that post around here have pirated versions. "Hey - I'm in high school and I've got Maya Unlimited...What does cloth do?"

There are some great tutorials here:

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/tutorials/tutorials.html

...t hat should help you.

That's a pretty big request. You may want to purchase a character book or search on the web.

That said, you want to finish your modeling, unless you are happy with the spheres and cylinders. You...

Hey,

Try creating a really big plane with a granite texture (all black and one color) and mix some animated textures into the glow.

sj

It's actually a pretty complete tutorial. Maybe start simply with shaders and work your way up.

Hey,

Just for fun, trying to put together an acceptable sorting hat (from Harry Potter). Kind of Halloweenish, yes?

Will work on texturing and animation....

sj