here is a great topology research for u topology freaks!!!

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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# 1 13-01-2004 , 08:31 PM

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here is a great topology research for u topology freaks!!!

if stahlberg can get away with a mesh like that, why can't we all??!!
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# 2 13-01-2004 , 08:38 PM

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true true... was always told 5 sided polys were the Devil.

Very interesting

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# 3 13-01-2004 , 08:47 PM

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actually, being a former nurbs fanatic i pride myself on using only 4 sided poly's.

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# 4 13-01-2004 , 09:12 PM

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yeap 4 all the way excepte a few tris where nessary=)

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