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
# 1 22-12-2007 , 06:09 AM
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SM Member Of The Year

I started this thread so members can nominate there member of the year on Simply Maya and show their appreciation.

I will start off by nominating Gster as my member of the year for always being willing to pop into the newbie forum and help countless times with good constructive advice.




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# 2 22-12-2007 , 06:55 AM
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yeah - i second gster - the man is a legend!

# 3 22-12-2007 , 03:54 PM
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Here's a third for the man from Manchester.

Top man Steve aka Gster,

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# 4 23-12-2007 , 05:08 AM
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Cheers guys, i'm flattered!


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# 5 23-12-2007 , 07:44 AM
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ahem...move over sonnyuser added image

I agree too, a helpful man indeed, perhaps a free dvd of his choice should go out to him for his efforts...David!

this should be regular end of the year 'thing'

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# 6 23-12-2007 , 09:28 AM
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I havent been here long but Jsprogg has been very helpful
Gster did recently help me out though

# 7 23-12-2007 , 09:55 AM
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I say Steve (gster) too.
Here's a couple of beers at you in preparation for the next Autodesk drink fest Steve user added image

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# 8 23-12-2007 , 10:47 AM
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It's definitely between Jay and Steve. user added image

# 9 23-12-2007 , 10:50 AM
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well I've received help from many people here and I hardly remember the names of all of them

gster
jsprogg
and mmoore

are the 3 I can remember

# 10 23-12-2007 , 11:37 AM
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thanks mate, I'm a moderator here so I dont really count

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# 11 23-12-2007 , 11:49 AM
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Didn't mean to start an argument ..lol




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# 12 23-12-2007 , 11:55 AM
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No arguement...carry on as normal, all is well

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# 13 23-12-2007 , 01:37 PM
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thanks mate, I'm a moderator here so I dont really count

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You are? Well hey, mods are people too. user added image

# 14 23-12-2007 , 02:05 PM
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Everyone helps each other, thats whats great about this community, regardless of skill level, we all started somewhere!

Hey Si, wonder when theres going to be another autodesk demo?

You going to any conferences this year? I need to do a couple, might even be doing a presentation....


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# 15 26-12-2007 , 10:57 AM
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i nominate myself

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