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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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# 1 12-02-2004 , 05:02 AM

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I am planning on buying one of thise gnomontutorial dvds but iwas wondering should i get a nurbs or poly modeling one?

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# 2 12-02-2004 , 05:06 AM

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Might consider checking out our tutorials first. Might find what you need for cheaper.

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# 3 12-02-2004 , 05:32 AM

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Go with what Mike said. I bought the Polygon 1 DVD from Gnomon and I can tell you from actual experience you will get more value here at SimplyMaya. I bought one because I had seen their ads everywhere and heard that they were well established.

I was rather disappointed in the quality as well. I couldn't read the interface like I can with the video tutorials here. And for $50 you can definitely get equal or greater value from free and VIP video tutorials here at SimplyMaya.

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# 4 12-02-2004 , 10:44 PM

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do they give me the files for the tutorial if they do will they open in the PLE?

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# 5 12-02-2004 , 10:50 PM

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Where it's applicable, files are usually provided. I doubt they'll open in PLE... I would be surprised if the Gnomon files did, unless there's a work-around I'm not aware of.

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# 6 12-02-2004 , 10:56 PM

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ok then i shouldnt get a rigging one probably a modeling or dynamics that woudnt need files. so ill get some simply maya points thanks for saving me some money user added image

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# 7 12-02-2004 , 11:17 PM

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NNY,
I got Mike's "Texturing in Photoshop" from SimplyPhotoshop.com, and that's an excellent starter for creating texture maps for Maya. It only costs two points. And you could read the interface.
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# 8 12-02-2004 , 11:38 PM

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go here and mike i can use the models that they provide i downloaded some of the free ones here and they came up fine and tod thanks ill try it. I do suck and texturing user added image

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# 9 12-02-2004 , 11:57 PM

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Hmm, I would have to assume then, that they created PLE specific files.

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# 10 13-02-2004 , 12:13 AM

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Originally posted by mtmckinley
Where it's applicable, files are usually provided. I doubt they'll open in PLE... I would be surprised if the Gnomon files did, unless there's a work-around I'm not aware of.

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I'm pretty sure you can open Maya Complete files in PLE - I dont see any reason why Alias would restrict that.

It just doesnt work the other way around (stops companies buying one copy of Complete for rendering and then distributing PLE to all it's artists).

That'll do donkey... that'll do...

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