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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.

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# 1 28-09-2012 , 11:05 AM

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# 2 28-09-2012 , 11:34 AM

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Gtfo! That looks great! You've had your nose to the grindstoned eh user added image

. It's paying off. Only thing that that I can say is that the tree trunk silhouette is pretty smooth for such a bumpy looking bark texture.

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# 3 28-09-2012 , 01:51 PM

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Looks really good, nice job.

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# 4 28-09-2012 , 08:01 PM

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I agree, looks great. Good job!

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# 5 28-09-2012 , 10:25 PM

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Yeah, i just loving doing environments. Always have since i did maps for different games in quark, hehe! I agree on the tree trunk thing. The trunk is actually a paint FX stroke which i applied 2 bumps + a displacement map on. I puched the bump to 1 and put a really high disp value with no great result. But i think i will end up modelling the trunk myself and putting it into zbrush ^^

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# 6 29-09-2012 , 09:27 AM

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Nice job, I dont think your displacement is working try changing the alpha offset in the file node.............dave

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# 7 29-09-2012 , 09:42 AM

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I agree with Dave. I do not see any displacement. Are you using maya software or mental ray? This is important because they are set up differently.

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# 8 29-09-2012 , 11:11 AM

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Using mental ray. Alpha gain set to 5 and offset to -5 user added image

gonna look into it later. Can't use the approximation editor for paint fx, so i did a regular smooth. But there is displacement. Did serveral rendertests with the tree alone. But maybe it's cause i rendered the fog by itself? I only put a lambert black hole on the tree without attaching the displacement map from the color photo?

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# 9 29-09-2012 , 01:03 PM

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I have fixed it user added image

gonna render it out tonight. Takes like 4 hours for a still with mitchell and anti aliasing cranked up

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# 10 30-09-2012 , 03:23 PM

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A little bit better now?

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# 11 30-09-2012 , 04:40 PM

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The original was good but this version much better!

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# 12 30-09-2012 , 06:06 PM

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Yes that does look better seams to blend in better................dave

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# 13 30-09-2012 , 06:33 PM

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That's pretty incredible. Mind doing a short tut on building plant matter? You seem to have done a terrific job blending different shrubberies together. My only crit is that the fog seems a bit strong for this type of scene. I don't know, the bright fresh green in the foreground doesn't seem to mesh with the somber desaturation of the background.

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# 14 30-09-2012 , 07:20 PM

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Cheers guys! Yeah, the fog is rendered seperately. So i just duplicated the fog layer in photoshop until i got the amount of fog i liked. But i could reduse it in post user added image

Yeah! Would be fun to do a tut. What did ya want to know? To do it from scratch? Or just getting the materials right? Cause it's a blend between making shaders, particle emitters and hero objects user added image

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