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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 06-07-2006 , 02:41 PM

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CRAZY STAR WARS

ANYBODY KNOW HOW I should go about making effects for lasers and lightsaber blades. I thought it's be fun to make some starwarzy stuff.:attn:

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# 2 06-07-2006 , 04:54 PM

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Tubes with the glow turned up might be a start for you

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# 3 06-07-2006 , 05:05 PM

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sorry if my mewbieness dissappoints you, but I dunno how to do that! YAY!!!! lol:attn:

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# 4 06-07-2006 , 05:06 PM

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yeah, do what GSter said, I won't go into anything with Mental Ray for you... yet! user added image

anyways- you might want to watch how you name your threads, you can get in trouble for it.

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# 5 06-07-2006 , 05:44 PM

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ty for the warning. but how do I make glowy tubes?:headbang:

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# 6 06-07-2006 , 05:52 PM

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Check this thread out -

https://forum.simplymaya.com/showthre...ght=lightsaber

you might want to do a quick search on 'lightsaber' or 'saber' on simply maya as there has been a number of threads devoted to this topic. (surprise surprise.)

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