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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2

This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.

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# 1 30-01-2010 , 11:41 AM

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playing around with some old model and i came across a problem.The reflections on this car look terrible anyone know of a how to fix this

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# 2 30-01-2010 , 12:20 PM

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Whats the shader and lighting setup?

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# 3 30-01-2010 , 06:51 PM

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I think it's reflecting the physical sky. Try using HDRI and see if it fixes it.

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# 4 31-01-2010 , 04:45 AM

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actually i am using an hdri image with one directional light.dont know why there are wierd spots on the bonnet/bumper area

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# 5 31-01-2010 , 05:35 AM

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Originally posted by murambi
actually i am using an hdri image with one directional light.dont know why there are wierd spots on the bonnet/bumper area

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Whats the shader setup on the car?

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# 6 31-01-2010 , 05:49 AM

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its a mi_car paint shader with a custom ramp node mapped to the reflection channel

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# 7 31-01-2010 , 06:44 AM

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played around with the point density and got this wierd lights

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# 8 31-01-2010 , 08:56 AM

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Ha that kinda looks cool. I remember getting some glowing weirdness like that some time ago while experimenting with the old MR shaders but I can't reproduce that with the car paint.

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