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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I know all three of you are good at what you do. And I respect the opinion of all of you. For the most part the showboating comments and criticism came from childish people who used profanity in their comments and hid behind nicknames. On the other end I have gotten numerous emails from people thanking me for the videos. It comes down to the fact that even something as simple as modeling a ping-pong paddle and showing my whole workflow doesn't truly exist in the "free" realm of c4d. It is almost 100% mograph. So me giving it away with proper methods of how to create it is something that most generally enjoyed. I just want to better the people out there by giving them direct short videos showing the easiest and "maybe" proper methods to doing something in the app.
I am gonna keep on making the videos and polishing them up afterwards. I guess when it comes down to it I just gotta keep on practicing. For now I am going to deliver a hair tutorial today showcasing how to set up the hair and modify it in the tab, materials, and render settings. Another tutorial that has not existed in c4d for the user community and that I feel needs to exist for free.
One of my main problems is that I don't sugar-coat most anything. I say the facts and move on. Much from growing up on set. I had no childhood growing up. Once I hit 10 my dad during summers sent me away to work on my first set and continued to do so for all of the years afterwards. Seaquest DSV. I enjoyed the work and learned much about working long hours and the time and patience it takes to create something truly special. Since then every waking moment has been about creating something and expanding what I know. I can go on for days about Cranes, dollies, and jibs. But this new avenue of 3D has allowed me to step away from something that is truly a dying craft. I am even debating leaving Local 600 because of the reduce in work and the jobs evaporating to reality shows. Times are changing and I am simply diversifying to save my own ass in the long run.
Well anyways I havegiven my 2 cents and maybe you can see where I am coming from.
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nice response man, and glad you have written what you have in reply. The big picture is clearer for the rest of us, its so hard trying to interpret words on a forum sometimes, people say one thing and mean another LOL.
As far as a big company like DD are concerned, its not all wine and roses, its more like beer and pizza lol and for the most part while myself and my colleagues work under their moniker we are probably more based as Reliance Media Works and are pretty self contained. At the studio in London we are only right now 30 strong staff working on a couple of big projects. Once things ramp up we will max out to around 80 staff, no more than that. Personally I prefer the smaller working atmosphere, you dont get lost in the ether of a huge company and become just another seat.
Personally I think its great that you are taking your own time out to do that type of work for others, there is a sense of sat
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Also began sculpting a old man leaning back in a rocking chair....
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EDIT: Just testing diamonds and refractions. Things I want to look into...
2ND EDIT: That plane is just me trying to catch up to Leon. Was about 15-20 min of modeling...
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I have released a few more tuts and have continued on with the facial rigging tut inside C4D. Many people enjoyed the FR one but they tend to like to stay inside C4D so I guess my rig in it will have to be shown. I based it on the rig by Jeremy Ernst a while back. That and a few other things...
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EDIT: A crossbow for my game. I have it in the engine and animated on the hands. Just need to figure out how to get the arrow to shoot in the animation much like the rocket launcher does.... Gonna have to tweak that cga.
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I might have to take a break from this to concentrate on a gig though. We shall see...
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EDIT: I cleaned up the inside texture a fair amount...
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