Lighting & Rendering - Page 23 - Simply Maya User Community

Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

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SSS shader

How i can connect mib_transparency to my SSS shader ... i've tried to put in all the channels in SSS_fast_skin but there is no channel for...

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by daverave

19-02-2010|11:17 PM

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More realistic rendering?

Hi, I'm new here, looking for help! I normally build miniatures for film work, but with the turn of filmmaking to digital, I'm forcing myself to...

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by oldhippie_tom

05-02-2010|12:57 AM

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shadow throught transparency map

hello everyone. I have an issue here. one that i am sure someone from the friendliest and most helpful community on the net can help with. ...

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by leotikansas

01-02-2010|06:18 AM

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Must Use Maya Hardware Renderer for Particle Dynamics? | Page: 1 2

Hi there I'm trying to do some dynamics/particle instancing in Maya 2008 specifically making a snow blizzard / rainfall. I ran the animation and...

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by ezanih

19-01-2010|06:45 AM

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How to use misss_fast_skin

Hi there I am new to Maya an have a special interest in 3D head modelling and photorealistic human animation. I would like to know whether...

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by NextDesign

12-01-2010|03:48 AM

Replies: 7

Beginning with mental ray

Howdy, thought I should test out mental ray. Did a quick render and it was ok. Then I changed some settings and now I get noise in most textures. Can...

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by Olorin

31-12-2009|11:46 PM

Replies: 4

Mental ray and directional light?

Hi. I am on my way now to getting my first render in mental ray look ok. I had it set up with spotlights and thought I should try it with a...

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by Olorin

31-12-2009|11:43 PM

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How do I swap a shader?

I did not know what I did really when I set up a scene with Mia-material-X. Now I want to exchance that shader to a layered-shader instead. Is there...

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by Olorin

28-12-2009|08:22 PM

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Lighting outer space

Im seeing if someone has any suggestions for this. I have an alien that I made and Im almost done animating. I have him standing on a floating metal...

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by joemilkweed

25-12-2009|01:16 AM

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positioning of additional cameras.

I thought this seemed the most suitable place for this question. I have had quite an ambitious idea, which im sure has been done many times...

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by ben hobden

18-12-2009|10:44 PM

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HOW DO I RENDER A MOVIE?

http://www.simplymaya.com/movie_pages/tutorial.mhtml?tut_id=49

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by zombiember

02-12-2009|09:34 AM

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heap size limit set to 800 MB

I'm having big troubles rendering some proyects. Metal ray just stops rendering and goes flushing flushing and flushing!! Dont know what to do. It...

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by NextDesign

02-12-2009|03:21 AM

Replies: 12

hello friends

i want to make some friends who like maya

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by Jay Oliver

01-12-2009|06:10 PM

Replies: 9

Connection Editor Attributes ...

There are a great deal of attributes listed in the Connection Editor. Where can I find a detailed explanation of each individual attribute available...

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by mtcgs

19-11-2009|07:15 PM

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shadows from alpha

Doubt this is possible but I have a large terrain populated with a lot of trees. They are attached as simple textures to planes with alphas for...

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by honestdom

04-11-2009|10:38 PM

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Rendering textures that animate??

Hello, I have a short animation and am now in the final phases ready to set up my camera path and render it all out. The only problem I have...

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by Jon Brand

02-11-2009|05:50 PM

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Creating Light Streams

So, I'm not good at explaining things. I've just begun looking into particles, and I'm currently working on a project. My ultimate goal right now...

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by kyoharu

27-10-2009|04:32 AM

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Black line due to motion blur when rendering

a thick black line is caused when i render scene with 2d motion blur, i have a long corridor with a number of lights, i have turned each light off to...

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by Perfecto

10-10-2009|05:13 AM

Replies: 12

dialectric material (i think) problems

Hi everyone. Just recently I thought I thought I'd try and relight some of the gun models I made at the start of the year. I've ended up building a...

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by honestdom

23-09-2009|04:38 PM

Replies: 5

LED's

I just modeled a stove but I'm not sure the best way to do the red LED's. Any suggestions?

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by Perfecto

20-08-2009|06:36 AM

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diamond caustic

Hi All... Not sure if this is a Mental Ray or not... Couple of questions on a diamond tutorial I was following. > Why am I am getting so...

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by Gen

14-08-2009|05:08 PM

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eye Rendering/refraction not working right

hey guys, problem with realistic eye rendering here. I get the eye to render out pretty nicely using mental ray in Maya in the front view. For...

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by Anhslaught

09-08-2009|05:00 AM

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Noir render

Hi, I desperately need some rendering help. I am looking to render a video in the noir style of the film Renaissance, but I can't work out how to do...

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by ShadowArcher

23-07-2009|06:40 PM

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physical sky and misss fast skin

im having problems rendering a character with the misss fast skin material, in a scene that has the Physical sky and sun set up. All the objects...

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by NextDesign

01-07-2009|03:00 PM