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Perspective to Orthographic ...

How would you animate an object view from 3/4 perspective to a straight side orthographic view?

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by NextDesign

13-06-2009|02:33 AM

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Compositing Render Layers with Transparent Backgrounds

Hi, How do people maintain registration when you composit a render layer that contains a transparent background (foreground pass or shadow pass)...

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by UncleMito

19-05-2009|07:31 AM

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Bake Shadows

Hi, is it possible to bake the shadows in Maya and only the shadows? I know i can bake a light map with shadows, but i dont want the light. The...

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by arran

18-05-2009|05:04 PM

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Shadows ...

I'm not getting any shadows on objects that lie within a dim shadow area. The shadows are RayTraced and shadow "Color" set to a .5 valve, so it isn't...

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by mtcgs

14-05-2009|07:04 PM

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contribution map in maya 2009

A pass contribution map associates a subset of the lights and renderable objects in the scene to one or more render passes. When rendering a given...

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by sanfx

08-05-2009|01:27 AM

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Maya Software vs Mental Ray

I've always rendered in mental ray... haven't given Software much of a look. Do people favor one over the other? Is there a certain look that...

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by gster123

23-04-2009|08:03 AM

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Toon Outline

I have created a chair and table and applied a Shaded Brightness Two Tone toon shader to the sphere. Then I went and added a Toon Outline on my chair...

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by mariosaidvieira

16-04-2009|07:52 PM

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camera tracking

I have a camera which is attached to a locator on a control curve with a motion path. Is there any way to have the camera so it will stay focused on...

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by honestdom

10-04-2009|10:54 AM

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Vector Rendering Quads

I want to use the vector render to render out my wireframes. But it triangulates everything (render view only). Anyone know how to make vector...

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by lewis1607

16-03-2009|08:40 PM

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Error message when using MR contribution maps and area lights

I keep on getting this warning everytime i try and assign area lights into a contribution map in Maya 2009. // Error: Cannot convert data of type...

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by higgsbosen

13-03-2009|02:45 PM

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Error message when using MR contribution maps and area lights

I keep on getting this warning everytime i try and assign area lights into a contribution map in Maya 2009. // Error: Cannot convert data of type...

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by higgsbosen

13-03-2009|10:26 AM

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ortho style zoom in ShotCam?

Hi everybody, I was wondering if it's possible to zoom in and pan on a shot without changing the depth or relative distance of the objects in a...

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by sjtaylor84

25-02-2009|10:29 AM

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best lights to use for large indoor scene

I modeled a large subway scene and now I am lighting it . The problem I am having is getting even lighting at a large scale for the scene. Any Ideas...

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by banksta

14-02-2009|06:50 AM

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lighting

hii. my name is aroop. i opted lighting for specialization. recently i modelled an interior. i lighted it. the day shot was coming okay, but in the...

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by bh.aroop

02-02-2009|03:02 AM

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Render issues

Ok so here's my eternal problem with maya. Everytime I import a scene, for example a motorcycle I made in one scene, I want to pass it to the scene...

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by arran

28-01-2009|05:25 PM

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Settings to render a pic lik this

hey guys, wat settings u require to get a glow effect lik the one i have shown in the attached pic...... how much time require to render this... help

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by mastone

27-01-2009|08:11 PM

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stop lights bleaching out blacks?

Can someone give me any tips on something thats been buggin me over my last couple of projects. Ive been making guns for the past few weeks, and a...

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by Jay

24-01-2009|11:12 PM

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Blinking lights?

How to make blinking small button shaped lights?

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by clebo99

30-12-2008|09:22 PM

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Approximation ...

When applying Approximation to a NURBS object for Mental Ray rendering can I assign both types of Approximation (Surface and Trim Curve) to the...

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by mtcgs

20-12-2008|11:28 PM

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whats g.i. joe?

i've seen the name a lot, but i cant really find anything in a search for it

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by donrodman3

12-12-2008|11:15 AM

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Node Question ...

I've run into a object that has two "plusMinusAverage" nodes attached. I'm not familiar with their function and cannot find any clear description of...

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by mtcgs

09-12-2008|07:04 PM

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Tube Light ...

How can I achieve the look of a tubular neon light reflected onto an object, like a car. As though the light were suspended in air and visible as a...

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by mirek03

18-11-2008|02:43 AM

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indoor lighting large scene

I need help getting even lighting in my underground subway before I start texturing my scene. I still have a few more pieces to put on the wall but I...

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