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Maya for 3D Printing - Rapid Prototyping

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Transparent background

I need to render a frame but I need the background to be transparent so it can be used on a matte painting. I really should know how to do this by...

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by jsprogg

15-06-2008|05:45 AM

Replies: 1

New Render Layers and Material Overrides video tutorial available now

Hey all, I just wanted to make you all aware of my new video tutorial on Render Layers and Material Overrides available HERE

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by Jay

14-06-2008|08:30 PM

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Rendering displacement for Maya 2008

Hey all for those using Zbrush displacements in Maya 2008 please follow the link to get updated with the procedure to render dispalcements as...

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by Jay

06-06-2008|10:50 PM

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render size

Hey I'm currently on a games development course and my current project is to create a room interior animation. i've created the animation with...

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by ragecgi

06-06-2008|12:52 AM

Replies: 5

Which Light?

What would be the best light to use for the light fixture I've made. I has openings at the top and bottom and I would like it to emit light from...

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by Joopson

28-05-2008|09:33 AM

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IPHONE PROJECT

Objective: To make an animation for IPHONE using its VWALLPAPER software Vwallpaper :- is a software that run any 10 sec video behind the icons in...

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by bilalbajwa2336

22-05-2008|04:27 AM

Replies: 2

Flickering light

I'm trying to render out a forest scene where I have a directional light as the main light source. When I render out the sequence the light appears...

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by Alan

18-05-2008|08:30 PM

Replies: 1

Movie with noise on textures

Hi Everybody ! i've just finished a urban scene and was starting to batch render a camera move when i realized that the textures had noise. What...

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by the_renans

15-05-2008|06:39 PM

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GI Noise

I'm having trouble with this scene. For some reason, I'm getting noise in the shadows. I don't know how to get rid of it. I'm using GI and Final...

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by Gen

14-05-2008|12:45 PM

Replies: 3

help rendering for still composite

ok so i have a scene with a car model, a curved plane for the floor/backwall, and a sphere with a HDR image on it for lighting and such, i'm trying...

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by NeoStrider

08-05-2008|08:20 AM

Replies: 7

Choppy shadows

Hi all, I've got a point light shining at some polygon modelled characters that are staggered from the source of the light. The shadow being cast...

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by NeoStrider

07-05-2008|12:09 PM

Replies: 5

Rendering in Layers, how?

I want to learn how to render in layers and then composite in another application but I can't figure it out. I've read a few tutorials on the...

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by Perfecto

24-04-2008|07:46 AM

Replies: 4

How to create a sky

I have always wanted to create a simply sky background when I render cities, beaches etc. Any idea of the simplest way to create a sky in Maya 6 or...

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by mattbarb

22-04-2008|02:48 PM

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Alpha channel of SSS shader

The alpha channel of the SSS shader is black, so I need to make that color white in order to use alpha on my character and make a composition....

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by kazama

21-04-2008|10:12 PM

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"render" has different behavior on different machines. WHY?

With Maya 2008, I am using render on 2 different machines, to compare speed/results/etc. After rendering, I notice the following: - on Machine #1...

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by anajand

06-04-2008|03:58 PM

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Refractions in Post anybody ?

Hello 2 all I have a scene which has some bubbles rising towards the surface. Now the bubbles I have put into there won layer with a black...

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by Alan

04-04-2008|12:26 PM

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How Do I get my displacement to show up in my Luminance Depth Pass ?

Hi 2 all I think my lack of sleep is catching up on me, so can anybody help me with this. I am in the middle of creating my render layers, the...

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by Andy Gee

02-04-2008|03:00 PM

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Please help - Trying to render maya hardware and software to the same image

Hello I have been having this problem in maya 2008 for quite a while now and it is really bugging me.. I set my scene up in render layers and...

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by ragecgi

01-04-2008|06:21 AM

Replies: 2

How can I get realistic shadows by using GIF-pictures as textures?

hello! I've got a big problem while rendering a little animation in maya.. I've created a lot of NURBS planes and gave them GIF-pictures (*.gif) as...

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by Alan

31-03-2008|11:56 PM

Replies: 1

blocking light out and letting it in

I am doing a scene where I have a light fog going through a window and I want to define it to just the window part. Right now it is going through the...

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by NeoStrider

25-03-2008|09:58 AM

Replies: 1

opticalFX

How can I do the light effect to minimize when the camera is moving away? The light effect remains the same size as the camera moves away. I start ...

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by afmadeira

21-03-2008|09:25 PM

Replies: 0

Transparency maps and light fog ?

Hello 2 all I have been experimenting with lightfog and transparency maps. I had an idea on how to generate the light beams for my underwater...

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