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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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Where's the knowledge?

I'm really making an effort to learn how to use Mental Rays shaders and utilities but I haven't found a single book that makes sense out of it. All...

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by Velusion

01-03-2006|04:51 PM

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Smoke render problem

Hi, I'm trying to make smoke to use it with an earthquacke that i'm building. I'm using sprites and i've made a 100 smokelet tiff images, witch...

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by r303

25-02-2006|03:26 PM

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Light Flicker

Hi, Can anyone suggest ways of creating a flickering light effect? Im trying to create a small camping light but i guess an effect of a candle...

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by steve_210

20-02-2006|06:01 PM

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Can´t find "Render Layer/Pass Control" options

hi, im new to maya 7 and just saw a videotutorial (version 6.5) that described the "render layer/pass control" options in the maya software render...

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by payton

16-02-2006|09:19 AM

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Problem with coustics? (i think)

Hey I everybody , I was trying to render a screwdriver handle as shown in this tutorial :: http://micah.noobgrinder.com/screwdrivertut/ but I...

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by EX-Nitro

14-02-2006|04:52 PM

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Projecting shadows

Hey, I am attempting to model a tent. I would like shadows from objects inside the tent projected onto the side of the tent when looking from...

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by Velusion

06-02-2006|06:51 PM

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How Do I Make A Clay Render

I see everyone making clay renders and I am very curious as of how to do it. If anyone can help, I would truely appreciate it

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by pbman

06-02-2006|05:23 PM

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vector render

Hi there. I cant render out as Adobe Illustrator file. I keep getting an error in the render log saying Error: Invalid object or value: 640 ...

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by Stephen

31-01-2006|04:42 PM

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Displacement problem

I made a displacement map for my model using Zbrush. It's a 16 bit Tiff file. I set up everything in Maya as per the instructions but when I try...

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by vladimirjp

31-01-2006|02:15 PM

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Rendering froma a Text file

Hey guys, Anyone got any deas on how to render from a text file, I've created the text file and saved it as a .bat file and ran the file but...

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by gster123

22-01-2006|07:45 PM

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blackening on some edges

hey, i'm having problems with some mesh where the edges are not shading properly. i've tried the following with no luck 1. exporting as obj and...

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by MattTheMan

21-01-2006|05:06 PM

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Dalek problem

hi guys. i have made a dalek from doctor who and i need to render it with raytracing on. The problem is that the dalek has a light on it (a sphere...

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by MattTheMan

21-01-2006|03:00 PM

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Network rendering

I have a problem with network rendering how do i set up the machines to do network rendering and then how do i check that it works. i tried looking...

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by marwan58

18-01-2006|02:40 AM

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Alpha channel

How can one turn the alpha channel on when rendering with mental ray, is it even possible?

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by vladimirjp

15-01-2006|06:52 PM

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Render Problem with my model - HELP!

Hi Guys, I've made a transparent skin for my balsa wood fin, but the skin isn't rendering properly. ...

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by MattTheMan

30-12-2005|01:26 AM

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GI_joe error

nothing to see here folks. error has been fixed. parent not found, I just deleted the preferences. to get a fresh start.

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by FUG1T1VE

27-12-2005|11:35 PM

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create HDRI

hi guys. i'm beginner. i'm from Mongolia. i have a question. how create to HDRI?:confused: sorry, my english is bad.

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by magicsy

21-12-2005|01:25 PM

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Movie dosn't render proply.

For some reason my movie's dont render to the length of my sound. There about half a second too fast so it looks out of sync. What's going on?

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by Some Guy

17-12-2005|03:16 AM

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my model shape turns weird after rendered

hi, why the model shape turns like this after render, i just can't get it..? http://img414.imageshack.us/img414/8793/image15pn.png this is...

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by caligraphics

16-12-2005|11:54 AM

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jagged render

I have followed the car tut at digitaltutors and finished it, i rendered and it looks good ,but not at all professional as my chrome wheelsa are...

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by caligraphics

16-12-2005|11:53 AM

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'White Set' Rendering tutorial wanted.

This is quite hard describe, but there's a style of shot that is used a lot in advertising and book/magazine illustrations, where a simple model is...

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by magicsy

15-12-2005|03:11 PM

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pixely shadows

I keep getting really pixely shadows when rendering in mental ray, anyone know how to fix this?

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