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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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I am a 3D Artist looking for room in New york City. Right now i am living in queens sunnyside and have to move 1st of august. Want to move with...

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by goggles

04-07-2017|09:02 PM

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Image Based Lighting Help

Hi, I am looking for some experts or anyone really to give me a bit of help regarding a scene I am making. So far I have built the scene and added...

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by dimeolas

03-07-2017|06:00 AM

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Adding divisions to a flat face.

Hi everyone, Had a quick question. I am new to Maya and want to add divisions to the below image. The brown face that is selected is where i...

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by jrivon

02-07-2017|01:00 PM

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vertex painting in 2014

Using 2014...need to create a terrain that doesnt just have one texture. IE it has dirt and grass in a natural way. Ive tried the vertex painting...

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by dimeolas

01-07-2017|12:34 AM

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nurbs square along a cv curve won't create properly

I've made a square nurbs shape that I want to extrude along a cv curve. As the nurbs square are not attached, I've selected the edges and attached...

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by halfloaf

28-06-2017|08:19 PM

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To Give away: Membership

I bought a lifetime membership, and then due to changes in Maya, I switched to Blender. If some one could use this, please contact me. First come,...

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by Joho

14-06-2017|07:51 PM

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Total Senior Moment: UV perception and Reality

Good day, evening or morning. I have to pose this question on a very simple shape, a rectangular plane, with just a wee smidgeon of thickness. So...

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by srlake314

12-06-2017|03:37 PM

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Skin restriction

Hi! I have several skins attached to a joint. I don't want one particular skin to rotate with the joint, but only move with it. I can't use a...

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by Bumbala

10-06-2017|06:20 PM

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Export PNG Image

Hi guys. I'm trying to render some droplet in a glass bottle.In render view,I can see them,but if I export to PNG,it won't show up ( it's fine...

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by caunhoc

24-05-2017|08:44 AM

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How on Earth do I get the right Topology?

Ive been racking my brain for hours trying to get this to smooth correctly. Thanks!

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by David

19-05-2017|05:00 PM

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Echolocation Effect

Hi all! I'm having trouble trying to work out how to do a certain effect in Maya (and After Effects, as I assume there'll be some compositing...

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by JimmyTeflon

18-05-2017|07:26 PM

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Hypershade to model

Having used the uv editor and taken the objects into Photoshop I then take it back to hypershade to place it on my model, though it is only the badge...

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by Gen

16-05-2017|07:44 PM

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nurbs seems

Hi everyone I was attaching a characters arm to their torso(both nurbs objects) and was using a fillet blend. Problem is I get these dark seems at...

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by penciltester

29-04-2017|05:51 AM

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Setting Up a Project?

Hello! So I recently ran into an issue in which all of the textures from my Maya project were missing when I moved the Maya Binary file over to...

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by Ethan Dale

28-04-2017|04:34 PM

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cast shadows dont show in Viewport2

Maya 2014 Using Viewport 2.0 ...just a plane and a sphere with one spotlight shining on the sphere. What shows is the light on the sphere and the...

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by dimeolas

27-04-2017|04:22 PM

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Snowfall in Arnold?

So I created a plane that emulates snowfall in Maya by dropping particles from it. It looks fairly good in the viewport, and it falls very peacefully...

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by Ethan Dale

26-04-2017|02:57 PM

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How to multiply a texture on an object

Hi, I have absolutely no idea how to achieve my goal. I have a model of a car seat, I'm trying to apply a texture to a face of the seat. I assign...

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by clocker1

24-04-2017|08:10 PM

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Height subdivision question

hi, noob question here can anyone explain to me why cylinder gets so messed up when adding subdivions to the height?

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by David

22-04-2017|07:40 PM

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Maya Controll Rig Problem?

Hello! Here's my question: I have a character rigged with maya control rig. When I try to delete specific keyframes on timeline on ONE controler, it...

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by clocker1

21-04-2017|07:18 PM

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Training Request

Hi Could i request some training please I would like to see something modeled in Maya and then textured in substance painter 2 Thanks Mith

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by MrYeti

21-04-2017|04:41 AM

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I am totally stumped with chains.

I am just starting to learn how to model more complicated things and in doing this i thought i would try my hand at scenes, in this scene i will have...

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by Gen

18-04-2017|05:28 PM

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uv seams on mesh

hi, A real simple question to which I hope there's a simple solution! I've been trying out the new UV tools in 2017, which I'm liking a lot, but...

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by Gen

17-04-2017|12:25 AM

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Training videos - remember where I left off

Is there a way to go back to where I left off so that I don't have to find my video and then find the spot I left off everytime?

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by David

11-04-2017|10:46 AM

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D3CRYPT3D won SXSW Interactive Innovation Award for Privacy & Security

Long story short, that problem we had of stolen assets and an attempt at trying to solve it came out to be somewhat of a rollercoaster ride. The SXSW...

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