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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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avi texture problem

Hi, I have a problem with avitextures. When I try to render the scene, the avi texture appears to have scanlines on it. I'm using non-interlaced...

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by xgabrielx

09-04-2010|06:13 PM

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nurbs modelling

Hello everyone I am trying to model a basic ball point pen using nurbs. Three fourth of the pen has a hexagonal shape and the rest of the pen body...

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by maheshsubbiah

09-04-2010|10:57 AM

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3D viewport

I was just browsing through nvidia's options for 3D display kits, and I had the awesome idea that Maya should be available in 3D. I don't mean...

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by stwert

08-04-2010|10:16 PM

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random vertex texturing question

hi all. ive been running my eye over some of the other cg society workshops. i was advised to look out for some fx courses, to learn about particles...

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by ben hobden

08-04-2010|12:17 PM

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Has anyone had a bad day like this, off topic

Well today was really bad. Maya kept crashing last night, my Spitfire model isnt coming along well. Then the missus rang (oh gawd) the car is...

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by bullet1968

07-04-2010|10:30 PM

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Nonmanifold headache

Cheers ladies and gentlemen. I guess i'm finally forced to post in here, insted of ninja browsing ^^ After some googling and search in here i'm...

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by NitroLiq

06-04-2010|04:03 PM

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Maya UVs in zbrush

Hi I have exported a object to zbrush with UVs, I do a UV check in zbrush and it shows up this area and another as errors, I cannot see any overlap...

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by daverave

05-04-2010|11:11 PM

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Animating a post-it note?

I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to Maya, so bear with me... I'm trying to animate a post-it note, in the same fashion that a hand would pick up...

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by jchapuran

04-04-2010|11:23 PM

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King Lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z4m4lnjxkY Sorry guys, I couldn't help but post something for you to spread for April fools :p This guys...

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by Chirone

04-04-2010|09:30 AM

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Render maya hair through a transparent object...

I don't know why, but only maya hair won't apear when it is rendered behind a transparent object. So if i make a character with a space helmet when...

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by gubar

03-04-2010|10:32 PM

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Meet Meline - Finally finished

Many moons ago I started talking to a guy on cgtalk and he and his girl friend have just finished one of the best animated shorts I have ever seen. ...

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by Mayaniac

03-04-2010|08:22 PM

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REQ: video tutorial modeling Boots

REQ: video tutorial modeling Boots started in Maya & go to Zbrush for details & back to maya for finish rendering. would so nice to see this......

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by wally12

02-04-2010|06:57 PM

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Maya toon outline rendering problems.

Hey all, im just having trouble rendering out toon outlines. In the viewport the outline is visible. rendering (mental ray), it is not. Im not sure...

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by Gen

02-04-2010|03:26 PM

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Apologies to Kurt and his Spitfire tut

Kurt I apologise, when going from part 5 to 6 you had already completed the tail fin and not shown us how. Whether by design or accident it was...

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by bullet1968

02-04-2010|12:21 PM

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extrude pivot problems

when I go to extrude and hit the local world icon the bloody thing goes to the X,Y origin?? have I inadvertantly reset something in the tool...

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by bullet1968

02-04-2010|11:36 AM

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Maya and tablet?

Does anybody here use Maya with a tablet? Or is better just to stick to a mouse? I tend to get quite bad rsi from mousing about in Maya... How...

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by bullet1968

02-04-2010|10:27 AM

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Simply Maya Motorbike Gang!

Hey all! I have recently picked myself up a motorbike! Its a 1985 Honda VT250. Pretty old but it runs quite well (especially for a first bike)....

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by halfloaf

01-04-2010|07:44 AM

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Animation workflow or Work order?

I dont know what order you Model/Texture/Rig/Smooth... Render I have modelled a char, its Smooth Proxy looks great. Now should I have rigged...

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by mastone

31-03-2010|09:11 PM

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Mental Ray render turns black

Hi, I've been trying to test render a cube and while it starts out fine, shadows and all look normal, in the final pass it turns all black and...

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by garch

30-03-2010|09:52 PM

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How do I place the arrows

How do I set up the arrows atfer I Make a Poly Combine Cause they always seem to go to the left

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by stwert

30-03-2010|12:50 AM

Replies: 7

Your doing it wrong!

MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to break back into the jail where he had been held following his...

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by Acid44

28-03-2010|11:23 PM

Replies: 1