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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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Maya 5 texturing

Hi, I have been upgrading models for a game, but would like to know if it's possible to change the way textures are applied? I've attached a...

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by Gen

04-11-2008|08:22 PM

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Matte Rendering

I’m creating an animation of a character swinging a golf club, and the club, of course, appears both in front of and behind parts of the character. I...

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by GDMaster

04-11-2008|06:44 PM

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image empty when batch render

Hi there again, ;) I came across a wierd render problem. I've got a particle simulation and everything is working fine. My particles are blobby...

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by farbtopf

04-11-2008|04:06 PM

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CV and EP Curves

Hi, I'm desperately trying to find out what the difference between a CV curve and an EP curve are. I cant seem to find a straight answer...

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by honestdom

04-11-2008|04:03 PM

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Slowing animations without changing fps

I did an animation that looks better at 18fps than at 24, how can I slow this animation down to a speed that matches 18 fps wile keeping the settings...

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by dubai3d

04-11-2008|08:44 AM

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extrude circular face out of cylinder?

Can someone please tell me how I could extrude a circular inner part of the upper face of a cylinder? (with the same center as the face)

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by Chirone

04-11-2008|06:10 AM

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material question

Hi, I've been working a little with type and I wanted to make it appear shiny and reflective. For a test I slapped a simple mia material on but in...

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by farbtopf

03-11-2008|09:48 PM

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what is a material over ride??

ive concentrated (for what its worth) on comping and sound this year. lost touch with maya a bit. what is 'material over ride.' ive seen it all...

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by mirek03

03-11-2008|09:20 PM

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maya 64 | Page: 1 2

was thinking of upgrading to a 64-bit os...so will maya be noticably be quicker or not

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by AikoWorld

03-11-2008|02:46 PM

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"add divisions" doesn't work on face

Hi. I'm trying to add some horizontal and vertical edges to a face but when i click on the face and click "add devisions" set to linear 4 10, it...

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by rudeboymcc

03-11-2008|10:28 AM

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who said autodesk wants to own the world?

http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2008/nov/04/news5.html San Rafael, CA - Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK) today announced preliminary...

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by LauriePriest

03-11-2008|10:02 AM

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PS question

ok, so as you may have noticed from the "post your desktop" thread and some others i've posted in/made, i'm remaking the appearance of my comp... ...

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by BennyK

03-11-2008|08:55 AM

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windows themes

ok, i've seen a few of you guys have cool themes like black with and orange start button and stuff, where are you gettin these? im lookin for a black...

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by Acid44

03-11-2008|06:47 AM

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edge loop delay

Hi all. I'm sure this is something really simple but...... When I add edge loops there is a delay between clicking where I want the loop and the...

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by Jay

02-11-2008|10:33 PM

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problem with extract tool

I have been trying to extract pieces from my model that I know I will be uv mapping seperate. It was working but now when I extract all of a sudden...

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by AikoWorld

02-11-2008|07:40 PM

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Maya 2009 Student bundle

Hello everyone! I´ve got a question about the new maya 2009 version: I was planning to buy the new version but when I had a look at the...

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by Peppomanien

02-11-2008|04:58 PM

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Photoshop CS4

emmm. Does anyone have this issue? I have a texture PNG assigned to my model and I open the texture by selecting the edit button in the material...

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by LauriePriest

02-11-2008|01:49 PM

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Modelers and Artists needed...

Call of Duty: World at War Total Conversion Our staff is starting to develop a Co-op Campaign for Call of Duty: World at War when the game comes...

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by codnerd

02-11-2008|06:04 AM

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Birail using existing curves - how do i properly attach the curves?

HI. I need to use Birail but hte profile and rails are already made. The problem is that when i made the profile curve, i didn't make the end points...

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by honestdom

01-11-2008|08:22 PM

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modeling Weird Detail

Well I am stumped on modeling this here part I usaly have no problem modeling any thing but for some weird resion this oddly shaped wingtip cover...

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by MaddogZ

01-11-2008|05:29 PM