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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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Yet another batch render issue

hi, I am on a mac (dual 2 ghz powerpc g5) using maya 8.5. My (tiff) batch render starts and it says "percentage of rendering done: 0 (doing frame...

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by ieoie

19-12-2007|01:50 PM

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Airplane noses

G'day mayamaniacs and Merry Kringle/Happy New Year to you all from Oz, I am fairly new to Maya but have some of the basics sorted..question....I...

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by vesa

19-12-2007|09:32 AM

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where i can get 2d front and side faces images

pl. help me where i can get 2d front and side faces images thanks venku

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by RockyMills_01

19-12-2007|09:24 AM

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Help making a cliff

Hi, i am trying to put a scene into my animation and want to model a cliff that resembles this. However, i have spent so much time learning to...

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by mr pix.

19-12-2007|07:33 AM

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Who's my administrator and what's my MAC address?

So i received my Maya software today and I installed it. Now when I try to run the program a window pops up and says... "Please enter the MAC...

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by magicsy

19-12-2007|05:28 AM

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Help! maya will only load part of files

help maya only loads part of the file then freezes when it gets to like 63% then shows like half of what i have made

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by aragorns9

19-12-2007|12:29 AM

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Mental Ray Basics

Hi guys, I stumbled on this little gem on youtube. I talks about mental Ray concepts which includes Global illumination and Final gather with other...

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by RockyMills_01

18-12-2007|08:15 PM

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Strange Clouds?

looked out side the window today and saw these strange clouds. it seems as if someones used photoshop and just tampered with them with a bunch of...

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by marlonjohn

18-12-2007|08:08 PM

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Rendering Like 2D

If you know to render from maya like 2d(mental ray or software rendering). Anyone knows Toon materials setup. Plz mention tutorials sites for this.

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by roach105

18-12-2007|02:59 PM

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Flash Web designer/programmer here

Hi, my name is Roland and I have been on this site for a little while now, and I have really benefited off the knowledge and work I see here....

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by mastone

18-12-2007|11:10 AM

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edge loops?

hello guys isnt Edge loops standard with maya 8.5? or do i need to add the plug in? cheers Sy :)

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by magicsy

16-12-2007|11:24 PM

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new to maya

hey guys, Im new to maya but love it! its awesome. i know this question must have arisen but some things are missing. Like my timeline etc. how do...

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by Kratch

16-12-2007|08:17 PM

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merry christmas

Hi everyone, Merry christmas and a happy new year to all. http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=SywuXMrAOso animation-wise it leaves a lot to be...

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by Jr.Who

16-12-2007|06:24 AM

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importing a 3dmax textured model

I'm wondering if you guys know a way to import a 3dmax textured model to an application like maya and see the model all nice and textured. the...

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by danotronXX

16-12-2007|12:52 AM

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blender to MAYA

hey guys how can I do to export blender files to maya? I try export .3ds and .obj, but doesn't work.

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by Altadena

15-12-2007|10:45 PM

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Ground texture help

Can some one tell me some technique for some realistic ground texturing .. or smth like that ... some shading groud or anything .. I do planar...

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by BadG3r

15-12-2007|12:39 PM

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Sky

I need to learn how to make a sky? I don't want to just make an image plane and put a sky on it. can anyone help me learn another way maby some...

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by mirek03

15-12-2007|11:05 AM

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Explosion

How do i create an explosion that look like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFIeKDSY9jY ( Realistic )

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by mirek03

15-12-2007|10:52 AM

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I need To Make A Reference IN 8.5

How do you create a script file for use with the reference button?(to be able to have a guide line to follow?)

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by =GFX$oldI3r=

14-12-2007|06:48 AM

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Maya8 Bridge problem

Hello, I started using maya8 yesterday with the included tutorials, and on the 2nd tutorial on building a helmet, when I have to bridge the edges I...

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by Mayaniac

13-12-2007|10:11 PM

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maya.exe Entry point not found.

pl. help while opening maya it show's an error message like maya.exe entry point not found

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by ddvenku

13-12-2007|04:34 PM

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maya cloth

hi every one this is siddu.........from india...hello i recently started maya cloth but i getting this is error...Warning: Cloth solver interrupted:...

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