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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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How to run a remote pc without a monitor

Hi all, I'm thinking of setting up a small render farm. How do you go about running a remote pc without a monitor? I figured there's an app...

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by jasmyno

25-04-2007|11:34 PM

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tony jaa ong bak kungfu fight scene

hello, just wanted to know what you reckon of this fighting scene by tony jaa(ong bak). this scene was filmed once with no special effects/edited in...

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by danotronXX

25-04-2007|09:02 PM

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Buy Some DVD's

Hello, I want to buy some DVD's like Modeling and Texturing , so i don't know which one is best for beginners , anyone please help me for this. and...

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by boosters

25-04-2007|04:53 PM

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Select surface only/ don't select through the object?

I have been insanely frustrated with selecting points. Every time I go to select something, the exact same spot on the opposite side of the object...

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by Nobody Home

25-04-2007|04:12 PM

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Do I have potential?

This is my photobucket album. The first movie there is my "master piece", sort of. It's the best looking animation I have, though it's a bit dark...

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by shover_robot

25-04-2007|01:01 PM

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Wii

So has any one been on here with a wii? lol iam so what do you guy think of the wii?

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by daffas

25-04-2007|12:51 PM

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Fur problems

i don't use maya often, but one of my students is making a minotaur and when he selects the chest and applies fur, the fur is only in the corner...

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by publicFunction

25-04-2007|11:33 AM

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possible to attach curve to curve?

hello, i was just wondering if its possible to attach a curve control vertex to another control vertex curve? i see an option in Edit curves and...

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by publicFunction

25-04-2007|04:11 AM

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from where should i start ?

Hi all.i am new in 3d world and i don't know from where should i first start to learn 3d creation tools.and if i have 15 months to create 3d movee...

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by JamesP

24-04-2007|10:24 PM

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Problem with planar mapping

Ok so im a newb and i've used maya 8 for just this semester. My problem right now is my planar mapping isn't working right now. Im have problems...

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by cloudnine1098

24-04-2007|08:50 PM

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Help please

Hi. I am looking to develop a logo for a company, and the logo I need just happens to be very much like the frog in the tutorial. How do I get in...

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by dray33

24-04-2007|01:23 PM

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Have anoying problem with move/rotate/scale.

Hey guys? I am completely new to maya, now I am trying to learn by making that Franky character from free movies. Now for some reason, when I...

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by shover_robot

24-04-2007|12:50 PM

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Pirates 3 Featurette

Hey All Looks like fun once again!! And its in HD!! http://www.movie-list.com/trailers.php?id=piratesofthecaribbean3 Best Jay

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by marlonjohn

20-04-2007|01:31 PM

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drill a wooden block?

is it possible to create a wooden table and a drill so that drill could substract or sth,modify the table? maybe should i make a mel script? or...

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by marlonjohn

20-04-2007|01:20 PM

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Adjusting World Size

Is there a way to adjust the world size in maya? Instead of increasing the size of an object, to instead increase the overall world size? Any...

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by AlphaFlyte

19-04-2007|11:17 PM

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Where to begin

Hey, I have background in video editing, after effects etc. and maya animation is something I really want to learn and incorporate into my skillset....

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by the_brein

19-04-2007|08:32 PM

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Wanted : Maya Artists for Dutch Motion Picture

Amsterdam, April 23rd 2007 Locust Entertainment BV, a renomated but small design facility, supplying high definition materials for the Motion...

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by ColdWave

19-04-2007|04:14 PM

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Help with texture transparency...

hi.. i'm working with the tutorial of shark modeling, but i got a problem with the trasnparency the slider not...

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by NeoStrider

19-04-2007|01:28 PM

Replies: 5

Edge thickness

Hello!!! How do I create thickness to the border edge?? (My method is to select the border edges and extrude it inside and up ..but it's not really...

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by NeoStrider

19-04-2007|01:26 PM

Replies: 3

Plugin for importing 3ds

I can't import a .3ds file into maya.What plugin do I need to do that? I checked the plugin manager in maya but there's no such thing. Please help!

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by SkoolKid

19-04-2007|09:09 AM

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A small 'Scale' quastion.

Hey guys, I am a complete noob and there is 1 thing I don't quite know... I am not very good at explaining but when you use for example Move tool...

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by jsprogg

19-04-2007|01:50 AM

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MR Cloth pants slipping of my Char

Hey all! im having a problem with mental ray Cloth and i use the same method as Kurt's Tutorial ( ty mate :) ) but when i press play everything...

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by mastone

19-04-2007|01:10 AM

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Fluids...

hi there, First a quick thanks for all the tuts, loveing them all, great way to learn everything, much appreciated was just wondering if there...

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by wod

18-04-2007|11:17 PM

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"Negative" Light Source?

Seeing as I'm a gamer, I tend to mess around with some of the programs that ship out with games, such as UnrealEd, and the TES Construction Set that...

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