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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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Transform tools will not move points or hulls...

I am building the Red Girl tutorial. (actually I'm just winging it and playing with NURBS spheres). After successfully bringing up CV's and moving...

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by KELLEY

19-03-2014|03:07 PM

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Making a chain [help]

I've followed ctbram's youtube guide on how to make a simple chain with motion path, but even though I did exactly what he did, it turned out wrong....

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by Novez

18-03-2014|04:56 PM

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group of materials - like multi mat in 3dsx max

hi there, new to maya. I have characters with the same body parts. Each body part has it's own material. In max I used to assign a multi-mat...

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by frankm

18-03-2014|02:03 PM

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Creating a simple edge. | Page: 1 2

I am trying to create the edge shown in the image. I know I can use the Split Polygon tool, but getting the outer vertice at exactly the right height...

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by 3dStudent

18-03-2014|01:19 PM

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Control multiple joints/attribute for foot banking

Hi all. I have created an arrow that arcs over the feet that I want to control my feet banking. I already have the attributes set up for control...

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by srlake314

18-03-2014|01:34 AM

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Problem with lambert and loading image?

I've had this problem for a bit. The image file I place on lambert won't just show up in my viewport. Here's my screen:...

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by tweetytunes

17-03-2014|05:41 PM

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Maya scripts you could not live without?

Though i'd kick this of to see what scripts / plugins everyone uses on a regular basis, I'll start the ball rolling with a couple i use all the time...

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by Gen

16-03-2014|05:58 PM

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need advise on how to shade particles.

hello. i need to make some flying fires , like fireworks, but stuck on shading step. i'm rendering with vray, and it doesn't support maya particle...

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by mickhah

15-03-2014|05:09 PM

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Suggestions on how to make this hinge

Hi All, I'm working on modelling a robot and I'm stuck on how to model the arm hinge (elbow joint). I want the arm to be cylindrical and then...

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by tweetytunes

14-03-2014|02:10 PM

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Beginner - Mirror Object - Center Axis?

Hey hey, so i'm a beginner in Maya because i worked with cinema 4d for years now. My Problem is that i want to Mirror an Objekt by using the...

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by bullet1968

13-03-2014|01:12 PM

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Problem with nurbs surface view in shaded mode in perspective

Hi i am new to Maya and i have autodesk maya 2014 and hardware is new MacBook Pro retina 15 with almost the best configs. I have a problem with...

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by bahonur

12-03-2014|02:55 PM

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Problems with Mirror Geometry tool | Page: 1 2

Hi. I'm new on this forum and i have a question which i didn't find the answer to using the search tool. So thought i post i here maybe some of you...

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by yio

11-03-2014|08:42 PM

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Multiple Cutting Planes - One Object

Hey everyone, I'm trying to split a 180cm humanoid polymesh into slices with 4cm distance inbetween, so 45 slices. My intention is to get the...

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by NextDesign

10-03-2014|05:41 PM

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Possible joint placement

Hey all, I could use some help in determining what might be a good placement for the joints to ensure proper deformation. Any help would be...

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by srlake314

10-03-2014|04:26 PM

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Liquid Animation

Hi Folks, I´ve tried to animate Water floating around a Sphere https://vimeo.com/88592039 I´m happy so far but I think it could be much...

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by user12

10-03-2014|10:42 AM

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Blend shape sliders not working please help

hi i'm having a problem and I cannot figure out what it is, someone please help. here is whats going on. i made blend shapes 6 so far, so at first...

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by eternalsoul2012

09-03-2014|11:30 PM

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a bit offtopic about exr format

hello. i'm using maya vray, and have always to batch render exr's out, because of gamma correction (if i render other formats, pictures are not gamma...

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by mickhah

09-03-2014|09:26 PM

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Render File Size

Hey Guys! I created and rendered a 10 second animation and the file size is already 500MB. Compare to a movie (which is about 90 minutes), they...

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by Gen

08-03-2014|07:01 PM