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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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audioWave ease in ease out

Hello, for beginner testing i have an audioWave node output going into the x translation input of a cube. This works just fine. What i am...

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by ConfusedMonkey

04-01-2014|03:27 PM

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making holes with the Boolean difference

Hi everyone I am making a model of a petrol engine, I am doing the cylinder head and I am stuck on making holes for the valves etc, I am using the...

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by trikeman

03-01-2014|07:39 PM

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Unexplained light

Hi, I wonder if anyone can tell me what's going on here. I've modeled a street scene and I want to render it out as a night scene, lit by the light...

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by BuzzinFly

03-01-2014|02:32 PM

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Maya Normal Map Problems

Hey! I dont have a lot of experience with Maya and I have a problem with creating some Normal Maps. You may have to get a little bit specific if...

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by Burnyt

02-01-2014|07:19 PM

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Old Wine Barrel

Hi guy's, I need again your advise. Want to model such an old wine barrel for a game. Would you start out with a cylinder, a pipe or maybe just...

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by lecra

02-01-2014|11:16 AM

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Display Windows

Hey, I have been trying to pull up my Outliner and so far no luck. I was using two monitors before I had moved, at the moment I dont have room for 2...

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by Ozgalis

01-01-2014|07:09 PM

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Bullets 3D prints

Ok I have some testing and a few things to make sure are ok but here are a few 'toys' I have printed.

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by bullet1968

01-01-2014|02:56 AM

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Boolean help.

I'd like to do these three sections in the model I'm working on, can someone make it simpler or give me a pointer or three..lol. I'll probably try an...

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by CollinBishop

31-12-2013|09:04 PM

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UVs don't flip after mirroring geometry

hello. when i mirror geometry, UVs don't flip. they stay blue, but are not reversed. how can i reverse them? i need it for normal/displacement...

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by mickhah

31-12-2013|12:41 PM

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Old project and image planes?

I opened up an old project I was working on months ago and the image planes won't display. Script editor says unable to show image plane.. Is their...

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by cj74

30-12-2013|10:13 PM

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Vertex world positions?

I'm trying to get two vertices to match along an axis but, I don't know how to view and change their world positions. How do you view them? ...

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by Gen

30-12-2013|09:11 PM

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Maya 7

Hi, I'm currently working on a game and need to use Maya 7, can't find were to download it. Please help me! Thank you so...

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by NextDesign

30-12-2013|07:58 PM

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UV Question

I have a small project I'm working on at the moment. It's a house that me and my wife are building and I wanted to model and texture it in Maya...

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by CollinBishop

30-12-2013|03:49 AM

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Turning wireframe mesh into geometry?

How do I take a sphere, for instance, and generate geometry based on its wireframe? How do I control the thickness of the "wires"? Thanks. :)

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by mickhah

28-12-2013|11:10 AM

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shatter effect question

Hey guys Im very very new to Maya and am trying to do a shatter effect on a poly model I made. I successfully shattered a primitive sphere, but when...

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by soundmartell

26-12-2013|01:21 PM

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OBJ Sequance to Blendshapes

Does anyone of you know plug-ing or script that would convert OBJ sequence to blendshapes instead of importing them as separated meshes with keyed...

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by NextDesign

26-12-2013|04:26 AM

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Texture resolution: a never ending story

Hi all, I was searching for threads regarding texture resolution. I found tons of them: now i am more confused as before!!:furious: I have in...

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by CollinBishop

24-12-2013|06:30 PM

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Quick selections - How to store.

Hi, First of all, wish to thank all of you fellow users helping me out learning Maya, you are a very helpful folk. Now the question: I make quick...

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by CollinBishop

24-12-2013|12:21 AM

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reversing normals help

hello all i am trying to reverse the normals on something i will be covering with a mesh but whenever i do so the faces expand ...right before this...

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by NextDesign

23-12-2013|07:25 PM

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what computer di I buy? need help!

Hi there, i have a problem - i dont know, what computer to buy for working on maya! I'm fifteen and have been working with a friend of my mums...

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