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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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do maya users like poser?

i'm used to using maya, but i suck at modeling so i got a copy of poser. but my animator friends said it wasn't that good. after playing around...

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by kaos zero

01-05-2005|01:51 PM

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[noob help] bevel? extrude?

after making a curve with the ep curve tool and closing it, how do i make it 3d? i drew the profile of a concrete brick, now i want to expand it...

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by astrocalder

01-05-2005|11:24 AM

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simulating light sources

is there a standard method for simulating a light bulb? like if you could see the source of a light in a room - a bulb or halogen light for example....

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by Noradul

01-05-2005|04:36 AM

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Newb - Simple Poly Modeling Questions..

Hi, Coming from a LW/Modo background for the most part and primarily just play and hobby, I have a few questions on things that I can not get my...

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by Pony

01-05-2005|01:06 AM

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[question] steel reflections

i've been playing around with reflections in surfaces, but i can't get steel right. it reflects light mostly, but objects aren't clear unless...

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by astrocalder

30-04-2005|07:28 PM

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how to change background color

Real newbie question: how to change background color when rendering? thanks

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by summercool

30-04-2005|09:41 AM

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Quads and Tris

I was wondering. Is it absolutely necessary that your model have to be completely quads? Or is it ok to have a few tri's here and there. I find it...

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by Anhslaught

29-04-2005|07:09 PM

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Motion path speeds problems

Short and sweet: I would really appreciate if some one could have a quick look at this animation test I have and let me know why the (crappy)...

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by Razor Blade

29-04-2005|04:41 PM

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Displacement map help...

Ok, I'm a noob but I'm looking for some help on Displacement maps. Pretty much anything will be new to me on this subject so... Thanks, Noob

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by cg_addict

29-04-2005|04:40 PM

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Ungrouping mirrored objects

I've mirrored a hand across the axis, but want to move and postition them independantly but I can't at the moment, I've again tried ungrouping them...

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by azimuth

29-04-2005|04:06 PM

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Video Format | Page: 1 2

Well this question isnt really maya related, but everyone here seems to know a thing or two about computers and whatnot. So my question is about...

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by NitroLiq

29-04-2005|01:27 PM

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Tutorial recording

For my own personal understanding i would like to know how those people who make tutorials for SM record their computer screen? DO they use a camera...

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by NitroLiq

29-04-2005|01:15 PM

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Mirroring?

I've created half a head, and want to mirror this across and join the seams, and create some uneven features. I can mirror this but it ends up...

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by j5ive

29-04-2005|09:34 AM

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[help] bump mapping

i've done it before, but can't get it now... i've taken a source image of a brick wall, and made two versions, one color, one b+w for the bump...

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by cg_addict

29-04-2005|06:13 AM

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[help] render troubleshooting

i can't render and i don't know why. i set the render globals, checked to make sure the camera is renderable...what else should i check? is there a...

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by astrocalder

29-04-2005|02:33 AM

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do you renember`? | Page: 1 2

do you renember me? ... I once won the lifetimemebership at simplymaya and kevin transferred it to simplyphotoshop for me.... but where is...

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by alienscience

28-04-2005|10:55 PM

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building refs.

does anybody know where to get some good refs for buildings?

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by gohan1842

28-04-2005|09:54 PM

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Stopping an emitter mid animation?

I have a short animation running for 70 frames, for frames 20 - 30 I would like to have a particle emitter.... emit some particles I can get it to...

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by Razor Blade

28-04-2005|03:34 PM

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Does MAYA have a tool/command that does.....

Hey, was looking through a Rhino book at school, and they have this tut. on how to make headphones. Anyways, to make the top of the headset, they...

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by Razor Blade

27-04-2005|07:02 PM

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Hardware Render Buffer

Hey I was just wondering what the difference is between the Hardware Render Buffer, and the regular Renderer. I am not sure if one is better or what...

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by Razor Blade

27-04-2005|07:00 PM

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Problem with Nurbs -> Poly & Poly -> SubDiv

How would I go about fixing these images? For the top image I used the curves tool and created a loft surface. I then extruded the face of it, then...

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by Razor Blade

27-04-2005|06:52 PM

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Website UP!!! (BETA - Big time) -- feedback

well, lately thought of designing a website for myself, and here i am,3 hours macromedia flash mx 2004, 6 burst braincells, finally got a beta...

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