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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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.fbx model not moving

Hi guys, I sort of asking this in my other question but Ive got a .fbx model which looks great and everything, but i cant seem to be able to...

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by daverave

24-11-2012|10:57 PM

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Maya file and Project lost/disappeared, Help PLEASE

On sep 04 I was working on one project, I didn't save it as project but just saved it on desktop later drop it on a folder. I have the render...

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by daverave

24-11-2012|09:03 PM

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lightfog reflection?

Hi, i have created a spotlight with a lightfog. I got a mirror in the scene but the lightfog doesn't show up in the reflection. Anyone knows how to...

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by choo

24-11-2012|02:57 PM

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vray question

i assigned a blinn for both images below: with mental ray http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn13/sifidis/clouds_obj.jpg and with vray ...

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by daverave

24-11-2012|09:33 AM

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New issues with Texture Mapping | Page: 1 2

Hi dear Maya professionals, I reached another point struggling with textures. OMG, this chapter is a never ending story :furious: How can I...

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by stwert

23-11-2012|07:43 PM

Replies: 24

Can't figure out how do to circular holes

I've been googling and what not since yesterday now and I can't figure this one out. I'm fairly new to Maya and this is more or less the first...

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by Tottel

23-11-2012|09:38 AM

Replies: 4

Visual glitches with the spacebar

I just started learning Maya 2013. It I tap the spacebar it switches from a single view to a quad view as the tutorial says. If I hold the space bar...

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by Tottel

22-11-2012|03:00 PM

Replies: 5

Walking norman around a corner

how would i go about it because atm its long and annoying, my tutors werent sure. atm i'm trying to key each bit of the turn around the corner and...

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by chealey

22-11-2012|09:30 AM

Replies: 5

Help? Animating An Airplane

Hi, I've never used Maya animation before. For a class I'm taking, I have to animate my airplane to make it take off, fly, and land like a real...

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by ctbram

20-11-2012|12:03 AM

Replies: 3

shader Hardware Texturing dont startet

Hallo, i have a question. When I am click on shader-then-Hardware Texturing, it dosent show me the black and white square, whats my mistake? How...

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by Gen

18-11-2012|07:37 PM

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How I can get the Menü on Display top File, Edit, modify e.t.c...

Hi, sorry about my english but i am a german guy. I have a question, this is. How can I get the Menü on the top from the display? Where stand...

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by stwert

17-11-2012|02:17 PM

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Problems with spherical Mapping a Polysphere

Hello everyone, im trying to map a Planettexture to a sphere. Everything works well with the standard mapping. My problem is, that i want Mecca to...

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by PixalZA

16-11-2012|11:31 AM

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displacement to quads

Is it possible when converting displacement to polygons, keeping all the geo in quads rather then triangles when using displacement on a plane?

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by dustykhan

15-11-2012|10:55 PM

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Nurbs vertex control

Hello, guys This is my first post here and I am totally new to maya I got a quick question if someone can help me. When I create any shape with...

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by umarzaman

15-11-2012|02:47 PM

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Troll Rig help!

Yo, i'm new to Maya, previously a max user, i've downloaded the "Troll" rig from rigger101.com but when I open up the scene the rig is there (mesh)...

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by Nilla

14-11-2012|10:03 AM

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Bevelled edges are giving me the business

I've been using Maya for a little while now, enough to know some of the basics. I've run into a problem that seems like it should be simple to fix...

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by bananabobana

13-11-2012|11:48 PM

Replies: 4

Help! Creating a special roof!

Hi all, I don't really know hot to verbalize my needs and I don't really know how to search for that. I want to build a special roof which...

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by lecra

13-11-2012|07:59 PM

Replies: 4

need help with maya will pay

I need help that will take a maya expert 20 minutes to be able to do. I don't want to post what I need here pm me for details.

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by Nilla

13-11-2012|10:37 AM

Replies: 2

Topology help

Hey fellow SM's, I am having a brain dead moment and it's quite simple I'm sure but I'm just having a senior moment I think. Anyway I have...

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by NextDesign

13-11-2012|05:53 AM

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Learning Motion Builder?

I was intrested in learning Maya's Motion Builder program. What I need to know before I even try to learn Motion, is what do I need to know in Maya?...

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by CollinBishop

13-11-2012|05:16 AM

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Large River Landscape

I have tried this numerous ways, but can't quite figure this out! How would you go about creating a large landscape with a river running down from a...

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