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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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nparticles tweaking and optimizing

Hello guys, I'm new in this board. Been looking for maya-specific forum quite sometime since I'm going to have my hands dirty on maya. I've been...

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by josaphat

16-07-2009|08:23 AM

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Help with particles and collisions?

http://i39.tinypic.com/2laro6d.jpg I make the particles collide with the glass object, but they still go through it to an extent... im using...

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by RabidChocobo

02-07-2009|12:22 AM

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Pouring water

I hope this is the right forum to ask this in, but I have a shot where I need a liquid to pour out of a bottle and have it form into a sphere, which...

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by ragecgi

01-07-2009|09:33 PM

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How do i create rubble from an explosion or cave in

at the moment i am trying to create rubble/ debris to look like a cave in or blasting in an underground mine. i am currently attempting to use...

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by ragecgi

01-07-2009|09:32 PM

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can i make particles collide with other particles from same emmitter?

i need to make an egg timer, so a container full of small particles, they all need to sit on top of each other so that the container is full up, but...

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by ragecgi

01-07-2009|09:29 PM

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Self-Colliding Particles

Yet again I'm doing some particle simulations, and this time I am trying to have particles hit a surface and clump up and move around. I feel like...

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by ragecgi

01-07-2009|09:28 PM

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need help pls

hi guy's.... am a graphic's desginer . (am learning dynamics now) i dont know how to use expression editor .. where can...

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by NextDesign

25-06-2009|04:02 AM

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Death Decay Particles

Hi, This is my first post here, and i really do need some help - I am trying to find out if http://vimeo.com/2396904<< this video -- the particle...

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by ragecgi

22-06-2009|03:56 PM

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Dynamic Animation ...

Not sure where to post this ... here or in the Animation forum. So here goes. I have an object following (attached to) a motion path. I want to add...

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by Xander-0

18-06-2009|01:38 AM

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Glass Condensation ...

What is the best way to produce condensation on glass? Can it be animated? I have a clients beer bottle and glass that need that cold frosty look....

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by mastone

13-06-2009|02:42 PM

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Lazers!!!!!!!!!!!

Is there a way to make a lazer effect in maya like in a star wars movie.

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by NextDesign

30-05-2009|07:29 AM

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a growing plant animation

I'm working on a growing plant animation. I would like not to use Paint FX as I have a custom plant. what is the standard way of creating one? ...

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by NextDesign

27-05-2009|02:31 AM

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Dynamic rope

dear dynamic professionals, i think i´ve read all the forum entries on the net about the dynamic rope .... but since iam not at all...

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by Fabster

26-05-2009|12:55 AM

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Explosion?

How i can make my mesh to explode in pices ? I want this model to explode ( this will be his second attack ) Any ideas ?

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by ColdWave

24-05-2009|10:26 PM

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cache fireworks

Ok I have created some fireworks which explode over 280 frames but when I try to batch render them it drops out every now and again. When I restart...

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by leonlabyk

21-05-2009|05:19 PM

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ncloth and hair

hi my name is deepak. i am use maya 2008. i will try make a jelly fish. i create ncloth an object. and create hair on it it's create but not...

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by mastone

12-05-2009|08:13 PM

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Motion Blur. After Effects? Work?

Hi, Tried doing motion blur in After Effects 7.0. Shutter Angle = 360 shutter phase = -360. All timeline stuff is switched on. Doesn't seem to...

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by bendingiscool

11-05-2009|09:13 AM

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Lava, ncloth or fluid effects?

Hi. I'm quite good at maya ncloth in 2008 and have been trying to create the effect of lava flowing down a surface. But is it possible to do this in...

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by mirek03

04-05-2009|11:25 PM

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nParticles Water Problems

Hi all. I'm trying to create a flood/tsunami scene of a road with the water gushing towards the camera. However the mesh seems to be very blotchy...

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by podolski

31-03-2009|03:14 PM

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Particals and ting...

bear with me cos this may make no sence at all!! Basically i need to do a little animation of a razor blade going across the skin and taking with it...

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by ragecgi

26-03-2009|11:50 AM

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Large number of dynamic objects | Page: 1 2

Hello. I'm been a Maya newbie for a little over a year now :p , and the thing that has always given me the most pain is dynamics. So I've been...

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by cgwhiz

24-03-2009|09:22 AM

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particles follow on texture

Hey, I am after a way to have particles flow along a surface via a texture map, for instance if I had a strip of black down the centre of a...

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by ragecgi

07-03-2009|01:55 PM

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Shockwave Effects

I'm currently trying to make an semi-epic movie intro for a forum based RPG story me and a bunch of buddies are working on. The basic...

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by huntaer

20-02-2009|04:04 AM

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nCloth problem

I'm trying a fairly simple thing (so I thought); drop a sphere onto a piece of cloth, which is constraint at it's outer edges.. Butg the sphere...

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by publicFunction

18-02-2009|05:29 PM

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Instancer rotation question

Hi everyone, I want to do a gatling gut sort of effect, where the bullets fly out and the casings are ejected and fall to the floor. I've gotten the...

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by Calvin

30-01-2009|02:08 PM

Replies: 5