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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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rope effect...

hi, i wanna learn that how can i do a winch and rolling rope mechanism. I create a poly cyclinder for a winch and make it passive rigid and for the...

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by Nirmal_c

12-12-2007|02:49 PM

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sprite troubles

Hey guys, I'm trying to create some smoke sprites in photoshop but am having trouble getting the alpha channel on them, so that when I apply them to...

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by mirek03

20-11-2007|08:46 AM

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cloud castle

I am unsure if this is possible but I am attempting to create a castle that is formed of clouds. I am working on the basic model for the castle as a...

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by BadG3r

17-11-2007|01:50 AM

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moving hair

I have created some hair using curves but when I select everything and try moving it the curves are not following properly. I assume this is why once...

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by gster123

16-11-2007|12:02 AM

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instancing multiple geometry

Hi, when instancing geometry is there a way to use multiple geometry shapes on the same particleShape and if so how? This one has had me stumped...

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by BadG3r

14-11-2007|12:58 PM

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The best way for creating lava lamp?

Hi all, i tried to create a lava lamp using blobby particles and applied some gravity, turbulance and uniform fields to it but doesn't look like the...

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by Andy William

08-11-2007|04:27 PM

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Wakes and Emitter Problem

I'm new to Maya and this forum. I'm using Maya 6.5. I have animated a ship moving through the ocean. I've created the smoke, ocean, clouds and...

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by mirek03

30-10-2007|10:18 PM

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Particle Simulation (Very Technical, Need Help!)

Hey all, I'm working on a project, a sort of partical simulation. Basically the goal is to have a surface emit particles that float downward...

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by Kartzan

20-10-2007|03:15 PM

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rendering particles

I've red that you have to use hardware render to render out particles and then composite in ex. AE. But what if I want to do particles that reflects...

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by stenson

15-10-2007|04:26 AM

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Instancer Color Varieties

Hi All, I m creating a particle instancer with a leaves (modelled from nurbs) as the objects. Everything is going fine. But I don't know how to make...

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by antiant

01-10-2007|04:28 AM

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shatter error

hi im using maya 8.5 and i created a simple cube and applied a solid shatter to it. but i get an error saing // Error: Wrong number of...

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by mr pix.

29-09-2007|12:50 PM

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set initial state snow

hey guys, im trying to make my particle emitter emitting sprite particles at the beginning of my animation already on the ground because i dont...

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by Phrosting

20-09-2007|12:27 AM

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explozn effet....!!!

try 2 find out sum real ...............aamm.....!!!

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by mirek03

10-09-2007|01:34 AM

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Matrix Bullet Effect | Page: 1 2 3 4

Hi everyone, I downloaded the tutorial on making Matrix Bullet's and then downloaded the shader for the disks..but i don' t know how to use the...

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by Tammy

06-09-2007|01:58 AM

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nCloth

does anybody know why my nCloth object is starting to penetrate the collision object after a certain frame (like 100 - 150) in anim is reached?

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by Falott

05-09-2007|05:55 AM

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Maya Hair

Hey all, I'm just startng to learn Maya's hair and I'm a bit confused. I'm using it to make a few pieces of string dynamic. When I hit play, the...

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by Phrosting

07-08-2007|11:28 PM

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tutorials on Dynamics and Expressions

I just want to share these tutorials I developed last year. Any feedback is welcome. http://demos.zanefx.com/dynamics/ Enjoy !

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by suzanne

06-08-2007|10:55 PM

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Softbody + fields = unhappy

as the title states I have a bit of a problem with a project exploding on me. I'm probably going about this backwards but...welcome to trial and...

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by Therverian

01-08-2007|01:42 AM

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adding water to glass

im not all that new to maya, but ive never had any classes and have only read a few tutorials. im very familiar with the interface and tools and what...

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