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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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Semi-Solid Liquid....

OK...i want to make some semi-solid liquid in the transparant tank. I want it to fill up and keep moving without it spilling over the edge of the...

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by Mad_Dog!

11-03-2003|11:37 AM

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I need some help w/compositing issues

I'm recreating the explosion of the DeathStar from the Star Wars Special Edition Movie for my Special FX Final and I have a question; I'd love it if...

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by ragecgi

07-03-2003|05:43 AM

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Some Fluids Questions...

I'm messing around with fluids and what I'm trying to do is an animation of the 2 in my scene.. but.. what I need it to do is for one to play half...

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by DuncanBrinsmead

05-03-2003|02:21 AM

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Dynamically driven gears. | Page: 1 2

I'm trying to animate a simple gear scene with dynamics, but can't get it to work. I have four gears all the same size and want them to rotate. I was...

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by Implant

28-02-2003|07:09 PM

Replies: 15

shader for bullet trail

Hello Everyone, I downloaded the bullet trail video and it is easy to follow and great. However Izzy mentioned that the shader for the trail can...

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by ckossoyan

22-02-2003|04:38 PM

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cloth/softbody question??????

Hi, A character of mine is wearing fishnet stockings that have 'garter' straps to be constrained between the 'panties' and fishnets. I wish to...

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by Jim

21-02-2003|11:52 PM

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Natural phenomena

I think its really great at the end when u follow the Natural phenomena from the cryptic science laborotory but...it is needed to make project look...

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by ragecgi

20-02-2003|08:20 PM

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Rolling ball troubles

Ok guys I'm ready to do my animation for my demo reel... The boy and the sword is out for now because its like a short film and will take to long to...

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by ragecgi

20-02-2003|02:55 AM

Replies: 6

Emitting an object

What I need halp with is emitting a series of balls out an emitter. Could someone help me?

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by MKess007

15-02-2003|12:53 AM

Replies: 4

|| Give us Fluids ||

hi well u all guys are doing really great ............ u all deserve mouth full of :banana: well we all want to see some thing from maya 4.5...

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by ragecgi

14-02-2003|12:56 AM

Replies: 7

Boat wakes

Hello, Anyone knows how to make boat wakes of an object floating on an ocean ? Thanks

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by ragecgi

13-02-2003|08:45 PM

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Blowing Cloth

I know how to make some cloth using Cloth and i know how to make something hit it. But how do you make it look like the wind is blowing it. Ive tried...

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by MKess007

13-02-2003|02:05 AM

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cables with gravity effect

hi guys, i need your help on this one, but first i must apologize for my english (not my mother language). The problem is that i need an electric...

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by xr1140

12-02-2003|11:09 PM

Replies: 12

squashing an orange

does anyone know how to do this ? i guessed you would use the shatter function but i couldn't figure it out :( any help ? cya Jason

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by ragecgi

11-02-2003|03:20 PM

Replies: 9

duplicating particles

I'm back with another question. Do you remember the steamboat i'mworking on ? Now that i added smoke, i want to make them float together...that's...

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by kbrown

08-02-2003|11:51 AM

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whispy fog?

I have a shot (filmed) and am planning on using maya for creating a sort of whispy fog bank and then composiiting it together. The thing is, i...

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by kbrown

07-02-2003|10:11 PM

Replies: 7

Rendering as .RPF?

Hi folks. Does anyone know of a way, plug-in scritp or whatever, to get maya to render .RPF (Rich Pixel Format) images, the format 3DS MAX uses??...

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by Nem

06-02-2003|04:47 PM

Replies: 3

ocean and sky

Hi, As anyone tried the combination of an ocean and an environnment sky? I'm asking this question 'coz i have a problem with this combination:...

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by septentrio

05-02-2003|03:44 PM

Replies: 4

help with rigid body dynamics.

Anyone know of any good articles dealing with rigid body dynamics.. tips, pointers and strategies? :beer:

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by ragecgi

05-02-2003|05:47 AM

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Realistic underwater... | Page: 1 2

How do I make the fishes look like they're actually IN the water, instead of in font of it using af background image?

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by MKess007

03-02-2003|09:15 PM

Replies: 16

rigid bodies-set end

Hello, I have a scene with a lot of blocks that fall from the sky. They land on a table. They are all active rigid bodies. Is they a way to...

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by grunze

03-02-2003|06:31 PM

Replies: 8

Rain tutorial

Hi, Anyone know where i can find a good tutorial to make rain? (preferably one that collects the rain and turns it into mud? :banana:

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by ragecgi

03-02-2003|04:41 PM

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Script to randomize a property.

Hi, does anyone know a script that can randomize a given property, i.e. the initial spin of a rigid body?

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by ragecgi

03-02-2003|06:48 AM

Replies: 3

Fooling around with soft body dynamics.

This is really my first attempt at using softbodies. It's just simple object moving through a liquid like surface. 193KB quicktime movie. ...

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by sdch1000

01-02-2003|07:02 PM

Replies: 6

blinking sprites

I have been fiddling with some sprites, and when I hardware render them, they seem to be blinking, which is not the intension. For the moment I'm all...

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by ragecgi

30-01-2003|05:42 AM

Replies: 6