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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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ipod modeling...

Hi all... need some help on this. I basically modeled the body as a poly but regarding the circular button / selector, I'm a bit stumped on this....

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by bullet1968

15-06-2011|04:34 AM

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triangle to quad

hi guy pls guide accord the img below tq:ninja:

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by murambi

10-06-2011|08:46 PM

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Smoothing?

Hiya everyone! I'm using Maya 2012 and when I delete faces or merge on polygons, it automatically smooths the edges for me :/ and in this case I'm...

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by Masteryoda

10-06-2011|06:45 AM

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Unable to deselect vertice/edge bug

Quick question about something that bugs me every now and then, usually just live with it, but now I'm gonna ask.... Every now and then I'll get a...

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by ctbram

10-06-2011|05:24 AM

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size setting

hi guys, i want to import my video clip into maya 2011 that i export from after effect cs3. the size is 720*576. how to make the exact size in...

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by omegaend

04-06-2011|02:41 AM

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Character Modeler needed

I need modeling help for my thesis film and I feel you could help me. I have three characters that need to be modeled for my thesis film. I attached...

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by Gen

30-05-2011|09:50 PM

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Vertex Loop

I have just started with Maya and I'm going through the tutorials, and it tells me to select a vertex loop by selecting one vertex and then shift...

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by floey

29-05-2011|11:09 PM

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problem in smoothing

Hi I use maya 2011 .............. I can’t smooth an object with the (2 or 3) buttons but I try to smooth with this buttons another object in...

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by EngMuslima

27-05-2011|07:56 PM

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2 Seprate objects without a Seam

Hi i have a mesh which is made up of 2 separate objects which i would normally combine into one however due to what i am going to do to one of the...

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by marcjs

21-05-2011|01:24 PM

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[Question] Difference Tool

Hello, i have a question concerning the "mesh->booleans->difference" tool. i made a wall out of a cube, then i added text and tryed to subtract...

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by daverave

19-05-2011|07:14 PM

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Demo Reel

Hi, I need to submit a demo reel in modeling. Firstly, How to show that I did it myself. I mean whatever i worked on. How to present it? ...

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by Gen

19-05-2011|02:44 AM

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Spiral/ Spring Help | Page: 1 2

I know, it's bad form for my very first post to be begging for help but I have been searching the internet for SOMETHING to help and all I find are...

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by daverave

02-05-2011|06:02 PM

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Scaling whilst maintaining original proportion

Just wondering if anyone knew a way around this? Heres a simple object i created for the example. I duplicated the object(the one above) and scaled...

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by marlonjohn

01-05-2011|09:40 AM

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Measuring one distance from another.

Whats the way to measure one distance from another? I remember someone mentioning this in another thread a while back, though cant remember :smug:

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by marlonjohn

29-04-2011|12:33 PM

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Flipping faces

Hi! I'm watching the Digital tutor video series building the Quadruped Monster. I'm having a problem with faces flipping backwards and...

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by Ponyboy

26-04-2011|09:27 AM

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Detach faces, then move away from pivot

I have detached the faces of a cylinder. They are now movable independently, but I want them all to have a space between them. I do not want to move...

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by mechanicarts

19-04-2011|04:04 PM

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How can I fix these Tris?

Hey everyone... new to modeling here! Doing a tutorial on a game character where Tris would be no problem, however I plan to use ZBrush for most of...

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by ctbram

19-04-2011|06:16 AM

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Group Scaling

Hello, I have got a bit of a problem with scaling groups. Basically, I have modelled nine spheres, all different sizes, in a specific layout...

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by LauriePriest

10-04-2011|11:00 AM

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Cutting Out Words?

Hey guys I'm trying to model this bottle: http://blacklightbottles.com/images/Chambord.jpg But with a few alterations. I have everything...

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by eclipsechick08

10-04-2011|03:27 AM

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Weird "fire" gradient when I make a selection?

When I make a selection, either in NURBS or Polygons, all the area around will be affected for which I'm notified early...through a fire gradient in...

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by NextDesign

09-04-2011|05:51 AM

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how do i snap align rotation

I want to snap the rotation of a mesh (screw head) to match perfectly with a selected face on another mesh

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by cg451

06-04-2011|02:01 AM

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Sketchup to maya

Hi all, My girlfriend is an architect student and she wants me to render her design to look realistic. She has modelled it (rather, she will model...

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by bullet1968

04-04-2011|10:02 AM

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Modelling Topology

Hey all wanted to start a thread on modelling topology for rigging and animation so ill start of with quite a controversial website let me know what...

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by ligen

03-04-2011|12:16 AM

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And then something went wrong...

So I was modeling a city, mostly of Polygons with some hypershading, and when I opened the file this morning, the models weren't appearing correctly,...

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by bullet1968

31-03-2011|03:08 PM

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Raytracing Shadows and Fog

Hello Everyone I have started with light fog exercise and I came up with a problem as you will see in the image bellow. I created a polygon box. I...

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