Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1
This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.
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Passes question
I'd like to know how to render volumic, particles,fur, paint effects, z-depth and fog passes !!!
Anyone can help or have a tut on this????
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And how about volumic lights, fur,...... no one seems to have the answer !!!!
Thanks again !!
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Or you could apply a matte material to your objects (E.g. matte opacity "black hole") and that would give you just the fur rendered, NOt sure how that would work with volumetric lights though.
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It did work for the fur !!! At last !!! I've checked the z-depth pass on the common tab of the render global, but I cannot find it ? any clue ???
I just have to find how render volumetric light, paint effect and fog......
Where can I find tutorial on layers and passes ????
Thanks guys you made my day !!!
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Another problem solved !! You guys kick asses !!!
If you know someone who can answer the othersit would be fantastic !!!
Thanks again.....
oh, by the way, can I find the iff plugin on the maya web site???
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You'll find the plugin here.
As for the lights I'm not sure, sorry it's not something I've played with.
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Over at Highend3D, you'll find some shaders to render out a separate z-depth pass. Maya's z-depth is 8-bit only, so it comes out aliased. With the mentioned shaders, you'll be able to render the depth info ito 16 bit image files.
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Not correct. The Z-depth in maya is 16 bit. The reason ppl think it's 8-bit is that if you open an .iff file in photoshop (using the .iff plugin), it will crunch it to 8 bits and do some other nasty things to it too. Also the Z-depth is not supposed to be antialiased because that would cause incorrect depth info. The trick is to mask the z-depth with alpha...Originally posted by Renderizer
Hmmm...a little bit late, I guess...anyway:
Over at Highend3D, you'll find some shaders to render out a separate z-depth pass. Maya's z-depth is 8-bit only, so it comes out aliased. With the mentioned shaders, you'll be able to render the depth info ito 16 bit image files.
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