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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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# 1 27-09-2013 , 09:27 PM

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Hey guys. Recently I've been trying to model a book for a scene. An open book with some of the pages slightly lifted. I've tried several ways and I can get it to look like a book but the realism of the pages isn't there. The only realistic tutorials I can find deal with Ncloth and I don't wanna use that. Does anyone have any advice or resources on modeling books? Thanks.

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# 2 27-09-2013 , 09:37 PM

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Can i ask why you don't want to use ncloth? You can just convert the cloth back to a mesh when you have finished with it so...

You could also try a lattice deformer on a poly plane, several ways to do it I just wondered why no cloth.

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# 3 27-09-2013 , 11:10 PM

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Well mostly because I have very little experience with ncloth. Also because I want to stick to the polygonal workflow as I am more into game design.

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# 4 08-10-2013 , 08:16 AM

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rigging it would be possible i belive

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