Alien Detective

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 22-04-2005 , 06:00 PM

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Well I think i'm done with this scene.

I hope you guys like it, I had fun with is one user added image

C&C are always welcome!

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# 2 22-04-2005 , 10:57 PM

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That does look nice. I would think it would be fun to make, if only I was good anough. But one suggestion is the alien, the green one seems more cartoonish than the rest of the scene. But I guess ultimatly(?) its up to you. It is a alien afterall, and aliens are different.

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# 3 22-04-2005 , 11:28 PM

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Very nice image, saw the WIP. I agree with alienscience about the alien, it looks too green right now and doesn't fit in too well in the environment. I also think the light is too yellow, might want to lower that a notch.

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# 4 23-04-2005 , 05:41 AM

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Hey thanks guys!

I did a little fixing up on the scene.

I have a qusetion, what is the miximum size that I can post using simply maya upload image? I have a better render, but its 800 x 700, can I upload this size?

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# 5 23-04-2005 , 06:51 AM

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Ok, I get in the finsh work at CGtalk anout 15 mins ago.

Heres the higher quality render >> https://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=233305 <<

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# 6 23-04-2005 , 11:32 PM

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that's a nice scene, vedic. i can't help but notice the alien's right leg though. can't really tell which direction it's going in user added image

. otherwise i think you did a really nice job on everything. keep up the good work. :p

ps: i'm talking about the leg thing in the version u posted at cgtalk.

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# 7 24-04-2005 , 09:40 PM

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Ok, now I have another crit. Its about the pic on CG Talk. I noticed his right leg, the knee looks a little weird, like almost bent like a straw. (only comparison I could come up with) It folds instead of bends. And also with his boot, I noticed that it came pretty close to his knee on his right leg, but on his left I see nothing. Could he be wearing only one? Or not?

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# 8 28-04-2005 , 05:48 PM

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Hey thanks, dark-link and alienscience,

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner.

The right leg is a little off, I agree. And yeah I didn't do a good job on the smooth binding for the alien:o

The left leg is there you just can't see it, the alien's knee is below the hole, so you are seen his upper leg.

Here are two snap shots.

The right leg:

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# 9 28-04-2005 , 05:50 PM

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Left leg:

Now you can see it:p

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# 10 28-04-2005 , 10:51 PM

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Yeah, ok. I see it now. Also I see how confusing your scene looks. Holy crap!!!. That definently is some great work.

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# 11 29-04-2005 , 12:06 AM

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LOL alienscience:p

Well its not that confusing really, it just looks that way, but I know where and what everthing is in my scene.

Heres a behind the scene snapshot from the original view.

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