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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am busy on the wings now....guns....
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I projected the texture down on the wing, see post prior to the last AO shot, then just cut the shape with the split poly tool, extracted the shapes for use later of the flaps, then just tidied the geo up get rid of tris using 'the' technique you and I use on the quiet LOL.
Edit: Wire attached now.....
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Well in all seriousness....I've had no bugs in '11. At all.
2008 was very steady too, I still have my licensed copy of that. Prior to that Maya 4, 6 and 8.5 were good too.....no complaints here...except for the mental ray issues LOL
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I smooth and than cut in the secondary details although I often use the B-word. I cut in the corners the same way although some times I use a second buffer loop (as per grant warwick's hard surface essentials techniques). Also, whenever possible, I will also extract geometry where there are natural part lines so that I can isolate sections requiring heavy geometry.
Maya's smoothing is still a bit wonky compared to max. What works in max in warwick's video does not always work in maya, but it is doable, it just takes a little more fidgeting sometimes. Also, I believe Max's stack system has some advantages for hard surface modeling over Maya's history system.
I still prefer Maya's UI and little things like having to select rings before you can insert loops is tedious and annoying in Max as are some of the GUI visuals. In the end both packages will get you to the same place though.
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I'm on 2012 SAP now. It's on a par with 2011 stability wise now. Not had a hang for weeks.
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Right thats good to know. Its just probably the majority of people I know have had lots of issues and required workarounds for various things. So it does make one cautious.
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