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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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# 1 22-03-2008 , 07:38 PM

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I found these tutorials on traditional realistic lighting and realistic texturing on gnomonolgy.com. I Have always had problems with realistic lighting and texturing, but these tuts have taught me a awful lot. I have finished my lighting on my scene using the tut and it looks great. I was really impressed by the tut. I cant wait to use the methods for the texturing now to really bring life to the scene. By the way I found out the hard way you cant get shadows on the floor through glass objects, so I deleted them and my lights worked right. Is there a way to make you lights ignore a glass window?I ask because I would like to add some dirty windows. I never new until now what my instructor meant by "If you get a scene looking good untextured with your lighting it will look really good textured."

Here is the scene untextured with just the lighting.

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# 2 22-03-2008 , 08:29 PM

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I added a background outside.

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# 3 22-03-2008 , 08:50 PM

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that is really impressive im loving it i think i mite give these tutorials a go thanx for the post

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# 4 22-03-2008 , 08:54 PM

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is it the lighting a hallway tutorial

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# 5 23-03-2008 , 01:29 AM

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Looks good, but the background, to me makes it look like the office is ontop of a mountain

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# 6 23-03-2008 , 01:39 AM

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I have to agree with gster about the background. The office is looking fantastic so far though + great job on the lighting. For the background maybe you could model a simple tavern or shop over the road with a alleyway on the right. Also I would increase the width of the door slightly since it looks a bit thin for oversized cowboys.

Great start though and look forward to more.

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# 7 23-03-2008 , 02:46 AM

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Hi Banksta any chance of posting a link to those tutorials?

I like the lighting a lot.

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# 8 23-03-2008 , 02:49 AM

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Is that the Jeremy Engleman tute on Gnomon?

The Scene looks very good so far, nice job

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# 9 23-03-2008 , 03:52 AM

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Originally posted by anasasis
is it the lighting a hallway tutorial

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yes anasasis that is the tutorial.

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# 10 23-03-2008 , 04:03 AM

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here is the link to the tutorial, the tutorial is cheap also on $6.00 dollars. A lot of info about bounce lighting and converting your lights to mental ray for a really good look, which I have not done yet, that should really make my scene look good.

https://gnomonology.com/tutorial/82

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# 11 23-03-2008 , 05:48 AM

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yep the Jeremy Engleman one, its very good I downloaded that a while back - most useful!

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# 12 24-03-2008 , 09:06 AM

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here is an update.

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# 13 24-03-2008 , 09:16 AM

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the bouncelight on the ceiling is a tad bright. I will be adjusting it. Thats the beauty of englemens lighting system you can adjust the lights in specific areas as needed.

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# 14 24-03-2008 , 09:58 AM

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It looks very good, i only find it to be a bit to bright and i think you should model a bit of the outside so it breaks up the background image.
The textures themselves need a bit of a touch up to...