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
# 1 25-04-2011 , 12:05 AM
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Hi! ex-Lightwave user here... Just started learning Maya a month ago... having fun modeling and looking forward to getting some rigging and animating under my belt!

# 2 25-04-2011 , 07:06 PM
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I am also a ex lightwave user good to have you on board..............dave




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# 3 25-04-2011 , 09:40 PM
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It was only a matter of time before you were corrupted..I mean, welcome to Simply Maya, see you around the boards user added image


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# 4 26-04-2011 , 06:33 AM
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Whats wrong with LW??? hhhmmmmmmm tell me a story Genny and dave...hhhmmmmmm. Welcome to the boards Ponyboy...have fun in here mate...its all good and the people here are as good as gold mate....true story

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# 5 26-04-2011 , 09:30 AM
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Thanks for the warm welcome!

I had fun using Lightwave for about 5 months, and even made my own animated short called "Adventures of Owl Man" using Todd Grimes' original creation. I made a backstory, wrote a 3 episode script, designed a new costume, and even got Dean Wendt (Barney the dinosaur) to voice the guy! BUT... I realized I needed to move on to Maya for career purposes. user added image

# 6 26-04-2011 , 10:15 AM
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Ha Ha Todd Grimes Owl Man I only managed to model his head, Bullet Lightwave was quicker to model in but less forgiving then Maya renders. Maya is much harder to learn but at the end of the day I think it is a better package over all...........dave




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# 7 27-04-2011 , 08:14 AM
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# 8 27-04-2011 , 08:48 AM
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That was realy good, give you another year in maya and you will pass me LOL........dave




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# 9 27-04-2011 , 09:09 AM
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