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Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

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# 1 29-11-2011 , 12:36 AM

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Got an e-mail a day or two ago about KS 3 being released, anyone who wants a super simple rendering program, which can get amazing results from just drag&drop operations, and even better results if you put time into material setups, etc, should check it out. I believe there's a demo

https://www.keyshot.com/keyshot3/

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# 2 29-11-2011 , 05:26 AM

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I used keyshot 2 (trial) for a short while but it had problems with large models. It may have been a limitation of the trial version though.

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# 3 29-11-2011 , 07:35 AM

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I had the same problem I thought it was RAM limitations but ever since I found out about mib_binary proxy I have fallen in love with mental ray all over again.

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# 4 29-11-2011 , 10:06 AM

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I haven;t had any problems with it. If you mean large, as in scale, you could try increasing the size of the environment in it's tab in the options GUI. If you mean poly count, I have no clue, as I often use it for 10 million+ poly models, and my PC isn't great.

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# 5 29-11-2011 , 11:28 AM

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you know acid I might be thinking of bunkspeed. I think that is a different renderer.

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# 6 29-11-2011 , 09:40 PM

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From what I understand Bunkspeed and KS are pretty much the same, and both came from Hypershot. Something like that... Never tried Bunkspeed myself though

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# 7 29-11-2011 , 11:25 PM

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Still no Linux version user added image

shame id like to try it

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# 8 30-11-2011 , 12:06 PM

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Couldn't you run it through WINE or something?

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# 9 30-11-2011 , 01:14 PM

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Wine is so hit and miss...

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# 10 30-11-2011 , 03:08 PM

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I would now even attempt something like this under wine. Stupid move not to have a linux version of a rendering engine.

Ill stick with mental ray, vray and maxwell for now.

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# 11 30-11-2011 , 08:06 PM

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Why's that so bad? It runs pretty much entirely off of usable CPU, and will run on almost any system

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# 12 30-11-2011 , 08:37 PM

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Why is what so bad? That they did not make a Linux version?

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# 13 30-11-2011 , 09:07 PM

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Think I may have gotten myself a bit mixed up there, meant to say why would running it through WINE be bad?

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# 14 30-11-2011 , 09:32 PM

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Ah sorry about that I'm probably just a bit slow today user added image

I'm no WINE expert so maybe others have had better luck but the only thing I've installed under WINE was Photoshop and it's buggy, slow and half of it does not work. And PS CS5 gets a gold star for how well it runs in WINE.

I think WINE is just fine for simple software. The other reason I would not do it is if i wanted to run windows applications I would on a windows box. However I don't so...

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From a readers' Q and A column in TV GUIDE: "If we get involved in a nuclear war, would the electromagnetic pulses from exploding bombs damage my videotapes?"

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