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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Possible Maya for my school
So I am a total newbie at Maya and have been offered the opportunity to be trained on Maya for a possible course of studies to be created at my school. So while I know I have a boatload of other stuff to learn/do, I do have a few questions...
I am being offered the possibility to get a new computer lab and seeing $$ is always an issue , I am trying to get an Idea of what I would need to run Maya, at an introductory...semi advanced level (this is all high school based).
What specs would run it competently enough for educational purposes... I mean would builds with 8gb ram... 512/1gb video card, etc be viable????
Any suggestions are appreciated ( looking for PC builds ) and while I know from what I have read what is needed to run it at a Pixar" level... I don't need it for that, so I'm keeping a budget in mind... especially when I am buying 25 systems!!
Many, many thanks in advance!!
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For high school? For a high-school, a dual-core processor with 4 gb of ram, and an on-board video card will do just fine.quad core. 8gb ram. low-mid range workstation video card.
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Trust me, Maya takes a VERY long time to learn, as it's such a massive application. Getting to a "semi-advanced" proficiency takes years.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
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Runs more than perfectly and suffices the demand of the segment.
hope it helps
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