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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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# 1 18-05-2003 , 02:06 AM

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hi,
i am a complete, absolute beginner in maya, and i browse the forums here to see some of the cool work and maybe learn something. i have seen many, many people talk about reference pics. i have an idea of what it is...but how can you use them to model something? do i need to import them? i tried importing some pictures...but i can't find a way to modify them...any help would be greatly appreceiated. thanx a lot. user added image

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# 2 18-05-2003 , 02:30 AM

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Welcome to the SM forums, qwerty. You might want to explore the site a bit as this has been asked many of times before. Check out the freebie video tutorial on setting up image planes....that'll answer your questions. Here's the link:

Setting Up Image Planes

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