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3D Tutorials - Maya - Lighting and Rendering

Faking Global Illumination Faking Global Illumination
This handout will explain how to use point lights to light a scene and give it the same look as using global illumination
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Lighting and Rendering

Using particle Speed Using particle Speed
There are situations where a phenomenon's velocity or speed is related to it's behavior or appearance. Perhaps the incandecence increases as a...
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Baking Ambient Occlusion Using Mental Ray Baking Ambient Occlusion Using Mental Ray
Ambient occlusion can be very useful for adding details to shadows of your images. But also it can be extremely expensive to calculate for every...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Lighting and Rendering

Dome Based Lighting in Maya 8.0 Dome Based Lighting in Maya 8.0
3DKingdom.org published new tutorial about Dome Based Lighting in Maya 8.0. It's very fast and easy way of rendering in Alias Maya...
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HDRI Rendering Techniques - Maya HDRI Rendering Techniques - Maya
introduced the concept and techniques of rendering with HDRI images in Maya MentalRay environment.
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Final Gathering in Maya MentalRay Final Gathering in Maya MentalRay
Intruduced Maya Final Gathering rendering techniques with Mental Ray
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Ambient Occlusion Pass Guide Ambient Occlusion Pass Guide
In this tutorial I will try to cover everything you need to know about occlusion pass in 3 simplified parts.
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Lighting and Rendering

Displacement Power in Reyes Mode-True Displacement Displacement Power in Reyes Mode-True Displacement
Examples of True Displacement with Pixar Renderman. But the same principles can be applied to other renders as well.
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Rendering In Layers in Maya Rendering In Layers in Maya
Render layers, is one very powerful feature of Maya. And here we show you how to use it properly.
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Using Sun and Sky in Mental Ray Using Sun and Sky in Mental Ray
With Maya 8.5 Mental Ray got some new fancy options and modes. One of them is Sun and Sky system. I’m going to guide you through some of new features.
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Lighting and Rendering

Realistic lighting with LDRI images Realistic lighting with LDRI images
Get Realistic lighting in a scene through LDRI images
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Use Maya Transfer Maps Tools to Create Normal Maps Use Maya Transfer Maps Tools to Create Normal Maps
This tutorial served as an introduction on how to generate and apply Normal Maps in Maya 8.5 with "Transfer Maps" tools.
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Ambient Occlusion in Maya8 and Photoshop Ambient Occlusion in Maya8 and Photoshop
This tutorial covers the basics of how to setup and bake ambient occlusion maps in Maya 8 with a focus on game-art.
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Lighting and Rendering

Light Tutorial - Part 1 Light Tutorial - Part 1
Tutorial dealing with how light behaves in different everyday situations.
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Lighting and Rendering

Light Tutorial - Part 2 Light Tutorial - Part 2
The direction that we view a light source from has a profound effect on our perception of it, and on how the objects in a scene will appear.
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Light Tutorial - Part 3 Light Tutorial - Part 3
The source of all our natural light is the sun, however it takes on different characteristics at different times of day and in different weather...
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Fast and Easy SSS Fake in Maya Fast and Easy SSS Fake in Maya
This tutorial explains a fast and easy way to fake sss effects in Maya.
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Lava Shader Effects in Maya Lava Shader Effects in Maya
This tutorial explains how to make a shader for lava effects using Maya's material editor, called Hypershade.
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Import - Export

3ds import into maya 3ds import into maya
This tutorial will help you import geometry from 3ds max
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Import - Export

Maya To XAML- Exporting a Character with Textures Maya To XAML- Exporting a Character with Textures
This tutorial illustrates the Maya To XAML plug-in, emphasing successful export of model data with textures. Please note that the plug-in is still...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Import - Export

[Video]Import Adobe Illustrator File Into Maya from Photoshop [Video]Import Adobe Illustrator File Into Maya from Photoshop
This tutorial teaches you how to import .ai files into Maya from Adobe Photoshop.
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Creating the logo effect from Matrix Creating the logo effect from Matrix
In this tutorial we are going to reproduce some of the logo effect of the film "Matrix" using maya particles and expressions.
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Creating a Missile Trail Creating a Missile Trail
This Tutrial will Teach you how to create a Missile Trail using Maya, u will expirience The volumetric Cloud Shader, it's surface shading options,...
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PaintFX Hair PaintFX Hair
This is very short tutorial about the most important things about using PFX for hair.
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Surface Emitted Particles on SoftBody Tenticles Surface Emitted Particles on SoftBody Tenticles
The following concept tutorial will be covering Surface Emitted Particles on SoftBody tenticles to create a spiraling array particle system for...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Dynamic Constraints Dynamic Constraints
The following concept tutorial will be covering Dynamic Constraints for sled or Star Wars pod type rigs.
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Motion Path Camera Motion Path Camera
Say you need to create a scene where you have a camera that follows a motion path and holds focus on the subject until a given point in time and...
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Maya Particle Instancer Maya Particle Instancer
The following is a brief description of all the settings available for the instancer in the particle shape Attribute Editor in Maya.
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Growing a stormy tree with paint effects Growing a stormy tree with paint effects
Here’s how to grow a tree in Maya using a Paint Effects Brush. This assumes that you have a working knowledge of the Maya interface (you know how...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Simulating Musculature Simulating Musculature
This is just a quick and dirty tutorial where I will briefly discuss some of the techniques I have used in the past to fake muscular deformation in...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Rigid Body Rigid Body
Making ridig in Maya. Simple and straight tutorial.
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

PaintFX grass PaintFX grass
Making a cool looking grass using paintFX.
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Making Fire text Making Fire text
Making a cool fire text using Paint FX.
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Video: Maya Particles- don't forget to download part 2! (read description) Video: Maya Particles- don't forget to download part 2! (read description)
Video Tutorial: Basics Dynamix: Particles http://www.tutoriale.cba.pl/tutoriale/particles.part01.rar here's part 2!...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Maya Cloth tutorial by Aziz Khan Maya Cloth tutorial by Aziz Khan
In this tutorial we will learn how to simulate Maya cloth effect with uniform field to react the forces. dynamics are widely use in Maya before...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Basics of Particles Basics of Particles
This video shows you the basics of working with particles. This is a great primer for those wanting to learn more about particles. In this lesson...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Fur Basics: Adding Fur to Furby Fur Basics: Adding Fur to Furby
In this lesson you will learn how to take a fur desciption and add a baldness map made with the 3D paint tool. You will also learn how to...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Fur Basics: Shading the Fur and Shadows Fur Basics: Shading the Fur and Shadows
Learn how to connect the fur description to the light so you can access the fur shading options in the light. In this lesson we will learn more...
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Fur Basics: Randomizing Fur Attributes Fur Basics: Randomizing Fur Attributes
Learn how to alter each of the hairs so they are random in length, color, roll.. ok you get the point. Everything is randomizable. In this...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Rendering Hardware Particles Rendering Hardware Particles
This video walks you through the process of setting up your hardware render globals. This is the process used to render particles that are not...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Particle Collision Effects Particle Collision Effects
Learn how to emit new particles when one particle collides with a surface. In this lesson you will learn about: Colliding particles with geometry...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Working with Per Particle Attributes Working with Per Particle Attributes
This video will show you how to create ramps to control each particle, based on it's lifespan. Per Particle attributes let you define or use a...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Maya Hair - Re-using Collision Objects Maya Hair - Re-using Collision Objects
When creating Hair Systems in Maya the collision sphere is a valuable tool to help you control your hair. But what happens when you need multiple...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Maya 6 - New Particle features Maya 6 - New Particle features
This raygun lesson will teach you how to use the new particle features in Maya 6. The interactive playback and the ability to use non-linear...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Working with Volume Emitters Working with Volume Emitters
Volume emitters can offer a number of advantages over the other types of emitters. Some of them are along with axis, around axis, and away from...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Working with Soft Surfaces like Snow (part 1) Working with Soft Surfaces like Snow (part 1)
This lesson is one of the 3 lessons on creating snow. We will throw a snow ball to the ground and push it in the snow. This would be a similar...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Working with Goals Working with Goals
Using Goals is a common practice for shaping the particles. Think of the bees forming an arrow right before they swarm a person. We'll show you how...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Shatter Effect Overview Shatter Effect Overview
Using the shatter effect to break up the objects can save you lots of time. Instead of breaking apart an object by hand, you can automate the...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Shatter Effect Overview Shatter Effect Overview
Using the shatter effect to break up the objects can save you lots of time. Instead of breaking apart an object by hand, you can automate the...
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3D Tutorials - Maya - Dynamics and Special FX

Simulating Soft Surfaces Simulating Soft Surfaces
This lesson discusses how Maya Fluids can be used to simulate soft surfaces, like mud and snow, that other objects in your scene can interact with....
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