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Software Rendering Particles
Blobby Particles, Part One
The Blobby particle render type is a software render method that allows particles to be assigned standard Maya shaders. The particles are rendered with a hard edge as if each particle is a sphere. ...
Setting Up Orthographic Images
Preparing Orthos in Photoshop and Aligning in Maya
While it is common for modelers to only have 3/4 perspective design drawings to work from, the ideal situation is to be provided with orthographic (front/side/top/back) reference to guide the model...
Skin Shading with Mental Ray
Multi-Chapter Tutorial
Rendering skin with the natural appearance of translucency, specularity and reflection is achievable thanks to the Mental Ray Fast-Skin material. This tutorial demonstrates how to build the necessa...
The Making of 'Jester'
Multi-Chapter Tutorial
This 'making of' demonstration and lecture began with the decision to take a personal sketch, develop it in 3D and produce a lifesize print. This would require the development of high-resolution de...
Intro to Subsurface Scattering
Using the misss Fast Simple Material with Mental Ray
Translucency is a characteristic of many materials, both natural and man made. From leaves and murky water to wax, sandblasted glass or skin, many objects that may be opaque will still absorb light...
ZBrush:Palette Reference
Multi-Chapter Tutorial
The ZBrush reference series is a button by button exploration of the ZBrush interface. Each palette is explored in its own tutorial and, as needed, context is given for each button to explain what...
Transfer UVs in Maya 2008
Learn How to Transfer Attributes Using Maya 2008
In this tutorial, Ryan Kingslien shows us how to transfer UVs from one mesh to another with the exact same vert order.
