V-Ray for Maya 2011 Icons

I've updated my old icons to work with Maya 2011. I originally made these icons to kind of “Mayafi” the standard icons that are installed with V-Ray, as the originals stood out too much for my liking. Some are just reused mental ray icons, others are new. Just extract... Continue Reading

July 10
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Skydome Rig

I’m a really big fan of using HDR images for lighting outdoor scenes. (Check out this tutorial from Peter Guthrie if you...

July 3
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Enable History in V-Ray for Maya

The V-Ray frame-buffer comes with a really nice feature that enables you to save previous renders, however by default this option is disabled. Obviously there are...

July 3
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Rendering Curves in Maya

One thing I really like about 3DS max is the ability to render curves natively. In Maya there are a couple of different ways of...

April 8
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Maya 2011 Classic UI

Since Maya now uses the very flexible Qt framework, it means that certain "themes" are now available to Maya simply by adding in a little...

April 1
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Custom Maya Projects

You don't always have to use the default project set-up that ships with Maya! If you've ever found yourself deleting folders or repeatedly adding in folders...

February 27
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Lens Correction In Maya

In real life, some photographic lenses on certain cameras can move horizontally and vertically in order to control what's known as the Key-Stoning Effect....