Personally I prefer something like
Onyx for modelling trees, but I have been playing with Paint Effects recently trying to get a handle on...
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Ever received a massive CAD model with lots of walls that need to be textured and unwrapped with some sort of tile-able material? Not to...
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I have updated Autodesk's LayoutTools 2011 script to support the generation of thumbnails using V-Ray.
If you haven't seen LayoutTools before, it is basically an invaluable...
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There are a few methods to scale lights in Maya. Using the scale tool will do fine with the Maya Software renderer and even some...
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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 I originally made these icons to kind of “Mayafi” the standard icons that are...
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I’m a really big fan of using HDR images for lighting outdoor scenes. (Check out
this tutorial from Peter Guthrie if you haven’t...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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You don't always have to use the default project set-up that ships with Maya!
If you have ever found yourself consistently deleting folders or adding in...
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