Jan 05

New maya VidCast – GreenSODA tv

Posted in: Maya
GreenSODA tv is a VidCast that covers relevant maya tutorials posted around the web. Other topics such as scripts, interesting websites, short films, twitter users… are also covered.

Be sure to comment or contact me if there is anything specific you’d like to see covered. At this point GreenSODA tv is kind of an experiment so dont be afraid to make ANY request at all! 😉

Hope you enjoy it!

GreenSODA tv – Episode 01

Contact me via GreenSODA or Twitter

Alex

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Jan 05

maya 2011 to vue 9?

Posted in: Maya
Im thinking about getting vue 9, but i was told its not easy to go between both that and Maya. Someone told me there was a plug in for it, but they couldn’t remember the name… Does anyone know? Or had luck using it?
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Jan 05

Fur testure tutorials

Posted in: Maya
how to create our own fur texture for lion, bird e.t.c.,
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Jan 03

how to do smoke effect on surface like this reference?

Posted in: Maya
hi everybody ~can i know how to do the smoke effect on the surface like this reference ?maya can do like this?

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Dec 30

Eagle Modeling

Posted in: Maya
Hi,

I require some guideline to model an Eagle.

This is first time going for organic modeling.

where can i find blue prints for eagle and how render feathers to get a photo realistic look.

I need to model some sea animals also.

Your replay be a great support.

thanks in advance.

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Dec 28

problem with pivot….

Posted in: Maya
pivot for the object is not aligning properly.
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Dec 26

Improve Modeling

Posted in: Maya
I love modeling

I would to enhance it to the peak level.

Any tips and tricks or suggestions regarding it.

Thanks in advance

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Dec 25

Two coffee mugs colliding

Posted in: Maya
Hey everyone,

I have an idea for a FX shot that will have two coffee mugs colliding. You know, say you "cheers" a little too hard and the cups break. What is the best way to go about this?

The cups will have keyframe animation on them so I’m a little confused how to get a dynamic crash simulation in there. Does maya have something built in to accomplish this efect?

I downloaded the blastcode 1.7 demo and the shatter map looks great but I don’t know how to break anything with out the use of some blastcode explosion in the mix…

Any suggestions?

Thanks! PP

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Dec 23

Raytracing / Ray Depth

Posted in: Maya
I noticed while rendering there are hard shadow artifacts on the wings. At first I thought it was a uv/ seam issue but it’s not.

In the Raytrace Shadow Attributes for my key light if I turn off Ray Depth Limit it will go away though I lose my cast shadow information overall.

So, I have attached an ipr screenshot showing the artifacts to the left, Ray Depth Limit = 1. To the right is with RDL set to 0. I want to keep my shadows but get rid of these strange dark bits on the ends of each wing.

Does anyone have any idea of what’s up?

Light Radius = 4
Shadow Rays = 15
Ray Depth Limit = 1

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Dec 22

vray light cache and 2 sided mtl question

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I am experimenting with the 2 sided material in vray. I am trying to make a slightly transparent curtain. I have a 2 sided material with two identical white base materials. My main issue is when i add a little opacity to the base materials my light cache takes forever to render. Is this normal? Ive tried refraction instead which renders quick but looks crappy and gray. Also the curtain geo has a little thickness to it .

Thanks for any info

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