Mar 06

Cloud/Fluid Rendering problem

Posted in: Maya
I’m trying to render out a sequence of frames using the cloudcurve fluid example from the Visor. I can get a single frame to render normally at different points along the timeline but every time I try and do a batch render of a sequence of frames it results in blank frames being rendered out.

Any idea what’s going on here?

I can provide the project file (maya 2008) if you’d like to take a look at my settings.

Cheers,

Andy

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Mar 02

Keyframing modeling process

Posted in: Maya
Hey guys,

I spent about an hour yesterday trying to figure out how to set keyframes for extrusions bevels etc. The reason is for a creative text animation for motion graphics. I have animated along a curve before, but for the type of motion I am trying to get I do not think it will work. I was just curious if anyone has done or knows if it is possible to animate that way in maya.

Thanks

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Feb 26

Projection not following a moving object

Posted in: Maya
I have textured a sailing boat and then floated it on an ocean. I had trouble laying out the UVs on the hull, so decided to project the texture using planar projection.
It looks great, but unfortunately when I animate the scene and render it, the projected texture does not move with the boat- it stays stationary.
I have tried setting the projection in a bounding box, and then selecting "local" under the projection "Effects" tab in the attribute editor. This does work, but only using the "Hardware Rendering". However, when I select Hardware rendering, the projection seems to follow the pattern of the UVs, which are all over the place so the whole thing looks like something a student has vomited on the pavement next to a kebab van at 3 am… If I select software rendering, the texture looks perfect, but it doesn’t move with the boat.
Any help / suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

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Feb 23

Photorealistic night render in Maya

Posted in: Maya
Hey Guys,
So I’m somewhat new in Maya. I have a model, textured it, looks great. I put some lights up, looked decent. The scene is a plane flying over at night, so its kinda hard to get the right lighting.

Any tips on achieving a photorealistic render out of Maya so it looks like nighttime? My model should be real enough, it’s mostly the lighting/specular levels and such. I’m close, but I just can’t get that UMPH-REALISM I need. I included a picture below:
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/437…eup0002416.jpg
Thanks!

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Feb 22

Occlusion problems

Posted in: Maya
Hi
Im workin on a project whr i hav to comp a cg element (ball) over a drum in a footage…i modeled the drum n placed the cg ball over it but whn i tak the occlusion pass, both the ball n drums occlusion comes in it. how do i avoid the drums occlusion.
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Feb 20

transforms in hypershade

Posted in: Maya
hello there all vfx talkers !
i’m just taking my baby steps in vfx and i cant seem to get any transfrom node to display in the hypershade, the maya help says that

"the display of transform nodes in the hypershade is controlled by the "transforms" flag in the object’s Atribute editor"

where is this flag ?

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Feb 19

Fixing Alpha Halos?

Posted in: Maya
Hello all

Ive been working on a matte painting project, which you can view –> HERE <–

The problem is that the alpha channels im plugging in for transparency on my shaders are leaving this unsightly greyish white halo around the edges of the mountains and ESPECIALLY the clouds.

IS there any way to eliminate this? I’ve tried many settings within the shader as well as using luminance – but to no avail.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Feb 18

Looking for a little help

Posted in: Maya
At the moment i am working on creating realistic grass with stiff-like motion as the wind blows through. Im trying to use softbodies for my effect atm but… i was wondering if there is an easier/better way to achieve this effect. Each piece of grass is modeled out of polys and textured because of how close the grass is to the camera. Any kind of advise would be helpful, ty.

Here is what im going for to help you to better understand the shot.

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Feb 18

CG fog

Posted in: Maya
What would be best way to create a nice fog ?
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Feb 16

UV layout: Could this be a viable workflow?

Posted in: Maya
Hi,

1- Create the polygon mesh
2- Convert to nurbs (comes with UV correctly laid)
3- Do the texture on the nurb mesh

I can just open Maya and do but i need your opinions and critics to foresee other aspects (advantages/disadvantages) of this theoritical workflow.

Thank you

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