Maya Tutorials

Hello! My name is Alex Tacu and I want to explain what are the correct gamma setting that you need to use when you render with V-Ray for Maya. Firs of all let’s have a look what result you get when you don’t set anything. For this I made a simple scene with 3 cubes. The left one has a simp...

Download the 'fakeibl' script from here. Open the scene the run the script. A dome (nurb sphere) will be created. The first step is to select an image as the environment map. The color of the lights on the dome will be changed regarding to the selected image. If your scene is far from the or...

This is finallRender Stage-2 for Maya, Free Tutorial. That I hope it will good for new user of finalRender Stage-2 for Maya. or anyone that interesting in this renderer but can not to know way how to start begin with it. Name:: "QuickStart - Realistic Product Rendering with HDRI" ...

Here is how you can get full screen anti-aliasing (FSAA) and viewport anti-aliasing on 3D video cards that support it in OpenGL apps -- even if the setting isn't available in your app, or isn't supported with the current Apple drivers for your card. Install Apple's Xcode Developer Tools, and run ...

Faking Global Illumination with point lights This handout will explain how to use point lights to light a scene and give it the same look as using global illumination. The overall quality is similar, it is easier to do, and best of all, it renders faster. I used a night time kitchen scene fr...

Download Tutorial Scenes faking_outdoor_GI.zip First I have to thank Tom Kluyskens for helping me on the hard part of this tutorial. You'll learn here how to use a very powerful node: the closestPointOnSurface node. Tom has presented a course on that node during the rendering MasterClass at S...