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3D Tutorials - Maya - Lighting and Rendering

Phisical sun + sky videotutorial Phisical sun + sky videotutorial
Welcome in this free tutorial for illumination of exterior outdoor with mia phisical sun + sky for maya 8.5. This tutorial will introduce you to...
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Maya video tutorial interior illumination without gi Maya video tutorial interior illumination without gi
Going back a couple of years, raytracing, particularly raytraced reflections, was nothing more than a fake simulation with the shadowmap users...
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Videotutorial how model airplane in maya Videotutorial how model airplane in maya
In this videotutorial show how model a airline airpalne step by step as in Maya. The used techniques are revolve of the nurbs curves for the...
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Maya cloth videotutorial Maya cloth videotutorial
One of the most difficult effects to achieve in 3d animation is accurate and attractive cloth. From clothes to constraints, cloth is a desirable...
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Interior illumination Interior illumination
Interior illumination
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Rendering in Layers in Maya Rendering in Layers in Maya
This tutorial shows you how to use render layers in maya for composition of the final image.
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Breaking Subsurface Scattering into Render Layers in Maya Breaking Subsurface Scattering into Render Layers in Maya
Method to break Miss_fast_skin_maya subsurface shader into render layer and compositing them in post.
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Using Sun and Sky in mental ray with Maya Using Sun and Sky in mental ray with Maya
This tutorial will teach you to use Maya8.5 new Sun and Sky system wuith Mental Ray.
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Mental Ray Contours Mental Ray Contours
Author of this article gathered some info from many resources and put it into one detailed tutorial which is about Mental Ray Contours in Maya...
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Generating and using Normal Maps in Maya Generating and using Normal Maps in Maya
If you're familiar with normal maps check directly here for a faster application of the method described down here using my rayDisplace plugin.
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HDR enviroment map HDR enviroment map
Create your own HDR environment map in Maya/mental ray for image based lighting
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MentalRay for Maya Tessellation MentalRay for Maya Tessellation
Mental Ray tessellation explained, with a sample Maya file and a short tutorial.
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Desk Lamp using Fog, Decay Regions and Intensity Curves Desk Lamp using Fog, Decay Regions and Intensity Curves
In this tutorial, we will make a desk lamp using Light Intensity Curves, Light Fog, Double-Sided Shading and Shader Glow.
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The Fisheye Camera The Fisheye Camera
This tutorial teaches you technique of creating The Fisheye Camera render.
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Faking radiosity in Maya Faking radiosity in Maya
An approach of simulating color transport in Maya in few steps without any extra light source. Let's say that this tutorial is a global method to...
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How to bake shadows in Maya How to bake shadows in Maya
Well, here is a little tutorial on how to bake shadows at the same time you convert your shaders into solid texture files. This can be pretty...
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The Egg and The Fog The Egg and The Fog
In this tutorial you are going to learn how to crack an egg and have light beams coming out of the cracks.
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Light Linking using 3 point lighting Light Linking using 3 point lighting
Light linking is the art of using multiple lights to create the illusion of one. Author normally start with a three point lighting scheme and then...
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Maya to Lightscape Maya to Lightscape
With more and more powerful processors becoming available to the average user at affordable prices, radiosity solutions are becoming increasingly...
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Compositing Backlighting Compositing Backlighting
First of all, the composition will need an alpha channel or a key. Since Hank was done in 3D, the raw untouched render and the alpha channel are...
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Global Illumination with Mental Ray for Maya Global Illumination with Mental Ray for Maya
Quick tutorials for lighting a simple scene
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Matrix like particle Matrix like particle
Pseudo matrix efect. Using Maya parcile system.
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Making a candle flame Making a candle flame
Making a candle using transparent materials.
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Lighting with Final Gathering Lighting with Final Gathering
Use FG to add extra realism to your lighting, and use things like object lights.
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Where hides Mental Ray in Maya? - Shaders Where hides Mental Ray in Maya? - Shaders
Where hides Mental Ray in Maya? - Shaders.
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Mental Ray Sampling (adaptive sampling settings) Mental Ray Sampling (adaptive sampling settings)
Mental Ray Sampling (adaptive sampling settings)
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Realistic Lighting with LDRI images (faking HDRI) Realistic Lighting with LDRI images (faking HDRI)
This tutorial talks about interesting process of scaling color of LDRI images to create effect similiar to using HDRI images. It would be wise to...
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Using Caustics in MentalRay for Maya Using Caustics in MentalRay for Maya
My second tutorial, again about rendering in mentalray for maya. It explains the proces of setting up the caustics effect in maya, and it is made...
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Global Illumination in Maya (with MentalRay) Global Illumination in Maya (with MentalRay)
This tut shows you how to use the global illumination and final gathering in mentalray for maya. The tutorial has four examples. It will show you...
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Interior Lighting Interior Lighting
This tutorial will introduce you to techniques for lighting interior spaces in Maya. For this excercise you will primarily be learning how to...
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HDRI from scratch HDRI from scratch
Make HDRI images from scratch, without the aid of a camera. Photoshop CS2 is needed
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3-Point Lighting in 3D 3-Point Lighting in 3D
Learn how to make a classic 3-point light setup. I will use Cinema4D but any major 3D software package will do
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Faking Global Illumination Faking Global Illumination
This handout will explain how to use point lights to light a scene and give it the same look as using global illumination
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Using particle Speed Using particle Speed
There are situations where a phenomenon's velocity or speed is related to it's behavior or appearance. Perhaps the incandecence increases as a...
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Baking Ambient Occlusion Using Mental Ray Baking Ambient Occlusion Using Mental Ray
Ambient occlusion can be very useful for adding details to shadows of your images. But also it can be extremely expensive to calculate for every...
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Dome Based Lighting in Maya 8.0 Dome Based Lighting in Maya 8.0
3DKingdom.org published new tutorial about Dome Based Lighting in Maya 8.0. It's very fast and easy way of rendering in Alias Maya...
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HDRI Rendering Techniques - Maya HDRI Rendering Techniques - Maya
introduced the concept and techniques of rendering with HDRI images in Maya MentalRay environment.
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Final Gathering in Maya MentalRay Final Gathering in Maya MentalRay
Intruduced Maya Final Gathering rendering techniques with Mental Ray
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Ambient Occlusion Pass Guide Ambient Occlusion Pass Guide
In this tutorial I will try to cover everything you need to know about occlusion pass in 3 simplified parts.
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Displacement Power in Reyes Mode-True Displacement Displacement Power in Reyes Mode-True Displacement
Examples of True Displacement with Pixar Renderman. But the same principles can be applied to other renders as well.
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Rendering In Layers in Maya Rendering In Layers in Maya
Render layers, is one very powerful feature of Maya. And here we show you how to use it properly.
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Using Sun and Sky in Mental Ray Using Sun and Sky in Mental Ray
With Maya 8.5 Mental Ray got some new fancy options and modes. One of them is Sun and Sky system. I’m going to guide you through some of new features.
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Realistic lighting with LDRI images Realistic lighting with LDRI images
Get Realistic lighting in a scene through LDRI images
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Use Maya Transfer Maps Tools to Create Normal Maps Use Maya Transfer Maps Tools to Create Normal Maps
This tutorial served as an introduction on how to generate and apply Normal Maps in Maya 8.5 with "Transfer Maps" tools.
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Ambient Occlusion in Maya8 and Photoshop Ambient Occlusion in Maya8 and Photoshop
This tutorial covers the basics of how to setup and bake ambient occlusion maps in Maya 8 with a focus on game-art.
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Light Tutorial - Part 1 Light Tutorial - Part 1
Tutorial dealing with how light behaves in different everyday situations.
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Light Tutorial - Part 2 Light Tutorial - Part 2
The direction that we view a light source from has a profound effect on our perception of it, and on how the objects in a scene will appear.
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Light Tutorial - Part 3 Light Tutorial - Part 3
The source of all our natural light is the sun, however it takes on different characteristics at different times of day and in different weather...
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Fast and Easy SSS Fake in Maya Fast and Easy SSS Fake in Maya
This tutorial explains a fast and easy way to fake sss effects in Maya.
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Lava Shader Effects in Maya Lava Shader Effects in Maya
This tutorial explains how to make a shader for lava effects using Maya's material editor, called Hypershade.
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