Monthly Archives: February 2012

Create a Neon Light Effect with V-Ray for Maya

V-Ray Elite’s Joe Bradley posts a look at creating a simple neon light effect using V-ray’s lightMaterial. Check out the post for Creating a Neon Light Effect in Maya using V-Ray LightMaterial here. V-Ray Elite’s Joe Bradley writes: Hey Everyone, As requested in our last Vray Elite poll, we are making a start at creating [...]

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Perlin Noise Deformer Plugin for Maya

Ian Waters shares a python plugin he create for Maya which is a Perlin Noise Deformer based on a simple noise deformer node from Paulalso to which Ian added a few improvements and additions: Noise octaves. Random seed. Different noise calculation for each axis. Paintable weights (off the bat). Better UI controls. Removed the noise [...]

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Creating a Basic Fracture Using DMM for Maya

Ian Woskey posted a great little basic overview of using DMM (Digital Molecular Matter) for creating a fracturing animation in Maya. This is a great basic overview of how to work with DMM within Maya for creating fracturing and Rigid Body Dynamics. DMM (Digital Molecular Matter) is pixelux’s solution to simulate material physics, or the [...]

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Preview of Font Edger for Cinema 4D Xpresso Tool Set for Creating Beveled Type

Expanding on Eyedesyn’s EJ Hassenfratz’s tutorial on creating creating unique and interesting bevels for text in Cinema 4D, RoVino takes what was covered in that tutorial and automated the process somewhat by creating an Xpresso tool set out of it, calling it Font Edger v1 which he is showing off as an alpha version. Not [...]

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Creating a Metallic Logo in After Effects using ShapeShifter AE

Eran Stern with a post on creating a true 3D Metallic / Glass Logo right in After Effects using Mettle’s ShapeShifter AE and also provides the project file for download. Check out the tutorial for Creating a Metallic Logo in After aEffects using ShapeShifter AE here. For more information on Mettle’s ShapeShifter 3D workflow plugin for [...]

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Modeling And Rendering A Simple Robot In Maya Using V-Ray

Sansar Tripathi shows how to build a simple robot in Maya using basic poly modeling techniques, then rendering the robot scene using V-Ray for Maya. Check out the tutorial for Modeling And Rendering A Simple Robot In Maya Using V-Ray here. From the tutorial description: In this tutorial Sansar Tripathi will show you how to [...]

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