Tweet CoreCG has recently released the Mental Core Plugin for Maya (back in December 2011) that provides a more sturdy and centralized workflow for using Maya Mental Ray. The CoreCG site has recently added a suite of tutorials covering the use and features of MentalCore, hosting a plenty of MentalCore overview tutorials in one handy [...]
Tweet From the Autodesk University MasterClass, Naughty Dog’s Christophe Desse walks through using a Mudbox texturing pipeline for creating one of the Uncharted 3 game and cinematic assets creating a quick render in both mental ray for Maya and V-ray. From the CGMeetUp Description: In this mudbox Master Class video , Christophe Desse will take [...]
Tweet Omar Ahmed walks through how to create a cream in the coffee swirling effect using Maya Fluids, rendering with MEntal Ray Final Gather.
Tweet Ranjit Singh Rana with a look at how to create wire frame renders in Maya with a bit of Ambient Occlusion attached using Mental Ray. Check out the How To Render Wireframes with Ambient Occlusion in Maya using Mental Ray here. from the tutorial description: More often than not, students come to me asking [...]
Tweet SimplyMaya showing how to get started with creating a multi-pass render out of Maya for compositing in NUKE with Open EXR files. A great overview of creating multipass renders in Maya for creating ambient occlusion, diffuse, specular and shadow passes. From the tutorial description: Render out multiple passes in maya as an OpenExr file [...]
Tweet FermiCG returns with another tutorial, this time showing how to create a very useful amorphous background using Maya Fluids. Check out the tutorial for Create An Abstract Animated Background With Maya Fluids here. FermiCG notes: “This is a quick tutorial about Maya Fluid. Experiment with different fluid presets and different settings you will get [...]
Tweet Ranjit Singh Rana looks at using Maya and Mental Ray to bake out Ambient Occlusion, Color and Light Maps by taking us through the process of setting up and rendering using a character model for the demonstration. Check out the Baking Ambient Occlusion, Color And Light Maps In Maya Using Mental ray Tutorial here. [...]
Tweet Capac Roberts shows a simple way to use HDRI and Mental Ray to light a scene using a chrome ball to give some feedback to the lighting in the scene, then creating render passes for compositing in NUKE. Capac Roberts writes: Maya Nuke Chrome Ball tutorial explains a simple way to use HDRI and [...]
Tweet Pratik Gulati with an overview and some insight into lighting and rendering an abandoned lobby scene in Maya Mental Ray including a walk through render settings, and lighting set ups for a realistic result. check out the Lighting & Rendering an Abandoned Lobby using Mental Ray & Maya tutorial here. In this overview tutorial, [...]
Tweet A post from HDR Light Studio takes us through the process of using Autodesk Maya in conjunction with HDR Light Studio 2 by using HDR Light Studio to light a CAD model imported into Maya for rendering in Mental Ray. HDR Light Studio 2 will allow for real-time image based lighting design and HDRI [...]
