Maya: Mental Ray: Final Gather and Global Illumination

Final Gather

Final Gather Previews

Global Illumination

Final

Progress

Maya: Gallery Rendering: Facing Ratio Rim Lights

Final

The Progress

Maya: Dynamics: Goals, Instances and Sprites

Instancing Part 6: Aim Direction (Arrows)

Instancing Part 7: Aim Direction (Rockets)

Instancing Part 8: Rotation Types (Pointers)

Instancing Part 9: Instances & Paint Effects (Trees)

Transcription: Animating WIP (Intro scene)

First day of animating today and it already looks like it's going to be a long but rewarding process. My first attempt was not successful but I used my keyframes properly on the second and it looks  a lot better. It still needs a lot of work but I guess it is a good start. So a few pin points Alan gave me in terms of animating characters are:

-Always use key frames. It will make your animation more precise and easier to work on.

- Start from the root of the action (which is the torso in this case) and work outwards moving to the limbs.

- Choose a direction to work on. For instance work from the top of the body and move downwards.

- Use 'opposites' to make the animation more fluid. For example, when working on keyframes, try and move the spine the opposite direction.

Maya: Dynamics 2: Goals, Instances and Sprites

Instancing Part 1: Direction Control (Robots)

Instancing Part 2: Scale Control (Bubbles)

Instancing Part 3: Rotation Control (Meteors)

Instancing Part 4: Object Index Control 1 (Shapes)

Instancing Part 5: Object Index Control 2 (Crowds