In this 3 part Maya workflow tutorial you will learn how to model, texture, and render a Katana, the legendary Samurai sword. For the modeling portion, we will use Maya’s basic polygon editing tools, while UVlayout will be used to create the UVs, and of course Photoshop to create the textures. We will also briefly cover Mental Ray for rendering the final image.

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Left explosion is fluid attached to particles. Right is the look we achieved using custom particle attributes and particle SamplerInfo. This tutorial requires basic knowledge about particles in Maya like adding custom attributes, writing expressions… Check some of my tutorial about particles and fluids!

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Throughout the course of this two part rendering tutorial you will learn how to use the powerful render layers inside Maya 2010, and also how to output them and prepare them for compositing. In the second part, you will see how you can use After Effects to composite all of those rendered layers to achieve a more realistic look with custom depth of field.

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Throughout the course of this two part rendering tutorial you will learn how to use the powerful render layers inside Maya 2010, and also how to output them and prepare them for compositing. In the second part, you will see how you can use After Effects to composite all of those rendered layers to achieve more realistic look with custom depth of field.

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This tutorial teaches you how to set up and use drive keys in Maya.

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3Delight is one of the most powerful rendering engines available, and it is also very well known in the industry, making it an extremely valuable tool to have in your skillset. In this beginner level tutorial, you will learn you how to create IBL (image based lighting) and also raytraced occlusion using 3Delight in Maya.

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Camera Projection Mapping is the process of projecting an image onto simple geometry creating the illusion of detail and movement from what is really just a still image. This method has been used by many matte painters in the film and television industries. Camera projection mapping is a very handy technique to learn, but it can also be quite difficult to master. This tutorial will demonstrate how to create a Motion Design clip using camera projection mapping.

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This tutorial covers how to restore or reset parts of or all of Maya to its default settings.

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This tutorial will show you how to make pinboard in Maya.

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The tut will cover the making of the blendshapes, using sliders, set driven keys to make the teeth work with the blendshape sliders as he opens closes his mouth, and of course getting him to talk using keyframes

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