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Notes on Vray GI settings in maya

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Improve the realism of your work with these expert tips from Sony Pictures Imageworks' Cosku Turhan

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Quicktime Gamma Shift Fix 

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Maya Particle instancer to Geometry

http://www.sigillarium.com/blog/1188/

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Been doing some research on optimizing renders in vray.

Hitmeup if you have any questions/ suggestions!

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Animation Export/Import with ATOM in maya. 

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ZBrush to Maya Displacement map

In this tutorial we're going through how to set up a displacement map in maya, generated in ZBrush in an accurate manner.

VRAY Displacement maps in Maya

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Sculpting fabric in zBrush

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Using Reference Planes in zBrush

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Creating Blendshape Head bridge from a single mesh

Through trial and error..Here we go. 

1. Select Original Geometry

2. >Freeze Transforms, >Delete History

3. Select Faces for head.

4. Mesh> Extract

5. Select Separated Head.

6. Duplicate Separated Head

7. Center Pivot

8. Drag Duplicated Head to the side (Do Not Delete History or Freeze Transforms)

9. Rename Duplicate Head (Head_Bridge..etc)

10. Select original head THEN original body. 

11. Mesh> Combine

12. Select border verts from where neck and head were just joined (The verts are not merged yet)

13. Edit Mesh> Merge (default settings should work, can adjust settings in channel box after if not)

14. Select the newly unified mesh

15. Normals> Soften Edge

16. Delete History and Freeze Transforms on unified mesh. Rename to whatever_body_Geo. 

17. Select _Bridge mesh THEN select body_geo mesh

18. Create Blendshape >Options 

19. Name Bridge Shape (EX: head_Bridge_BS)

20. Basic> Uncheck “Check topology”, Advanced> Deformation Order: Front of Chain.

21. Apply

22. Select Body_Geo, Channel Box > Inputs> head_Bridge to “1″

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Seperate Head Bridge Blendshape

Separate Head

Bridge blendshapes should always be created before skinning.

Delete History/ Freeze Transforms

Select definition edge loop

Edit Mesh> Detach component

Mesh>Separate

Duplicate head

Drag Duplicate head aside

(DO NOT FREEZE TRANSFORMS)

Select original Head

Select original Body

Mesh>Combine

Delete History

Select Bridge Head BS

Select original Geo

Create BS> Options

Turn off check topology

ADV>Turn on front of chain

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Vray Maya -> AE Simple Additive Comp Order

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AE-

Linear Workflow Project Settings

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