Maya Articles Archive
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- Vue Fusion
Streamlines Vue Integration!
E-ON SOFTWARE TO UNVEIL REVOLUTIONARY PLUG-IN SUITE AT SIGGRAPH
2005
- Post-Work
Lighting Tutorial
This tutorial focuses on relatively simple techniques that will
serve to dramatically improve the lighting in many of your scenes.
Suitable for: 2D Graphics, 3DS MAX, AMAPI 3D, Bryce, Carrara /
Raydream, Cinema 4D, JASC Paint Shop Pro, LightWave, Maya, Poser,
Rhino 3D, Strata 3D, TrueSpace, Wings 3D, Z Brush.
- Spotlight on
Alex and Igor, World Builder makers
March 26th - 30th, Alex Tsaregorodtsev and Igor Borovikov from
World Builder are our guest on the spotlight. World Builder is the
only standalone 3D landscape tool that can work as a plug-in for 3D
Studio MAX, 3D Studio VIZ, LightWave 3D or Maya NT projects. Here
are two of the creators.. what questions do you have?
- Vote For
August 2004's Artist of the Month!
Cast your vote for your favorite Gallery Artist of the Month for
August 2004! This month we highlight Maya and TrueSpace. The winner
will be interviewed and highlighted on the front page for the month
of August.
- Alias' Maya 7
- BlendShape Deformer
Last week Sergio gave you the inside scoop on Alias Maya 7 and its
Full Body IK system. This week he delves into Maya 7 and the
updates to Mayas BlendShape deformer, explaining how this powerful
deformer is an impressive way to make new morphs for your
characters.
- Tech Views -
Alias' Maya 7
During the SIGGRAPH 2005 Conference, Tech Views' Eric Post, caught
up with Alias CEO and President, Doug Walker, who was very excited
to announce the release of the much anticipated Alias' Maya 7. Read
why Doug feels this is the biggest feature release that Maya has
ever published.
- Animation
Alley:
Maya 7 Render Layers
"Rendering in layers can bring you many benefits that sometimes are
overlooked..." Join Sergio, as he explains how you can use Maya's
render layers to full effect, making for easier work, and possibly
even cutting your render time!
- Digital-Tutors
Displays New Training Solutions
Digital-Tutors Displays New Training Solutions
- Introducing
Renderosity Communities!
Learn about our new "Communities" section, including what's
launching and what's coming down the road...
- Working with
Geometry Cache in Maya 8
"In my Maya 8 review, I mentioned that one of the new features in
this release is the capability to create Geometry Caches for your
animated models. What the Geometry Cache does is bake all the
deformers and animation onto a cache. The animation is then read
from the hard disk instead of being calculated for each
frame."(Contains artistic nudity)
- cgMuscle
System
Check it out as Sergio gives you a closer look at this exciting new
Maya plug-in. See if it is just what you need to put the 'muscle'
in your work!
- Create
Breathtaking 3D With Maya 8
"Autodesk finished the acquisition of Alias in January 2006. Since
then, there had been questioning on whether or not Autodesk would
continue developing Maya. This SIGGRAPH, Autodesk answered that
question by unveiling Maya 8 3D software. Maya 8 comes packed with
some nice new features, and a special gift for 64 bit PC
users."
- Vote For
February 2003's Artist Of The Month
Cast your vote for February's Artist of the Month!
- 10,000 Free
Stuff Items!
Our community has achieved another major accomplishment. We now
have 10,000 Free Stuff Items available at Renderosity! Come join in
the fun!
- Get Your
"Body In Motion" with Maya 7
Recently released, Alias Maya 7, is considered by many to be one
of the most remarkable releases to date, with exciting updates to
the existing tools and improvements to its functionality. Find out
why Sergio feels that the most important additions to the software
is the ability to use MotionBuilder's Full Body IK system.
- Doublecrash -
August 2004 AOM!
Congratulations to Doublecrash for winning the AOM. Read on for our
interview with Doublecrash...
- July 2005 MOM
- Shahara
Congratulations to Shahara for being Renderosity's MOM [Merchant Of
the Month] for July, 2005. We invite you to read his interview
...
- Julian_J --
February '03 Artist Of The Month!
Congratulations to Julian_J, February's Artist of the Month! Click
here to read his interview...
- Modeling With
T-Splines
This week, join Sergio, as he reviews T-Splines, a plug-in for
Maya. T-Splines is a brand new modeling system that tries to marry
the best of the Polygons and NURBS worlds to create a very
versatile system that promises to make the modeler's life
easier.
- Animation
Alley - Real-Time Spray-Paint Simulation In Maya
Our Animation Alley guru, nemirc [Sergio Rosa], takes you on a
fascinating journey through a Real-Time Spray-Paint Simulation in
Maya. Join nemirc as he discovers the hidden secrets to the Visual
Special Effects (VFX) within the Tom Cruise movie The Minority
Report.
- The SIGGRAPH
Showfloor
"The SIGGRAPH showfloor opens on the third day of the event. This
is the place where companies and studios gather to present their
products, services and courses."
- Digital
Element Displays Complete Product Line
Digital Element Displays WorldBuilder Professional 4.1 and Verdent
Plant Mechanic
- Alias Press
Releases Siggraph 2005
-Alias Learning Tools Only a Free Download Away for Maya Silver
Members -Alias MotionBuilder 7 Tackles High-Volume, Demanding
Animation -Maya 7 Continues Alias' Tradition of 3D Innovation
- CrazyTalk 4.5
Review
A few months ago Reallusion released version 4.5 of CrazyTalk. If
you attended SIGGRAPH you may have had the chance to play with it,
but if you didn't and you are a CrazyTalk fan, this article might
interest you. If you don't know what CrazyTalk is, you may also
read on so you know more about it.
- Animation
Alley:
Camera tracking with Moujou
Besides animation, one of my biggest interests is filmmaking. Being
so passionate about the computer animation field, I am always
looking for new things to do and new techniques to explore. These
last months I grew very keen to make a movie that would combine
live action footage and computer generated elements.
- In
Vegas
Finally, the long awaited third and final excerpt from Issue 4 of
the Renderosity Magazine, "In Vegas" by stealthman! Find out what
tricks he had up his sleeve as he worked his way through this Vegas
image using Maya and Photoshop.
- Paula Sanders
Report - Gnomon Workshop's Head Sculpting and Texturing
Once more Paula Sanders reviews another of Gnomon Workshop's
classrooms on DVDs. This week Paula reviews Head Sculpting and
Texturing - ZBrush Techniques with Alex Alvarez, founder and
director of the Gnomon Workshop of Visual Effects.
- Baba Jaga
Maya-Style
Our 3rd and final Issue 3 Magazine excerpt is doker13's overview of
some advanced polygon modeling and texturing techniques for Maya
4.0...
- Animation
Alley - Shade 7 Professional, Reviewed
Shade 7 Professional is a 3D design tool brought to you by the
people of Curious Labs. After spending some time getting hands-on
experience with this program, nemirc, gives us his thoughts about
the package from the standpoint of a Maya animator and Poser 4
user.
- Arena
Players
Arena Players
- April's
Featured Contributor - hmann
Congratulations to hmann. He has created some hot products in The
MarketPlace at Renderosity. hmann's interview can be read by
clicking on the article title.
- December 2006
AOM Laurent Antoine [lemog]
Each month the Renderosity community votes on The Renderosity
Artist Of The Month [AOM] ... December's AOM is Laurent Antoine
[lemog], for his work in the Maya Gallery.
- Living In
Three Dimensions
[Interview with Meats Meier]
"Ever wondered how it feels to be a professional 3D artist? We got
the answer first-hand from one of the leading 3D artists in the
world!"
- Vote for
December AOM
Each month the Renderosity community votes on The Renderosity
Artist Of The Month [AOM] ... December's AOM will be an artist from
those galleries not previously listed.
- Latest
Industry News
A summary of all the latest news from around the industry.
- T-Splines and
Matt Sederberg
Matt's father, Computer Science professor Tom Sederberg, perfected
the T-splines formulas over two decades ago. Now, Matt Sederberg,
CEO at the age of twenty-four, introduces T-Splines a new and
innovative company bringing the future of 3D modeling to a new
level, by supplying an innovative tool for CG artists.
- February 2006
MOM As Shanim Aery_Soul (Formally: As Shanim)
Congratulations to As Shanim for being Renderosity's MOM [Merchant
Of the Month] for February, 2006. We invite you to read their MOM
interview...
- Renderosity
Reaches 1 Million Gallery Images
Renderosity Art Community Reaches 1 Million Gallery Images
- Nick's
Notes:
Concrete Pictures Brings CG to Discovery Channel [Interview with
Creative Director Matt Hall]
Television programming has become more exciting, and computer
graphics have surely come to play a big part. Many times the
promotional trailers and end tags can be just as entertaining as
the programming itself. This is certainly true of two recent series
on Discovery Channel, "Deadliest Catch" and "I shouldn't Be
Alive."
- The 4th Annual
Renderosity Holiday Contest 2004
Thanks to many generous sponsors incredible presents are piling up
for artists and animators in our largest holiday contest ever! Come
join the fun and excitement as we share our "Dreams of Peace" with
the planet. All the winners have all been announced! Thank you to
all the artists that shared their "Dreams of Peace".
- The Roller
Derby Lives On
"Mark Woollen's documentary "Jam" captures the fading world of the
Roller Derby. Greg Brotherton, Art Director for the film, talks
about the process of designing the movie poster, and about the
visual effects his team created for the film."
- Darkling
Simulations DarkTree 2.5
Guest columnist Alexander Polsky [crocodilian], reviews Darkling
Simulations' DarkTree 2.5; which is a node-based procedural texture
editing, rendering and management application. DarkTree 2.5 offers
a great interface, portability across applications, with some
clever innovations, making it a powerful way to save and reuse
textures.
- SIGGRAPH 2005
Revisited
If you were unable to visit the SIGGRAPH this year, take a virtual
tour of the conference via the amazing photographs from
contributing photojournalist, Kirk Dunne [AgentSmith]. Also,
revisit SIGGRAPH 2005 conference; articles, interviews, and
Industry news.
- June 2006 MOM
pretty3d
Congratulations to pretty3d for being Renderosity's MOM [Merchant
Of the Month] for June, 2006. We invite you to read his MOM
interview...
- Taking the
Fright out of Animating Monster House
"Halloween came early this year with the release of hit CG animated
film Monster House from Columbia Pictures. Now out on DVD in time
to spook trick or treaters anew, this movie engages its audience
with a scary, funny, sad tale of three kids who must battle a
living, breathing ramshackle house determined to eat everything
that comes within its reach."
- winnston1984
March '05 Merchant of the Month!
Congratulations to winnston1984, for being the March '05 Merchant
Of The Month!
- "Animation
Celebration" Grand Opening Contest
Nashville, TN - July 22, 2004 - "Animation Celebration" at
Renderosity Art Community
- SERENITY A
WORLD APART
Digital Matte Painting by Lance Powell
"Dont let the title mislead you. This awesome motion picture from
Universal Studios is anything but serene. In 2002, Joss Whedon
along with Loni Peristere from Zoic Studios collaborated to create
an exciting action thrilled adventure that allowed the loyal fans
of the television series Firefly to follow further adventures of
the crew of Serenity."
- face_off
January '05 Merchant of the Month!
Congratulations to face_off, for being the January '05 Merchant Of
The Month!
- The
Five-Minute Ghost Pumpkin!
Just in time for your spooky Halloween renderings Sergio, brings
you a short and sweet five-minute tutorial on creating a pumpkin
from scratch, and then, with a little magic, he shows you how to
zap it into a ghost. Join our very own Harry Potter, as he shows
you how to create a head for your headless horseman!
- Softimage
Siggraph 2005 Press Releases
-Softimage to Support AGEIA Physics Simulation -Avid Previews
Groundbreaking Facial Animation Technology: SOFTIMAGE|FACE ROBOT
-Avid Unveils SOFTIMAGE|XSI v.5.0
- danae -
September '03 Merchant of the Month
Congratulations to danae, for being the September '03 Merchant Of
The Month!
- June's Artist
of the Month - SkoolDaze
I used to paint, draw and doodle as a child and was set to go to
school for commercial art when I became a teenager, but life had a
very different plan for me (as it so often does) and so it took
almost 25 years before I started doing art again.
- Renderosity
Free Stuff Artist - Stonemason
Each month we showcase a Renderosity Free Stuff Artist, in
appreciation for their thoughtfulness, and countless hours spent
creating free items for the Renderosity community. This month we
are proud to showcase the works of Stefan Morrell, better known to
his Renderosity fellow artists as Stonemason.
- When
Paint Attacks - The Making Of A Movie
In space, the simplest things can kill you the movie tag line
sets the stage for the Sci Fi adventure A Can Of Paint [screenplay
adapted from a short story by A.E. van Vogt]. Guest columnist,
Darlisa Riggs, gives us a behind the scenes look into how Maxons
CINEMA 4D created the films visual magic!
- iClone,
You Clone
Want to create your own digital identity? Find out what
Reallusion's iClone can do for you! Read on as Sergio shows just
how easily you too can create and animate your own digital
identity.
- As07 -- May
2003's Artist Of The Month!
Congratulations to as07 for being voted May's Artist of the Month!
Click here to read the interview...
- Graphic Tales
from the Road: An Interview with Rudy Sarzo
The journey continues as with another Graphic Tale from the Road as
we explore the "Dual Expression of the Creative Mind" with infamous
bass player: Rudy Sarzo! who has played with Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet
Riot, Whitesnake, Yngwie Malmsteen and is now a member of the
multi-platinum Heavy Metal group DIO...
- Piratas
en el Callao [Pirates in Callao]
Recently Peru released Piratas en el Callao [Pirates in Callao]
adapted from a children's book of the same name Piratas is
considered to be the first Latin-American 3D movie. Sergio took
time out from his Animation Alley duties, to review Piratas for you
...
- Real-time
Filmmaking with iClone 1.5
"Earlier this year I wrote an article about a real-time animation
software that promised to revolutionize the way animation was made.
The name of that software was iClone. See what has developed and
what's to come...
- avidflame -
May 2004 AOM!
Congratulations to avidflame for being voted May's Artist of the
Month! Read on for our interview with avidflame...
- avidflame -
May 2004 AOM!
Congratulations to avidflame for being voted May's Artist of the
Month! Read on for our interview with avidflame...
- Aery_Soul
(Formally: As Shanim) - Merchant Of the Year - 2005
Congratulations to As Shanim for being awarded Renderosity's
Merchant Of the Year [MOY] for 2005. We invite you to post your
congratulations and to read As Shanim's interview ...
- Inside Second
Life
The Spotlight on Second Life is now closed. Thank you to Stephen B.
Lewis from Linden Lab for joining us as we got to know more about
the cool new ways to play with Poser within the realms of a
dynamic, new, virual world.
- SoftImage XSI
- A Quick Look
Renderosity forum moderator, artist, and cartoonist, Teyon [Teyon
Alexander], reviews, and previews, SoftImage XSI versions 4 and 5.
Giving you a look at the program from a Pro's point of view.
- Making Money
WIth Your Art - Certified Medical Illustrator
There is a growing trend in the world of CG illustrators toward
Medical Illustrations. Renderosity's Sr. Tech Editor/Staff Writer,
Eric Post went right to the source, asking Certified Medical
Illustrator, Marcia Hartsock, for her insights on Making Money With
Your Art as a Certified Medical Illustrator ...
- Lahl -
September 2004 AOM!
Congratulations to Lahl for being voted September's Artist of the
Month! Read on for our interview with Lahl...
- Night
Feeders
"A meteor plummets to Earth in the remote southern
wilderness..."Read on, as Will gives us the inside scoop on the use
of Cinema 4D, and a created plug-in, for the film Night Feeders,
through this insightful interview with plug-in developer Daniel
"Cactus Dan" Libisch, and Synthetic Fur Productions president, Tony
Elwood.
- Tech Views:
Zygote Bio-Medical Modeling
Eric explores the exciting advancements in the realm of Medical
Models with Bryan Brandenberg, Chief Executive Officer of the
Zygote Media Group. Learn what the future holds for the emerging
technical advancements in medicine and computer generated art.
- Aery_Soul
(Formally: As Shanim) January '04 Merchant of the Month
Congratulations to As Shanim, for being the January'04 Merchant Of
The Month!
- June AOM
Voting!
It's that time again... Come cast your vote for Renderosity's June
Artist of the Month!
- Digital
Elements Inc. - WorldBuilder 4
Renderosity WorldBuilder Forum Moderator and artist, Alfons [Alfons
Blom], reviews Digital Elements Inc.s WorldBuilder 4. Giving you a
look at the program from a WorldBuider's Pro's point of view.
- SoftImage XSI
Master Artist - Kolby Jukes
Renderosity SOFTIMAGE XSI Moderator and guest columnist Teyon
Alexander [Teyon] introduces the first in a series of interviews
with XSI artists. Starting this month with Master CG Artist and
Industry Game Illustrator Kolby Jukes.
- Gnomon
Workshop - Creature Design with Aaron Sims
Alex reviews Gnomon Workshop's classrooms on DVDs ... Creature
Design with Aaron Sims - Volume 2: Designing with Photoshop, XSI
and Deep Paint; where Aaron Sims illustrates the process of
designing a full character in a 3D environment.
- Renderosity
Free Stuff Artist - jenay [Joe Kurz]
We continue our monthly series of Getting To Know Renderosity's
Free Stuff Artists. This month's featured Free Stuff Contributor is
Joe Kurz, who is better known on Renderosity as jenay.
- Paula Sanders
Report - Review - Maxon BodyPaint 3D Release 2.5
Paula Sanders Report: This week Paula reviews Maxon's amazing
Bodypaint 3D Release 2.5. Check out the new features in this
release, with UV tools that could increase your workflow. product
review by Paula Sanders - Sr. Staff Writer
- V12:
Basketball Goes Uber-3D
In the production of commercials and other types of advertising,
there are often short deadlines to meet especially when a client
makes a change at the last moment. In order to compete, companies
must be fast on their feet. See how one small company has turned on
the heat.
- Reallusion's
Crazy Talk 4
"Do you have a bitmap on E-bay that you would like to have talk to
the customers? Do you have a friendly face on your website that has
a message to share? Perhaps a special e-mail celebration or
greeting card? Whatever your message, and however you want to
electronically deliver it, CrazyTalk is there for you!"
- Ballistic
Publishing's Expos4
"Expos4 published by Ballistic Publishing is the latest in a
series of computer graphic image showcase publications. Daniel Wade
and Paul Hellard came together to produce this fine record of the
best of the best of digital images."
- August's Artist
of the Month - voodoo
The first time I ever got the idea that the computer could be
useful for almost all my art was the day I bought a pen tablet. I
used the pressure-sensitive pen, and it was- oh man- am I going to
have fun with this!
- Paula Sanders
Report - Vue 5 Infinite
Paula delved deeply into the amazing high-end 3D scenery solution
for illustrators, SFX studios, architects, and 3D Computer Graphics
professionals ... Vue 5 Infinite by e-on ... and produced a
two-part in-depth article that surpasses a mere review, including a
few Vue tips and tricks along the way.
- "Shades of
Halloween" - Voting Results
"Shades of Halloween" - Voting Results are in! The community voting
results were reviewed. The winners were determined by the actual
number of eligible votes received. Clone voting and votes from
accounts created for the exclusive purpose of voting were not
eligible and were not be counted.
- Blackhearted
April '05 Merchant of the Month!
Congratulations to Blackhearted, for being the April '05 Merchant
Of The Month!
- Luminetik's
Akiko Ashley Captures Animation!
Sergio explores the world of award-winning Akiko Ashley. In a video
game industry world dominated by males, Akikos creative talent
shines brightly, as one of the Partners, and Executive Producer, of
Luminetik Animation Studios.
- Animation
Alley meets AnimationMentor.com
Have you always dreamed of becoming a Professional Animator?
Yearned to earn a degree in Animation? Go to classes in your
pajamas? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you have to
read nemirc's interview with Bobby Beck, AnimationMentor.com's
CEO/President ...
- Larry
Weinberg Celebrates 10 Years Of Poser
Join with us in celebrating Posers 10th anniversary, as our guest
columnist Daryl Wise, interviews Larry Weinberg the man who
harnessed the power of 3D Figures with the creation of Poser 6.
Every Renderosity artist knows of Poser, now get to know the man
behind the program Posers creator ...
- Paula Sanders
Report - Vue 5 Infinite - Part 2
Part Two - Paula delved deeply into the amazing high-end 3D scenery
solution for illustrators, SFX studios, architects, and 3D Computer
Graphics professionals ... Vue 5 Infinite by e-on ... and produced
a two-part in-depth article that surpasses a mere review, including
a few Vue tips and tricks along the way.
- Interactive
Universal site uses 3D to immerse viewers
Design Reactor, a Northern California design studio, restores the
meaning to the term interactivity with it's creation of The
Bourne Supremacy website.
- Long-time TV
Director Showcases C4Ds Power
After nearly a decade of television music-video and live-concert
directing, Emmy nominee Jay Dubin discovered the power of C4D after
the seed of experimental curiousity had been planted.
- Enter "The
Legends of Mernac" [Interview with founder Rick Merriman]
"Mernac is a new form of art and entertainment designed to
facilitate ever growing content and audience appeal, and is
expected to spread attracting contributions from hundreds, even
thousands, of talented writers and artists from around the
world."
- Bonnie
Mitchell SIGGRAPH 2006 Art Gallery Chair
Bonnie Mitchell is an artist, a teacher of art, and an inspiration
to artists. Her works are not only visual delightsthey touch all
the senseswhich makes Bonnie the perfect match for this years
SIGGRAPH Art Gallery Chair.
