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IPR Renderer IPR Renderer is an interactive renderer that allows you to change parameters and see them update real-time. Create a NURBs sphere. Apply a phong texture to the sphere. Press 5 to activate shaded view. Click on the IPR Render Button Draw a marquee surrounding our object for the area the object will update. […]
Using the Hypershade Window Create a NURBs sphere. Apply a phongE material to the sphere. For the color attribute apply a texture map by clicking on the checkered icon to the right of the color section. This brings up a window of textures. Apply a cloth texture. For the cloth texture V color, apply a […]
Apply a Ramp Texture Create a NURBs Surface Torus – Apply a ramp texture to the torus Adjust the Ramp Textures Properties – Select the surface – Open up the Attribute Editor – Click on rampShader1 in the Attribute Editor. – Notice for the Color section, there is a gradient map Selected Color: Pick as […]
Applying a Texture Map Create a Polygonal Sphere and add a Blinn Material – Select your surface and select Blinn from the Render Tab. Adjust Materials Attribute Settings – Open up the Attribute Editor. – Select the furthermost right tab Blinn. – Change the color to red. Map a Texture to the Color attribute of […]
Here are Maya’s Basic Materials. Create a surface to apply the material – Click on SURFACES TAB and click on the NURBs sphere. – [ PRESS 5 ] to apply shade mode. – If I select the material, I can apply a material. By default it has a lambert shader applied. Lambert is a flat […]
Maya Renderers There are 2 Maya Renderers Mental Ray and Maya Software renderer. Mental Ray Loading Mental Ray: – Mental Ray will need to be loaded in the Plug-In Manager. – Go to MAIN || Window > Settings and Preferences > Plug-In Manager. – Turn on Mayatomr.mll. Selecting your Renderer: – Go to the Render […]
Hierarchy Organize the hierarchy and name all your nodes Open your scene. – Open your scene from the last assignment. Rename Multiple Objects Rename multiple files easily and simultaneously. – Select all the objects that have similar names, such as the hair. – In the top right corner of the application, set the rename option […]
Texturing NURBS UV mapping is not required on NURBS since texture coordinates are determined by the U and V directions of the NURBS surface itself. Checker Texture To view the default UV maps, create both a Lambert and checker texture and assign them to the body geometry. – HYPERSHADE || Create a Lambert material; […]
Set Up Your Project This is a new project, so set a new project directory. Set The Project Make a New Scene – MAIN || File > New Scene. Body And Head Shape Mikey’s body using several useful NURB tools. Body Sphere Create a body starting from a primitive sphere – Select MAIN || Create […]
Reference Instead of working directly with your previous file, we are going to referencethe penguin. Reference is a read only and loaded into the current scene. It allows you to animate the character leaving the rig file untouched. If you update the rig file, the file referencing it will get updated. Create a Reference – […]