modeling human head - Maya 3D tutorial

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This Noesis Interactive tutorial outlines the interface and basics of Autodesk’s Maya 8. It provides an overview of the tools, windows, and options you’ll need to get started with this popular 3D program. After following this tutorial you’ll be comfortable with the basics of Maya.

In this chapter we will examine the process and techniques to control the flow of the script. Loops let us repeat a command over and over. Loops check a condition and then continuously loop as long as condition stands true. Before we dig deep into looping, let us first understand how to test and compare values in MEL.

Making believable candle flames is like a challenge for Maya rookies. In this tutorial we will walk you through the process of creating realistic looking candle flames. Here we will use multiple point lights that will simulate the candle flames. We will also play with shaders to get nice effect.

In this set of tutorials you will learn how to make a perfect reflection in Maya. This is part 1.

Examples of True Displacement
How to create Displacement maps?
One of the things that the Renderman power lies behind is True Displacement. Using Displacement we can add geometric surface details, those ones that are difficult or impractical to build and work on in the 3D scene.