maya tips and tricks-part2

part 2 - modeling - maya tips and tricks

maya tips and tricks-part 1

part 1 - tools - maya tips and tricks

uv mapping in maya

If you've ever needed to take photographs of printed artwork you know how hard it is to get them all to match. By applying your artwork to a 3d object you can create the illusion of a tabletop shoot without all problematic issues that would normally arise.

No "umm" counter yet :( maybe I can find someone to hook it up this weekend.

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http://cgtextures.com/

What we're making

justin young senior motion designer extraordinaire

render farm, on the cheap

how to set up a render farm
When we first got
The moon project at Domani it became apparent very quickly that rendering hundreds of thousands of images on my local machine would NOT be an option. I also realized it would be a major pain in the ass to set up each machine manually so we decided to set up a render farm. Here's the steps we took to get it up and running and the things I wish I knew ahead of time.

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