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Waterfall using fluids and nParticles
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Waterfall using fluids and nParticles

Posted 21 June 2010 8:00 pm by Duncan Brinsmead on Duncan's Corner

With particle emission into a fluid in Maya2011 one can create natural looking large waterfalls.

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Maya Advanced Techniques Tutorials
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Maya Advanced Techniques Tutorials

Posted 15 June 2010 8:00 pm by Duncan Brinsmead on Duncan's Corner

There is a detailed tutorial available for the slagPourFoundry scene I included in my last post.

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Scene Files for
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Scene Files for "fun Stuff in Maya2011"

Posted 10 June 2010 8:00 pm by Duncan Brinsmead on Duncan's Corner

Here are the scene files used to create the animations shown in my previous post.

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Some fun stuff in Maya2011
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Some fun stuff in Maya2011

Posted 11 March 2010 7:00 pm by Duncan Brinsmead on Duncan's Corner

Here are some of my favorite bits from some of the new features in Maya2011 that I worked on.

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Dust Storm
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Dust Storm

Posted 26 February 2010 12:00 am by Duncan Brinsmead on Duncan's Corner

A quick and easy way to do a dust storm is to use only the textural aspects of a fluid.

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Scene Files from Tech Talk
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Scene Files from Tech Talk

Posted 4 December 2009 1:20 am by Duncan Brinsmead on Duncan's Corner

I finally had a chance to upload the Maya scene files from my Siggraph tech talk. They are free for all to download, use and share without restrictions.

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Siggraph Tech Talk
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Siggraph Tech Talk

Posted 5 August 2009 7:58 am by Duncan Brinsmead on Duncan's Corner

I'm giving a Tech Talk titled "Fun With Maya" today at Siggraph in New Orleans.

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Maya Fluid Effects Dvd now online
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Maya Fluid Effects Dvd now online

Posted 10 July 2009 9:03 pm by Duncan Brinsmead on Duncan's Corner

The entire contents of the Dvd "Maya Fluid Effects" is now available in full to subscription customers. And many of the tutorial videos are also available free to all on Youtube.

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Farnsworth House Render
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Farnsworth House Render

Posted 30 April 2009 3:58 am by Duncan Brinsmead on Duncan's Corner

Alessandro Prodan has created one of the most natural looking foliage renders I've yet seen, using Maya Paint Effects rendered in Mental Ray. http://marlas.cgsociety.org/gallery/

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crosshatch shading
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crosshatch shading

Posted 17 December 2008 1:10 pm by Duncan Brinsmead on Duncan's Corner

One can construct crosshatch shaders in Maya without needing any special plugins.

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