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Maya: Soft Shadows [Directional Light, Arnold]
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zsZugwYN23s/hqdefault.jpg There was a subscriber question which I’m happy to answer, because it’s a question many of us have: How do we make the harsh shadow of a parallel light soft? The parallel light in Maya is called Directional Light, because only the direction, not the position matters. For a tutorial about the contrary, creating…
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Maya 2016 tutorial : Basics of XGEN, how to create Hair, Fur, Grass etc.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/70NiXOJ6bpI/hqdefault.jpg In this short video in Autodesk Maya 2016 I will explain the basics of XGEN allowing you to create Hair, Fur, Grass etc. This will include the grooming tools allowing you to create short hair, long hair etc. Don’t forget to check out my website http://www.mhtutorialsyoutube.com for tips & tricks, demo reels, books &…
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Autodesk Maya Showreel
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T-Slzh0QfoU/hqdefault.jpg Nikolay Salikhov Autodesk Maya Showreel: Animation, nDynamics, Bullet, Pulldownit, xGen Renderer: V-Ray Music: Ludovico Einaudi – Experience (Starkey Remix) nicoleukr@gmail.com +3-8063-873-57-70 Kiev 2016 source
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CGLYO – Realistic Female Hair Animation Tutorial with Maya XGen
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_5NMqUjCblA/hqdefault.jpg —-CGLYO Animation & VFX Studio—- In this tutorial we will be covering production tips & tricks for simulating a realistic female hair with Maya & XGen. In this tutorial we will be talking on how to use AnimWire modifier inside XGen to be able to connect the hair with nhair system so you can…
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Renderman 20 Maya 2016 Fur Tutorial
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/25VTZ9c8ZjA/hqdefault.jpg If you’re like me you may have had some issues using xgen to create fur and get it to render correctly using Renderman. Here’s a short tutorial to overcome the bug that (I assume) is preventing people from doing this. **Solving the camera orientation issue** -Go to Windows – SettingsPreferences – Preferences. -On the…
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Ornatrix Maya: XGen to Ornatrix interop
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mzS9BErIeP0/hqdefault.jpg If you have a hair style set up using Xgen bringing it to Ornatrix is easy, just follow the steps in this quick demonstration. This workflow, together with our previous Ornatrix to Xgen video, completes the roundtrip between Ornatrix and Xgen allowing these two tools to be used interchangeably within your projects. Bring the…
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Ornatrix Maya: Ornatrix to XGen interop
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O0jeTxaYfnE/hqdefault.jpg Ornatrix and Xgen, which comes with Maya, can be best friends. Use Xgen alongside Ornatrix to help you style and simulate hair, or to introduce Ornatrix into your existing Xgen-based pipeline. In this first of three videos we go over how to convert styled Ornatrix hair to Xgen. Special thank you to Serguei Krikalev…