The Chase

[Andy Tarpinian]

On Feb 6, 2008, at 12:00 PM, Romain Gros wrote:
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> Does it take long to make some pictures like those with Maya ?
> I mean :
> Do I need much experiences to create this kind of objects or should  
> I simply jump in the Maya pool and try by myself ?

Well this type of rendering is actually pretty simple, you get cool  
results but not a ton of specific control. It's pretty simple to set  
up and I used pretty simple shapes. High end 3d programs are complex  
beasts, you could spend the rest of your life mastering them, but Maya  
is pretty good from a UI standpoint. I learned mostly on Softimage 3d  
on SGI's and later PC:

http://www.3drender.com/sunday/images2/ConscienceScreen.jpg

Which was a very basic looking text interface but complex beneath it  
all. I honestly think I prefer this interface to something more  
graphical like Maya, but that's after I spent time learning it, so to  
a new person it is daunting.

Heres a little tutorial that shows you how to set up HDRI lighting  
with mental ray

http://tinyurl.com/29dt24


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