Car Exploding in Max

-Using PArray particle system to blow up a car. -Adding a Gravity force, Pbomb force, and a UDynaFlect Deflector for the particles -Adding a SphereGizmo Atmospheric Apparatus and Fire Effect for the explosi...

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THE L_GLASS SHADER FOR ALIAS MAYA 7

The l_glass shader is a shader which is no longer in development, and has little written resources about it. Yet to date it is still one the most accurate and widely used mental ray shaders for glass. This material was built off of mental ray's built-in Dielectric shader node, but has many more features, and flat-out just looks better.This tutorial was built using l_glass in Alias Maya 7, but should also work with Alias Maya 6.5 and Autodesk Maya 8. The l_glass shader can also be used in XSI, yet the workflow will be different. You will need a stable l_glass shader for tutorial. The version I am using is Version 1.2. Get it from our Resources section.There...

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Create a Retro Rainbow Waterfall Using 3DS Max and Particle Flow

This tutorial will show you how to use Particle Flow to create an outstanding 3D retro rainbow waterfall inside of 3DS Max! We will play with some basic objects and PFlow features to create some imaginative geometric shapes. So, let’s get started! Final image previewStep 1Open up 3DS Max and go to Particle Flow View (6). Create a Standard Flow and replace a “Shape” with “Shape Instance”.Step 2Create a box that is 2m long, 0.1m wide and 0.1m high. Add an “Edit Poly” modifier to it and move four vertices on one side of your box a bit forward to create something like on the image below.Step 3Let’s now change Rotation’s “Orientation Matrix” from...

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VRay For Maya

Hi everyone! My name is Dennis and just got my hands on the Vray For Maya demo! A friend asked if I could explain the basics, so here is a very simple tutorial. First of all if you havent, get Vray For Maya from ChaosGroup --> http://www.chaosgroup.com (you have to create an account) - Then just install it, simple as that. To load the plugin, go to �Window > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager�  Then scroll down untill you find �vrayformaya� and check both Loaded and Auto Load and press �close�. When that is done, hit the render Settings button and choose V-ray! Ok,...

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