HDR Labs and sIBL

Posted by on Dec 31, 2011 in Maya, rendering | No Comments

Free software and HDR images for CG lighting! HDR Labs sIBL site http://www.hdrlabs.com/sibl/index.html http://www.hdrlabs.com/sibl/archive.html http://www.hdrlabs.com/sibl/software.html

US Coin 3D Models

Posted by on Apr 26, 2011 in Maya, modeling, rendering | One Comment

See a short clip of these coin models in action. Animated in Maya and rendered in Mental Ray. Download textures, obj geometry, and Maya shaders for the coins. 12mb.

Pennies Arrow Render

Posted by on Jan 18, 2011 in gallery, rendering | No Comments

Stock image. Rendered with Maya and Mental Ray

MR10 Chair

Posted by on Jul 8, 2010 in modeling, rendering | No Comments

Designed in 1927 by Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich Chromium-plated steel and leather This chair was first exhibited at the 1927 Die Wohnung exhibition of modern living at the Weissenhof Settlement in Stuttgart Germany. MR10 Chair. Image crated in Maya and Mental Ray. Download a high resolution obj of the HR10 chair.

The Wassily Chair, Model B3

Posted by on Jun 30, 2010 in modeling, rendering | No Comments

The Wassily Chair, also known as the Model B3 chair, was designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925-26 while he was the head of the cabinet-making workshop at the Bauhaus, in Dessau, Germany. Revolutionary in it’s use of tubular steel, which was inspired by the same used in the manufacture of bicycles. Named after seminal abstract ...

Red and Blue Chair

Posted by on Jun 13, 2010 in animation, Maya, modeling, rendering | No Comments

The Red Blue Chair was a chair designed in 1917 by Gerrit Rietveld. It represents one of the first explorations by the De Stijl art movement in three dimensions.   Maya and Mental Ray. Model based on several models found on the 3D warehouse. Download an obj of the Red and Blue Chair. More info ...

Simple backdrop MEL script

Posted by on Jun 8, 2010 in code, lighting, Maya, MEL, rendering | No Comments

This MEL script will create a simple soft cornered backdrop from a poly plane and bend deformer. XPM icon for shelf item.

Studio Light HDR images

Posted by on Jun 8, 2010 in code, lighting, MEL, photography, rendering | 14 Comments

Studio Light HDR images, photographed from real studio lights. Download the images below – and PyMEL scripts to automatically attach them to a lighting rig. These HDRIs can be used as image based lights and reflection cards. Soft Box Get the soft box HDR. 1 MB Umbrella Light Get the umbrella light HDR. 8 MB ...

Softbox Light MEL Script

Posted by on Jun 7, 2010 in code, lighting, MEL, rendering | One Comment

This PyMEL (Python) script creates a rigged light and procedurally textured reflector card, simulating a studio style soft box light. The rig is intended to be used for reflection or IBL when rendering using Mental Ray in Maya. Usage tip: Select the locator on the rig, called “softBoxLightControl”, to find attributes to control Color, Shadows, ...

Animating with audio

This animation was created using After Effects and Maya. Getting audio key frames out of After Effects using Trapcode Sound Keys. Extracting raw key frame data from After Effects formatted keyfame data that can be used by Maya, via shell script. Importing keyframe data to Maya using Python. Creating Maya shaders that react to audio ...

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