good

http://vimeo.com/7980975

http://vimeo.com/8078010

render setting for z depth

render art websit--- good example

http://www.fxguide.com/featured/the-art-of-rendering/

when i need know how to render body and shadow

some Q n A at http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/showthread.php?181681-How-to-render-shadow-only

How to render shadow only

Hi guys,

I am sure this is an easy one for many, but this is really frustrating me. I rendering a scene and would like to only render the shadow on a particular object. I want no light to reflect off that object infact i want the object to be invisible except for the shadow.

I have tried to remove "Primary visibility" in the Render sats of the object but that also turns off the shadow effect even though i have checked it to receive shadows.

Without using a compositing program, how do i render just a shadow on an object please.

Many thanks in advance.
Mike

Ok, i have solved it.

Just incase anyone is interested, simply right-click on the object, select "assign new material" then select background.

It is that easy :-)

mental ray sunddenly gone

My maya mental ray just disppered suddenly,then I found the reason and how to fix it from this websit http://3dg.me/3d-graphics/maya/mental-ray-in-maya-disappeared-bring-it-back

Probably, one of the most common question about Maya is this one: - Where is my mental ray?! Any Maya user faced this problem at least once, and beginner 3D Artist is easy to be confused with this. He look in Render Settings menu and there is no any sign of mr anymore. So - what to do for bring it back and why mental ray disappears so sudden anyway? Read the answer next.

Observant users for sure noticed that mental ray disappears after Maya crashes or unexpected PC reboot. That's the main reason why it gone - Maya developers decided to automatically unload and un-plug mental ray in case of unexpected shotdown of Maya, i.e. if Maya "hangs" and was killed through Task Manager or so on.Because mental ray in Maya is just a plug-in - it can be enabled and disabled just as regular one, in dedicated for this menu. So, for bring it back you need just go to Window --> Settings/Prefrences --> Plug-in Manager, find in the list Mayatomr.mll and check Loaded и Autoload. That's it, mental ray should load and work as usual now.

match mover

useful url http://vimeo.com/search?q=match+mover

good web for designer

http://www.artsthread.com/

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Arts Thread currently partner with the following company’s – PSFK, Texprint, Paris Design Week, V&A, New Designers, London Design Festival, Graduate Fashion Week, Indigo, Prime Cuts, Maison & Objet, Who’s Next-Prêt-à-Porter, Designersblock, etc. They are also doing competitions with leading brands worldwide, one such example is Hermes in Lyon where they have arranged it for a selection of students to visit Hermes in France with the prospect of gaining full-time employment. They are partnering  with Who’s Next-Prêt-à-Porter in Paris where they very recently showcased 10 recent International graduates. Last month they collaborated with the International Student Film Festival where we presented the best animator award in conjunction with Prime Cuts.

How do I sign up my portfolio?

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• Specially designed for final year creative students/graduates to have an online portfolio for 12 months after they leave university/college.
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Our consultants will proactively look to match the right graduate with the relevant position.

ARTS THREAD is a professional service for graduates and industry and we check every portfolio before it goes live - for spelling, grammar and correct uploading of images.

1000s of industry professionals will be directed to the site to view the portfolios and choose graduates.

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playdead key pose

this is just  key pose of play dead,how to control emotion of eraser at playdead,that is need find more references as follow

weight paint-- some experences

this is weight paint controler of head, at the begining of weight make me concused. there are many of elements need to test,hot key shift is smooth weight paint ,ctrl is out of inflence, small animation after rigging  is best way to test each contraler.inflence make modle follow the control but it depends which type of character you want to show.it concerns the texture of the body, in this action i want show an eraser so it is concernd with how much area follow the controler.before i had met a problem that is when you make a controler action over several times, the controler deviat the body and even its position is terrible twisted, i was can't understand about why it always happen, in fact, its action overed or you need fixed the weight,but i think a succesful weight should already designed and test well so some times you use others modle to make animation occered this problem that means maybe your action over animate on this body.