How to scale and repeat a texture in Maya
A quick guide on how to scale and repeat a texture in Maya. We’ll perform a basic example to get...
Category: Materials
How to use a Displacement map in Maya
A simple guide on adding a texture to a plane and including a displacement map. We’ll start with a simple...
Viewing Shading Network Connections
The view and work with shaders, first open the HyperShade by clicking on the small HyperShade ball in the main...
Exploring the Hypershade UI
The Hypershade has a number of different areas that you’ll use together to create your materials.
Accessing the Hypershade in Maya
In Maya the HyperShade is a isolated environment where all of the shading and texturing can be done for a...
Introduction to Shader Networks
So you’ve created an awesome object in Maya, you’ve nailed the topology and smoothing and you are ready for the...
Painting Grass & Other Things directly into a scene in Maya
To paint grass or foliage directly onto a scene:
Ambient Occlusion in Autodesk Maya
Great for previewing a model, also known as ‘Clay’ due to the way it appears.
3D Texture Painting in Autodesk Maya
When we are working with textures in Maya there may be times when we want to paint a texture directly...
