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Upcoming Event: Indie Metaverse

November 29th, 2010 · No Comments · 3D, Education, Events

What:
A virtual worlds exposition.  Attend in person or virtually.
My talk is on the Maya to Unity3D pipeline and leveraging 3D content for virtual worlds, the web and mobile.
When:
I’m speaking on December 1, 2010 at 12:00 NOON (PST)
The expo runs from December 1-4, 2010.  See complete schedule here.
Where:
In person: ReactionGrid headquarters in Florida.  See reactiongrid.com for [...]

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Global Illumination: A tutorial

July 15th, 2010 · No Comments · 3D, Tutorials, lighting

Global Illumination (GI) is a computer graphics technique used to create key characteristics of natural lighting.    It simulates the real world by using virtual photons that “bounce” off of surfaces.  GI uses both direct lighting (such as from a CG lamp or sun) and indirect lighting (bounced) and can produce astonishingly [...]

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Maya keyboard shortcuts

May 16th, 2008 · No Comments · 3D, Tools

To verify or change keyboard shortcuts in Autodesk Maya (8.5 and 2008):
Window -> Settings / Preferences -> Hotkey Editor
SNAPPING OPERATIONS

c
Snap to curves

x
Snap to grids

v
Snap to points

j
Move, Rotate, Scale Tool snapping

Shft+J
Move, Rotate, Scale Tool relative snapping

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How to Open the Maya Attribute Editor in a Separate Window

May 16th, 2008 · No Comments · 3D, Tools

These screenshots are from Autodesk Maya 2008.

Select Window -> Settings / Preferences -> Preferences

Under the Categories list on the left, highlight Interface

Set Open Attribute Editor to In separate window

Click the Save button (or use File -> Save Preferences)

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