Author: Antonio Bosi

Airplane Animation and 3D Render in Maya (Cessna 182 Skyliner II)

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This 3D video render animation has been made for the movie “Cortona 70s. Bischeri a mano armata. Il Manufatto”.

We needed a scene where you could see the flight of an airplane piloted by a somewhat crazy and inexperienced pilot to support the comic dialogue that takes place inside the plane.

I made the 3d model of the Cessna 182 skylane 2 airplane using Autodesk Maya, then I painted the materials to make it realistic as much as possible. Then I came back in Maya to animated the airplane in this kind of crazy way.

The environment consist of 3D VDB animated clouds for Maya, created with the help of Bifrost. The light setup are done inside Maya and rendered with Arnold Render.

You can find my Cessna airplane 3d model at CGtrader:
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Monnalisa commercial Special Effects and renders: 2021 Spring Summer collection

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In this commercial I had use special effects and particle systems that allowed us to build this magical world using mixed 2D and 3D techniques to create special effects that enveloped the girls. Monnalisa Magic World Spring/Summer 2021 have been a very challenging but fun work to do.

Maya, nParticles and Arnold render were the main tools used.

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Realistic Interior Render in Maya: Animated Lights

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This is a realistic interior render made in Autodesk Maya using animated lights. The standard technique of interior render in Maya have been integrated with various lighting sources to make possible the realistic render. The modeling in Maya have been made using poligons and nurbs surfaces. The whole video render have been outputted by Mental Ray for Maya.

(Realistic Render of an interior render kitchen with Autodesk Maya and Mental Ray) 

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Clouds in Mental Ray Physical Sun and Sky

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Clouds in Mental Ray Physical Sun and Sky tutorial

In this Free Maya Tutorial we are going to take a look at an effective and quite simple technique to achieve realistic clouds in Mental Ray Physical Sun and Sky inside Maya. Adding clouds can greatly increase the appeal of your renders. If you want to do realistic exterior renders in Maya and Mental Ray you can’t miss this article!

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CATEGORY: Maya render, Mental Ray Render

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VRay Vs Corona: interior render comparison, speed test and review

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VRay Vs Corona: interior render comparison, test and speed benchmark

There's much attention around a pretty new render engine: Corona Render. A lot of  users are migrating from Vray to Corona render, due to its simplicity and a mixed biased/unbiased physically accurate render engine. In this article I'll show you an interior render Vray vs Corona comparison, are you ready to see the fight between these two contenders? 

TYPE: maya guide
CATEGORY:  Corona Render, VRay Render, VRay vs Corona

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V-Ray Vs Mental Ray: which is the best render engine?

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V-Ray vs Mental ray: render comparison speed benchmark

The good old Mental Ray did some big steps toward modernization with the 2017 release. Now it has a more efficient IPR, a brand-new GI engine (GI Next) and a more user-friendly interface. On the other hand the render engine market is full of CPU and GPU alternatives to Mental Ray, but the oldest and most feared competitor is still V-Ray. Who wins the render engine battle V-Ray VS Mental Ray 2017?

TYPE: maya guide
CATEGORY:  Render Maya, Mental Ray, VRay Render, VRay vs Mental Ray

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Create Carpet in Maya Free Tutorial

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Free Maya tutorial: Create carpet in Maya

Autodesk Maya has many powerful tools to create your own carpet. I find simple way to make a rug in Maya that is also compatible with any render engine. In this free Maya tutorial we will see a simple and effective tecnique to build your own realistic carpet in Maya and Mental Ray using polygon modeling, mental ray proxies and simple mel scripting. Enjoy the carpet creation in Maya!

TYPE: Free maya tutorial
CATEGORY: Modeling, Render Maya, render Mental Ray

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