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Vray IOR – Index Of Refractions Values

Hi there,

I want to share this list , I think that helps a lot when tried to found right reflections/refractions on Vray materials.

A lot of 3d applications these days allow you to input actual IOR values in order to achieve a more accurate representation of surfaces during rendering of your 3d models.

The fresnel IOR and IOR are actually linked in V-ray because this is how the materials work in real life. It means that if a material has an IOR of 3 then so is its fresnel IOR as well.

fresnel-ior_reflection-glossiness-matrix

Material IOR Values:

Acetone 1.36
Actinolite 1.618
Agalmatoite 1.550 (more…)

By Adriano Sanna, 8 yearsOctober 19, 2016 ago

AS Wireframeit! script tool for Maya

Hi there, I want to share with you a script tool that I’m working on , it still in beta version but soon I’ll release a clean version . Mainly I did this script to help 3d artists to visualize and render wireframe as object , so what it does is Read more…

By Adriano Sanna, 8 yearsOctober 14, 2016 ago

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Earth 3d model for motiongraphics

Simple Earth 3d model mainly designed for motion graphics and animation. Static 3d model // available formats : OBJ / FBX / Maya / 3dsMax Animated 3d model with unfold FX // available formats: FBX / Maya / 3dsMax available on: https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/space/planet/earth-low-poly-animated-unfold-fx https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/space/planet/earth-low-poly-3dmodel

By Adriano Sanna, 8 years ago

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Maya adding a messagebox when file was opened

Hi there, just want to share the following code to create a welcome message when your files was opened. string $mel = “confirmDialog -m \”You’ve loaded the scene!\”;evalDeferred(\”OutlinerWindow\”)”;string $SN = `scriptNode -scriptType 2 -bs $mel`; If you have any question do not esitate to contact me! Cheers!

By Adriano Sanna, 8 yearsOctober 11, 2016 ago

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AS populate // update 0.7.0

version updates v.0.7.0 – Edit refereces random scale integers bug fixed , now you can insert float values. – minor bug fixes I did this script tool to help artists to place assets on specific surface/area.it references asset to the current scene using two methods:– by creating locators on Read more…

By Adriano Sanna, 8 yearsOctober 7, 2016 ago

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Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana – “Colosseo Quadrato” 3d model

low-mid poly 3d model that I realized . Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana is an icon of Fascist architecture. Decidedly inspired by the 2000 year old elliptical amphitheatre, the Colosseum, Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana was intended by Benito Mussolini as a celebration of the older Roman landmark. The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, also Read more…

By Adriano Sanna, 8 yearsSeptember 28, 2016 ago

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Maya Tutorial – Animating a walkcycle

Download the rig used in this lesson : Leggy rig (MAYA 2016) (keep in mind to don’t use Leggy rig for any commercial project) This tutorial is for an intermediate audience that have the knowledge of Maya basic interface and animation tools. In this lesson I shown a complete workflow that introduce Read more…

By Adriano Sanna, 9 yearsMay 9, 2016 ago

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How to unlock and delete persp camera inside Maya

How many time did you try to delete camera in Maya’s scene and what you get is just this error?? Non-deletable node ‘perspShape’ cannot be deleted. // Non-deletable node ‘persp’ cannot be deleted. // I did this simple MEL script to unlock camera node and delete it… (You must to Read more…

By Adriano Sanna, 9 yearsApril 26, 2016 ago

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Vray – tip & tricks // rendering using viewport smoothing subdivision “3”

A lot of people as first approch using Vray with Maya found difficult to undestand why Vray doesn’t render with the smoothing viewport (“3”) … Well just check the “Render viewport sudvision” box , but this tends to skyrocket the render times so you must to setup a couple of Read more…

By Adriano Sanna, 9 yearsFebruary 6, 2016 ago

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Skinning Converter

Here is a short demo of the Skinning Converter by Hans Godard. The algorithm is creating Bones, Bones Animations and Skinning Maps. Impressive , congrats Hans!

By Adriano Sanna, 9 yearsDecember 16, 2015 ago