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Air Stream for Maya 2014

Posted on May 21, 2013 by sitexgraphics

The latest archive of the Air Stream plug-in for Maya includes builds for Maya 2014. Air Stream works well with the latest version of Maya, but you may need to perform one additional installation step if you wish Air Stream … Continue reading →

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Fake Carpet shader

Posted on April 8, 2013 by sitexgraphics

Air 12.09 introduces a new FakeCarpet surface shader that turns a simple rectangle into a patch of fuzzy carpet.  The carpet effect is produced by ray tracing a virtual field of carpet fibers inside the surface shader; no additional geometry … Continue reading →

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Fast spherical lights

Posted on September 28, 2012 by sitexgraphics

A spherical light source can provide more realistic illumination than a traditional point light because it gives the light an actual size and shape.  The usual way to render a sphere light is to use an area light shader with … Continue reading →

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