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ALERT: Sound bursts from loose mic cable. Keep volume low-ish (sorry) How to turn on transparency in the Arnold toon shader (transmission and specular set to 1). Also how to use a boolean to make a level surface.

In this video we look at three ways to animate a cut-out hole in a cross-section model. Booleans, aiClipGeo, and the sculpt deformer are used separately to create similar effects. Think a vacuole moving through a cross-section of cytoplasm. This is a very simplified scenario, but the techniques can be adapted to other, more complex scenes.

bifrost mash

A quick method for drawing strokes around 3D renders in After Effects. This will work for renders from any 3D software, but if you have an object ID or Cryptomatte pass you will have more options.

nCloth can be used for many things in Maya: not just simulations. Here we look at a way to use nCloth to turn a complex shape into a sphere. Then we use it as a blend shape target.

Making growing, branching models in Maya is not easy. With the Bifrost Graph, we have more options.

Making growing, branching models in Maya is not easy. With the Bifrost Graph, we have more options.

Making growing, branching models in Maya is not easy. With the Bifrost Graph, we have more options.

This is a pretty simple technique to create a cell division animation. It relies on shrinkwrap, blendshapes, and timing.

An interesting challenge: how to make a fishing net in Maya. This method combines nCloth, texturing, MASH, and light effects. In part one we focus on MASH.

An interesting challenge: how to make a fishing net in Maya. This method combines nCloth, texturing, MASH, and light effects. In part one we focus on lighting.

An interesting challenge: how to make a fishing net in Maya. This method combines nCloth, texturing, MASH, and light effects. In part one we focus on nCloth.

An interesting challenge: how to make a fishing net in Maya. This method combines nCloth, texturing, MASH, and light effects. In part one we focus on curves and textures.

Just a simple way to add variety to a crowd of simple characters in After Effects. Shapes, nulls, precomps.

Make a Puzzle in Maya (and Illustrator)

Making (and controlling) an animated grainy texture in After Effects

shape layer satellite

Make a simple atom in After Effects

Compositing Internal Organs: from Maya to After Effects

Light AOVs in Maya and After Effects

Making Neon Lights in Maya: Lighting AOVs in After Effects

Animate DNA with Mash in Maya

Test tube and rack modelling

Nodes, attributes, and construction history in Maya

The Many Menus of Maya

After Effects Shots to Premiere Pro

mixshader

Mash actin - double helix

nCloth Bubble and blendshapes in Maya