CGTalk - Maya "art" Shaders

AmateurOne

01-27-2003, 11:38 AM

I'm thinking about getting Maya. One of the factors in that decision is the range of available toon and "art" type shaders. Can anyone point me to a book or other resource that could inform me on this point?

Thanks

Nicool

01-27-2003, 04:29 PM

Look at highend3d.com maya shaders to find great example of shading sytem !:beer:

MasonDoran

01-27-2003, 04:30 PM

for toon shaders...go to highend3d.com to evaluate.

rsalonen

01-28-2003, 07:53 AM

You can create your worn Toon shaders in Maya 4.5 using the new Ramp Shader.
Fairly easy too...

beaker

01-28-2003, 05:46 PM

Expressive Effects:
http://www.algorithmic.com/

AmateurOne

01-28-2003, 07:39 PM

Thanks for all the references. Very useful. Expressive Effects is Kind-of- a-tease though. Truly outstanding effects, and the kind of thing I am looking for. But future-ware for Maya. And if I have to ask the price it usually means I can't afford it. However I am moving closer to deciding on Maya--instead of LW.

Thanks again--great list!

beaker

01-28-2003, 08:17 PM

>>But future-ware for Maya

What do you mean? Its been a shipping product for almost a year.
http://www.algorithmic.com/efx.html

The price is on the order page link:
http://www.algorithmic.com/order.html

for Windows NT4/2000 with nodelock license US $380.00

AmateurOne

01-29-2003, 01:14 AM

Opps! My bad. (But their FAQ is out of date on that--which is as far as I got.) In any case, many thanks for setting me straight on that. That definitely goes on my must have list.

MasonDoran

01-29-2003, 09:19 AM

check out Tomcat Toonshader plugin on highend...has an incredible variety...all passed on paint fx

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