If you ever have to hand off a scene to another artist with maybe less familiarity in Maya and you want to make sure certain objects are locked off and cannot be deleted, sometimes its not enough to hide them, asset them, type in huge bold letters DONT DELETE!!!! or whatever your flavor. Instead, select your object and run this little python script to lock your object from being deleted
Read MoreCreate gamma correct node script
As mentioned in the previous post on vray linear workflow settings, here is a quick script that will automatically create a .454 gamma correct node to correct your swatches
Read MoreVray for Maya Linear Workflow quick settings
Linear workflow theory has been covered extensively pretty much anywhere on the internet. The purpose of this guide is to lay out the basic linear workflow settings for Vray to get started without the need to get too deep into the theory
Read MoreIntro nonsense
So I started this blog as a place to dump all the knowledge of annoying fixes, things that shouldn't break but do, and ridiculous hoops to jump through that I run across on a daily basis as a lead 3D/technical artist. Some technical, some not, but mostly will be Maya Vray Houdini and Nuke tips and tricks and solutions to annoying problems. Hopefully there is something useful in here to make you not want to punch yourself in the face so often while working in VFX.
Cheers