Ambient Occlusion in Maya

Please watch this in HD!
This is a tutorial for a way of rendering that is used by many users of 3D, ambient occlusion, actually not really a way of rendering, more of a way of shading your models.
This is how to do it in maya, which isn't quite as obvious at first but when you get the hang of it it feels like second nature.

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[Yrgen2]

geezz quite a mouth on this one... I'll redo this tutorial and shorten it to 2 minutes..

[SebastianK94]

@Yrgen2 Reading annotations at the start of the video must be real tough for you, I hope you'll manage because the obvious pain it's bringing you is also making you look like an idiot.

[Yrgen2]

@SebastianK94 You are/were a swedish nerd with a hyperactivity disorder or possibly adhd. Thats why this was painfull to watch. I missed the annotations in the beginning. I hope you've calmed your nerves down over the years then.

[SebastianK94]

@Yrgen2 <3

[proflolsworthy]

I can't thank you enough for this tutorial... For the best part of last year I scoured the web for AO tutorials, and wept. Time after time I watched Maya spit out a mostly white, grainy images - before crashing about half way through the render. Finally the obfuscation is over, It's flipping simple... I new it would be! Again, thank you from the deepest pit of my soul (which is now nicely illuminated with an AO node).

[SebastianK94]

Hah, no problem. :)

[XenOfOrrinoco]

Awesome thanks you saved my bacon... well... if you class a degree as bacon

[Blankchilde88]

I have a test and this is on it, thanks!

[sickman19]

thanks men!! from chile!

[caguro]

awesome!!! thank you so much!!

[fittslickarna]

Thanks alot, great explaining!

[dim533]

I dropped at 5:54 because I have a trackpad. Also because I could not understand what you were saying. Please upload tutorials where you speak clear + slow :)