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Dragon Rigging Help

Im working on a dragon, and im having a spot of trouble rigging the wing. ive posted an image following. i want to rig it so that when i move the...

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by happymat27

30-01-2007|09:26 AM

Replies: 3

How to convert Motion Trail to key frames?

I have a cube parented to a skeleton joint. The cube follows this joint in the animation. I want to copy the motion of the cube, un-parent the...

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by mirek03

29-01-2007|10:14 PM

Replies: 5

What foot control is best?

Kurt, this message is intended for you, but I also wanted to get other people's feedback if anyone cares to do so. Anyways, I followed a couple of...

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by joebo

22-01-2007|07:14 AM

Replies: 4

Learning Animation

I wanted to get some input on my first attempts in animation. I'm learning facial rigging right now so I can add that element next. ...

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by joebo

22-01-2007|07:12 AM

Replies: 4

How to "rip wallpaper from the wall"?

Hi there. In my animation the carracter should rip the wallpaper from the wall which reveals another texture. I placed a wall behind the other...

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by CGIJ

17-01-2007|09:14 AM

Replies: 5

Trax editor and multiple clip operaions

Hi there! Is there a way of selecting multiple clips (on one sub character) that have been blended and place in correct position, and copying...

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by Webslinger

12-01-2007|03:06 AM

Replies: 0

animating lights

Sorry for what is probably a stupid question but I am unsure how to go about animating lights. I have a scene where I would like some lights to...

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by happymat27

11-01-2007|03:01 AM

Replies: 1

wierd rig

hey guys i have posted the same problem on the modelling page basically i have a problem that i cnat appear to solve i have a rig and have...

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by younglion

23-12-2006|05:52 AM

Replies: 2

add custom attributes or use Set Driven Keys

going through some tutorials, and it seems that these two more or less do the same thing. am i just confused? in what sort of situation would you...

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by Xander-0

20-12-2006|10:30 PM

Replies: 1

Animation/Rig issue

I think i got a stumper for you guys... My character is fully rigged. all the weights are painted on the smooth bound surfaces and all the pts...

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by epicor

19-12-2006|04:58 PM

Replies: 0

Rigging a monitor(cube like stuffs)

Hi, I just finished modeling and imac and i need to animate it to take steps(from side to side), but am stuck with rigging. Have tried parenting...

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by NeoStrider

16-12-2006|09:49 AM

Replies: 1

How long is one frame in real time

Sorry for such a noob question guys, but, I was wondering, how long is one frame of animation in real time, or how many frames are in a five second...

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by alienscience

13-12-2006|02:49 AM

Replies: 4

Exporting animations?

How do I? According to the help, I export it from the trax editor as a clip or pose, though Im not sure how to make it either a clip or a pose, ive...

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by NeoStrider

26-11-2006|08:55 PM

Replies: 1

Animation clip

I have done my first scene for my animation but when my character is moving, i need him to look as though he is breathing whilst sleeping. Trouble...

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by mr pix.

24-11-2006|02:59 PM

Replies: 3

painting weights

I am very new to this rigging bussiness and have run into a problem with painting the weights on the lower abdomen. I am having trouble with getting...

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by LauriePriest

24-11-2006|06:55 AM

Replies: 4

Keying camera perspective to ortho

I'm trying to animate the look of 3D text animating to 2D. So to do this I'd like to animate the perspective camera. Is it possible to keyframe the...

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by LauriePriest

24-11-2006|06:47 AM

Replies: 1

defomation prob

Ok things are looking ok for the most part with my rig but there are some issues in the shoulder area as well as around the top of the thigh, bum and...

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by Jay

23-11-2006|01:36 AM

Replies: 13

Train Animation

I've created a train animation in Maya. The problem is this; I have 5 cars in my train, and I want to set the first car to the motion path, but I...

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by NeoStrider

06-11-2006|11:26 AM

Replies: 1

rigging problem

I have created a character rig but am having trouble assigning the wrist to the forearm. Basically I would like the forarm to rotate on its own...

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by leonlabyk

05-11-2006|11:12 PM

Replies: 7

how to keyframe a channel with input connection?

got a object which has input connections to xyz-rotation from 2 constraints -> orient and point constraint from 2 locators. is it possible to get rid...

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