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Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

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Animating a car

What is the best way to animate a car in a city??? Please answer me...

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by vladimirjp

29-05-2004|07:30 PM

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I need help making my motion path smoother

I'm animating a camera along a motion path that spans 270 frames. As you can se by the pic attached I have sections where the motion is slowing down....

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by Rubberkidney

29-05-2004|07:02 PM

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walk/run cycles

I have built my first character and he is ready to be animated for the most part, but im looking ahead and trying to think whats the best way to...

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by Rubberkidney

29-05-2004|05:54 AM

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ik handles

i am a beginner and i am having a lot of problems in setting options in the inter face can any one plz guide me to know well about all the settings...

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by siva

29-05-2004|01:41 AM

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moving machine parts

im trying to animate a clip of moving and interacting machine parts with the trax editor, but when i animate any clip, it will only play in the...

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by Rubberkidney

26-05-2004|06:01 AM

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Blend shapes as Influence Objects in Smooth Bind?

Is it possible? I can get the influence objects' scale to affect the skin, but changing the influence objects' shape has no effect. Basically, what...

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by dannyngan

25-05-2004|05:56 PM

Replies: 2

Key problems.. see pic

I am going back and cleaning up my keys but for some reason i have duplicates in my time line i try to get rid of the but they keep comming back,...

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by kassun

25-05-2004|05:36 PM

Replies: 2

Different-sized joints on same rig?

Like say I have a normal size character with some very small appendages. Small joints would be too small relative to the rest of the character, but...

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by Rubberkidney

24-05-2004|10:53 PM

Replies: 1

Swaying Objects

I have these stork things that I have modeled and I want them to sway as if in a breeze. I was just wondering how that would be done, would it...

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by MutatedHelix

24-05-2004|07:51 PM

Replies: 8

walk_test

Feedback please.

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by MutatedHelix

24-05-2004|07:46 PM

Replies: 3

IK Handle as Attractors

(Just open the attachment if for a clearer explanation. Open it, and u'll uderstand.) When I try to create Attractors for Fur Animation, the IK...

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by dannyngan

19-05-2004|03:31 PM

Replies: 3

Trouble Mirroring Skin Weights

I painted the skin weights on the left arm of my character, then I tried mirroring them onto the right arm and everything seemed to work fine....

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by Kurt

18-05-2004|07:55 PM

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Bicycle...double pivot problem

I would like to have any and all suggestions, regarding the following problem. I have a bike model. It will be animated doing both front and back...

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by jezzaH

18-05-2004|05:01 PM

Replies: 3

Squash and stretch with Skele

Hello, I'm about to start rigging a spherical character. I was thinking I'd put the basic skeleton in there, but I'd also like it if his body did...

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by kal

16-05-2004|10:53 PM

Replies: 2

Additive animation

Hello all, Can anyone tell me if additive animation is possible within Maya. What I mean is, if you take a walk cycle and repeat it over say 500...

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by doodle

14-05-2004|06:59 PM

Replies: 2

Smooth Bind vs Rigid Bind

Is there any rule of thumb to determine what kind of binding to use? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

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by Alan

10-05-2004|08:33 AM

Replies: 2

Moving keys!

Hi all, you please tell me how I can move my keys in the Graph editor, I need to move the selected keys to the right by a few seconds but I cant...

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by Matic666

10-05-2004|07:58 AM

Replies: 1

Improving walk cycles

Hey Everybody, I'm trying to improve the quality of the walk cycles I make. Does anyone know of any sources that I could look at that have tips on...

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by Gun-Kata

30-04-2004|05:27 PM

Replies: 2

shirt tutotial-kurt

Hey kurt the cloth/shirt turorial was great, im workin on a girl, she wears a kimono outfit, any advice on layered cloth? Also why do you prefer...

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by Kurt

30-04-2004|03:07 PM

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Object appearance.

hi, I'm trying to make a movie in which an object will apear in the middle. for example: a ball that will appear first at frame number 10. I...

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by NightPhantom

25-04-2004|06:37 PM

Replies: 1

prop. Motion Blur?

I modelled a Pup ww1 fighter, and I started animating it. I hit a wall when I came to animating the prop. I need it to look like its spinning very...

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by Bingbiggen

20-04-2004|08:12 PM

Replies: 2

A matter of direction

Hi people! My doubt is the following: I was animating my object in a way I setted 2 keys using only one axis to rotate it. From the first key...

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by said

17-04-2004|05:19 AM

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IK Spline Prob.

I'm in the process of making a skeleton for my character that I've created. The problem that I have is that when I'm done applying a spline IK to the...

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by carrot juice

16-04-2004|01:29 AM

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Animating a book

I am wanting to animate a magazine book paging through. What is the best method? Thanks

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by train_ucl

08-04-2004|05:32 PM

Replies: 4

Changing Shaders

I want to make it so when I get to a certian frame in my animation, a shader on an object changes to a different shader. I tried keyframing it, but...

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