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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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constraining a cluster to a vertex ????

I have a curve with 5 clusters attached, and these clusters I wanna contraint to 5 vertices, one per cluster, on a polysurface which should result in...

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by mtmckinley

07-11-2003|02:19 PM

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Keyframes help?

Hi everyone, I have a question on keyframes...in my scene I am going to have two characters, and I'm near done rigging the first as well as that the...

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by CyberAL

06-11-2003|11:30 PM

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walk help

hi, I'm animating my t. rex, and I'm using the technique demonstrated in the Maya character animation book, group the ik handles in the feet to add...

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by Kurt

06-11-2003|04:34 PM

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extend time of animation

I have an animation set up of a mobile phone that opens and then rings etc etc. Anyway I feel that the animation is too quick. All the action...

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by slickrenderer

05-11-2003|09:33 PM

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BlendShape Question?

:confused: I modeled a gun. I would like to animate it morphing into a gun from something like a sphere. I have tried to do this already using...

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by dligocki

05-11-2003|06:33 PM

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Playblast question:

When I am making playblasts of my animations, I am able to do it succesfully the first time but the second (and every other time) it only renders the...

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by olivermagno

03-11-2003|04:35 PM

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connecting low-rez to hi-rez

Hello, I'm trying to connect my hi-rez character to my low-rez character. I know i have to connect the in mesh of one to the out mesh of the...

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by Witchy

02-11-2003|12:21 AM

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Skinned normals on refferenced model turn black when deformed.. help!!

Hi. I have a rather urgent problem with a character that I'm rigging: I have the model in a separate scene, that is refferenced into the...

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by Chris_H

01-11-2003|11:10 PM

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car animation technics..

hi... i was trying to make animation of car moving along a road..i have done it but the problem is..it doesnt looks real :mad: it looks like the...

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by bytes

01-11-2003|06:35 PM

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How to Rig Gun Holster

I am trying to figure out a good way to rig a gun holster. The holster goes to the mid section of his thigh. I would love to make it move when his...

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by theaps

01-11-2003|05:17 PM

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Blend Shape Body Parts

I am not sure how one can do this so I thought I'd ask! Thing is I have noticed that when most people do blend shape they have modeled the head of...

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by gazzamataz

30-10-2003|10:36 AM

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trax editor and referenced characters

Ok here's the problem: When I want to create a clip in the trax editor and transfer the animation to another character with the same attributes in...

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by olivermagno

28-10-2003|11:55 PM

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Grouping Polys, Skeltons, and IK's

I have a crab leg I need to duplicate and rotate a little to make the 6 leggs of a Blue Crab. I have the one leg finished, with it's skeleton, and an...

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by Exdaix

28-10-2003|08:59 PM

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Frames per second question

I realize that video uses 30 fps, how do I go about changing to that in maya (i believe the default is 25) also will my animation be retimed if it...

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by patrickm

28-10-2003|06:24 PM

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noob here: need help,starting animating

Helo everyone! So far i have been modelling and now I would like to try myself at animating. I have searched for tutorials and there are lots of...

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by howardporter

28-10-2003|01:03 AM

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Noob question about deletion of blendShapes. +

Hi People. A simple question about blendshapes. When rigging a character I have always been advised to delete my blendShape targets before...

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by Ice Queen

24-10-2003|06:58 PM

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Animated Cigarette Smoke

anyone know how to make animated cigarette smoke?

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by Ice Queen

24-10-2003|06:50 PM

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Referencing characters with FUR

I've created a character with "fur" hair and need to reference it into several scenes. Referencing him in seems to work just fine, but the fur...

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by jsimpson

23-10-2003|02:48 PM

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moving an entire rigg?

How would i go about moving an entire character already rigged? I know in max it was done quite easily. I could have grouped the leg, arm, and root...

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by jsimpson

23-10-2003|02:46 PM

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flow path object - HELP

I'm having difficulty trying to successfully set up a flow path object. In a nutshell, I have a simple piece of geometry (an arrow) that I need to...

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by mcbain

21-10-2003|05:23 AM

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facial phenmones and expressions

hello.... i was wondering if i could get some help on an animation short that i'm working on. Basically i have a character and am currently working...

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by skyzeyez

19-10-2003|05:22 PM

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rigging/group/blend problem

Hi all. I'm trying to Duplicate polygons that are grouped together in a Group. The polygons are a single mesh character, teeth and tongue. The...

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