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Problems with painting weight

Hi, I'm kind of a newbie on the Maya platform, but I've made a few models before, and I've been introduced to rigging and IK. Now, I've made a...

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by arnegevaert

21-11-2012|07:06 PM

Replies: 2

strange transparency toggling in maya 2013

Hey guys, I am transitioning to maya 2013 and I am having a strange issue with transparency toggling for no apparent reason when I apply a...

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by NextDesign

20-11-2012|02:14 AM

Replies: 8

Problem opening a Maya 2012 file in Maya 2013

I did all my work in Maya 2012 and now when I try to open it in Maya 2013 I can't do anything. It just opens up, but I can't play my animation. Is...

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by NextDesign

20-11-2012|12:35 AM

Replies: 1

Textures and alphas

Doing a project for Uni, I am trying to build up some foliage in my scene I am using a tif file with an alpha channel, I attached the texture to...

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by mr_mayagi

18-11-2012|08:00 PM

Replies: 5

Problem with the move tool

Hey guys, When i try and move something on an axis with the move tool, it doesnt give me free movement, but it moves it on that axis by a set...

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by stwert

17-11-2012|08:35 PM

Replies: 2

Rendering is black?

Hey guys, I'm fairly new to Maya. I screwed up with hypershading, and have to mass delete a LOT of pasted blinns and colours I never knew I...

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by stwert

16-11-2012|10:26 PM

Replies: 9

Problems with the Create a Polygon tool

When I try to use this tool, I can't see the little dots that I should to make the outline of the shape. I just have to click without seeing anything...

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by daverave

12-11-2012|07:51 PM

Replies: 2

Open Source Texture Painting / Mudbox Install

Other then blender, is there another open source program that runs in linux that can be used for texture painting, that is good? I know Mari and...

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by dustykhan

07-11-2012|04:37 PM

Replies: 5

Mac Book Pro and Maya 2013

Hello Maya users, this is my second thread on this site. I'm from Holland, so there will be some writing errors, sorry :( From the start off...

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by David

05-11-2012|10:19 AM

Replies: 1

Mental Ray Render Engine Disappeared?

I'm currently working with Blinn objects and I've come across a seemingly simple-fix error: Mental Ray is not displayed as a render option. The three...

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by Gen

31-10-2012|04:32 AM

Replies: 1

Issues with tools

Hello everyone, i'm learning to use maya 2013 only a few weeks. I have a problem with the tools: move rotate and scale. When i select my polygon the...

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by daverave

27-10-2012|10:49 AM

Replies: 1

Playing aroung with lighting and now I get this error...

// Error: file: /usr/autodesk/maya/scripts/AETemplates/AEspotLightTemplate.mel line 79: Object 'spotLightPreviewPort1' not found. Im not sure if...

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by zestken

26-10-2012|09:04 PM

Replies: 6

Corrupted File

I was working on my modelling doing the animations, i went to save it and then maya closed down. Next time i opened my work it says the file is...

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by asamad

26-10-2012|10:41 AM

Replies: 1

HELP! Color abnormality on rendering from fr to fr!

Hello, guys! The colours in my textures change randomly from frame to frame! I triyed to change the shader (now it's a mentalRay shader...

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by danielmartins

24-10-2012|09:30 AM

Replies: 5

PC freezes when using maya fluids

my pc specs cpu - amd fx 8150 8 core processor, 3.6ghz ram - 8gb graphics card - nvidia geforce 560 Pc and maya works fine but whenever i try...

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by 423104

19-10-2012|03:34 PM

Replies: 4

maya lagging | Page: 1 2 3

Hi greetings i facing a problem which is while i am modeling or texturing in maya software at the meantime the maya keeping lagging i wonder what...

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by MakingPicsSlowly

19-10-2012|11:18 AM

Replies: 39

Turning off Select region

Hey guys im using a new vershion of maya and have activated select region some how and when i select a vert to move. I can make the region small and...

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by Kurt

15-10-2012|12:37 AM

Replies: 1

how do i make both sides shine?

is there a way for me to make both sides on the picture i uploaded give off a shine? the background is set to dark/black and i added a light, but it...

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by r3m1x

14-10-2012|10:12 PM

Replies: 5

building a computer for maya

i'm building a hackintosh computer and want to build the fastest computer possible for running maya. does the speed/rending of my depend only on the...

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by NextDesign

14-10-2012|05:49 AM

Replies: 1

Zbrush UV/Polypaint issues? UV Map messes up before export?

Hello. I am having troubles exporting the polypaint map from Zbrush to be imported into Maya? The map is perfect when I haven't touched a thing or...

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by daverave

10-10-2012|03:59 PM

Replies: 2

Blank hyperhade and render settings PLEASE HELP!

I have tried everything i can find to get them back to default and nothing seems to work! For some reson only the menu along the top is visible on...

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by dustykhan

09-10-2012|11:33 PM

Replies: 9

key frames transparency on an object?

i'm trying to add transparency on an object by adding key frames on the time slider. i can't figure out how to do it though. can someone help me out...

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by r3m1x

09-10-2012|12:06 AM

Replies: 0

rendering TGA file to .avi?

does anyone know if this can be done with composite 2013 that comes with maya? i've never used composite before, so i have no idea on how to render a...

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by r3m1x

06-10-2012|10:10 PM

Replies: 2

Selecting Control Vertices

Hi Guys Not sure what I'm doing wrong, or if it is a setting somewhere, but in Maya 2012, When I have a bunch of splines, and I just want to Move...

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by Gen

04-10-2012|04:14 AM