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video is rending in black in white instead of color

I have colors and everything in this scene ive made into a movie but when i rendered it in video form it is all in black in white how can i fix this

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by jsprogg

24-01-2012|05:21 PM

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Only select points on facing side of object

I've found how to set the polygon selection (back face culling) so that when you select faces you aren't selecting unseen faces elsewhere (seriously,...

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by djwaterman

24-01-2012|08:59 AM

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painting weights with new vertex

Hi, i am using maya 2011. When i have skinned my character and started painting weights, i realised that when i added new edge loops, i cant paint...

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by bullet1968

24-01-2012|04:15 AM

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Tyre Tread With Boolean, Help PLz | Page: 1 2

Hi everyone. I'm trying to make tron Bike. but I'm facing problem with modeling Tyre tread , I know it works with bump-map. but If I do it with...

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by Gen

24-01-2012|01:37 AM

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I want to make glowing eyes

I have been designing robot for a while now and i want his eyes to glow green like he has power but nothing i do works can anybody give me a tutorial

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by Gen

23-01-2012|11:33 PM

Replies: 4

Your Ideal Maya Tutorial

Hey guys! Basically, I'm physcially designing and making a 3D graphics tutorial book for an A-Level college course project. I'm currently in the...

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by SlimJimmi

23-01-2012|10:22 PM

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Stitch UV or not? Uv layout puzzle ! | Page: 1 2

Hey there people ! I used Headus UV layout for an ongoing project. The piece i used caused some folding and ovelapping problems when i tried to...

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by goggles

23-01-2012|09:58 PM

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Red metal shin color preset is there a way to make it so it has the color you want

i want to make a shiny blue metal as one of my colors but when i change the color to blue it is a blue but when light reflects off the surface the...

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by daverave

23-01-2012|06:08 PM

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Setting a bunch of points to zero?

I'm trying to find the correct way to set the XYZ value of a bunch of points, or edge and faces for that matter. Basically if Ive cut an object in...

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by djwaterman

23-01-2012|04:17 PM

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Just a little hello!

Hi guys, Most of you probably don't even know who I am as I haven't been very active here in the past few years. Anyway, I thought I'd drop by and...

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by David

23-01-2012|04:03 PM

Replies: 2

Percentages not showing for Interactive PolySplit

All, Just joined.. looks like a great site. Will be contributing more and more as I get more advanced in Maya. I'm doing some tutorials. I...

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by gubar

23-01-2012|03:41 PM

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Is there a way to render and keep it in high quality mode in the render

the renders always render in low quality is there a way to make it render in high quality

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by NetworkSystems

23-01-2012|03:08 PM

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Maya Image planes HELP.

Hey guys, i really need your help. I am trying to set up images planes in photoshop, and then set up inside in Maya 2012 for modeling. I am trying...

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by Maximiliano

23-01-2012|11:59 AM

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specularity noise

Hi i wanted to shatter the specularity by using a noise map but i am not sure where to plug it in? I am using a blinn and a phong material.

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by jsprogg

23-01-2012|05:02 AM

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Rigging Help

Hello, I am new to Maya and was having some trouble with my "character" rigging. I'm kind of making a rectangle/cube shaped character and trying to...

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by AnujSuper9

22-01-2012|03:36 PM

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Work Time

Is there any way to find out how long you've worked on a file for, or do you have to keep track of that yourself? EDIT: Just figured out that I...

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by goggles

21-01-2012|04:49 PM

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Maya 2012 32 selection problems

Hello All I posted this in the wrong place but i think now its where it should be: when it to select objects, i don't get the selection box,...

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by Gen

21-01-2012|03:31 AM

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Disabling double sided rendering?

I have a model of a room with bunch of furniture in it and just found out that disabling double sided rendering will speed up the render. Now, I can...

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by nov2011

20-01-2012|07:44 PM

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When trying to render only getting a blank render window

I render and the window appears with no errors and all the tools but it is a blank screen how do i fix this

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by stwert

19-01-2012|05:34 PM

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Combining two shaders into one

I'm not entirely sure if this question makes sense but is there anyway in Maya to combine two shaders into one? Basically, rather than baking...

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by elephantinc

19-01-2012|05:22 PM

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What Map size is Right?!?!? 1k 2k or 4k

Questions everyone and I think is of interest of the majority! "Maybe" I screen cap this image. Though is a small image, but I wonder, if I am to...

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by cgisoul

19-01-2012|01:27 PM

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Mask selection

Hi my selecting mask has gone gaga, When I go to select verts and drag across an area it selects objects in background as well. I have reset...

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by bullet1968

19-01-2012|02:15 AM

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RENDER VIEW NOT WORKING PLZ HELP!

below is a picture of the render window and the error i recieve when trying any render command

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by nov2011

18-01-2012|06:51 PM

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How to change direction of camera rotation?

I set a camera in middle of the room and have it go around... so let's say it starts on angle 0 on fr1 and goes to 359 on fr200. But when I set the...

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by nov2011

17-01-2012|02:50 AM

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How to cutout a cube inside a cube help please

hey i was woundering how do you cutout a hole in a polygon cube help would be much apprieciated

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by nov2011

16-01-2012|08:44 PM