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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.

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A newbie needs help with cameras.

So I need help on a few things involving cameras. My assignment was to use our plane that we modeled with poly's and animate it on a motion path(used...

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by BlazednSleepy

12-10-2011|04:00 AM

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Getting Back into maya..... (:

Gezz, haven't been on simply maya in a while, boy has it change. :D Haven't touched maya in about a year, school and social life has been in the way...

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by joverall22

11-10-2011|11:05 PM

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Can you flip a Nurbs surface so it's facing the other way?

I'm using Nurbs planes, and I want to flip it so the "normals" side is the other side? If that makes sense. Is there a way of doing this? Thanks...

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by Emms

11-10-2011|10:00 PM

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R.I.P Steve jobs

Just stumbled upon this very sad news http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/steve-jobs,2-175.html

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by Chirone

11-10-2011|08:09 PM

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Quick way to find tris and ngons?

Okay so try as hard as I might I still end up with tris and multi ngons after hours of modeling trying my best to avoid them. I know I will get...

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by joverall22

11-10-2011|03:38 PM

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Russell Crowe as Jor-El

Looks good - ...

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by Gen

11-10-2011|02:32 PM

Replies: 7

ILM Halloween Invite Video

Time Lapse Video of the 2011 ILM Halloween Party Invite - YouTube cool Jay

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by bullet1968

11-10-2011|03:09 AM

Replies: 8

I feel mentally handicapped.

Been working on this project for a week now.. no problems.. but now I cannot switch to X-Ray mode! FOR THE LIFE OF ME I NEED XRAY MODE. :D ...

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by stwert

10-10-2011|09:33 PM

Replies: 3

Post Cleanup Tool triangles??

Here is a picture of my character model after using the cleanup tool. Everything was quaded but now looks to be a bunch of triangles. Im sure this is...

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by santanajade

10-10-2011|08:58 PM

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Which Version of Maya Do I Need?

I've been doing some tutorials and getting the basics down in Maya 2008 for game development/polygonal work. I won '08 for free a while back in a...

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by OneAdamLeft

10-10-2011|01:30 PM

Replies: 11

Mental Ray -help on the way???

Hey all a friend of mine just linked me to this bit of gossip..... Looks like help is on the way for Mental Ray ...

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by NextDesign

06-10-2011|11:51 PM

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Duel versions of MAYA possible?

HI Forum. Is it possible to have two different operating years of MAYA on my hard drive and use them independently of each other? In other words a...

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by ctbram

06-10-2011|03:14 PM

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HELP xD my file is down :(

hi all, omg, my file is down and i didnt save realy long time :), or i resaved all the time :( and now its down.. i cant it open or import. its...

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by THExDUKE

06-10-2011|07:08 AM

Replies: 7

just a few questions

hi there just hoping someone can answer a few queries i have :) 1. is there anyway to make the faces on a sphere a uniform size?? instead of the...

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by chilledoutredhead

05-10-2011|11:20 PM

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Bridge issue MAYA 2012-Advice please

HI Forum. Great place and I am so glad I found yet another resource for my immersion into MAYA. Will definitely be checking out the tutorials and...

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by TravisCowsill

05-10-2011|02:46 PM

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Could all my fellow Maya artist help

Hi all, Could you kindly visit this Facebook page and like my daughters picture. It's for a competition. http://alturl.com/p4h9w Thanks so...

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by clearairstudios

04-10-2011|09:07 AM

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fastest easiest way to model

Is the 'drag vertices to match a 2d image' still the preferred way to model say a human figure? I heard using mudbox was faster but wouldn't that be...

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by THExDUKE

04-10-2011|07:28 AM

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A simple question about the extrude tool

Hi everyone! I was wondering if there is an option which seperates the extrude operation when you have multiple faces selected in Maya 2012. You...

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by JoshuaS

03-10-2011|09:19 PM

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Polygons turning transparent?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/angel_or_devil28/tempMaya1.jpg Polygons become transparent after extrude, and the only way I have found to...

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by floey

03-10-2011|03:08 AM

Replies: 3

MeasureTool not accurate

Hi People, maybe one of you knows how to higher or cure the accuracy issue of my Measure tool this because i am building a animation where i...

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by Jay

02-10-2011|09:42 PM

Replies: 7

Probleme to clean my mesh

:help: Hello, I begin with Maya 2012; on the picture attached you can see my first mesh (a fox snout)... which is not perfect ! When I smooth it,...

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by ctbram

02-10-2011|09:41 PM

Replies: 9

Anyone have experience dealing with bald faced hornets?

Me and my girlfriend are both allergic to them, and today I came across a few inside on my way out for a smoke. We've had a few before, kill one...

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by Acid44

02-10-2011|03:12 PM

Replies: 14

UVs transform

I would like to ask you how can I copy some UV's from one object to another. Lets say that I've got 4 same models and one of them is mapped as well....

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