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Maya 2020 fundamentals - modelling the real world

Get halfway through a model and find it's an unworkable mess? Can't add edge loops where you need them? Can't subdivide a mesh properly? If any of this sounds familiar check this course out.

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Came across this cool animation blog today.

has anyone seen these clips before? I'm impressed by the rigs. http://www.3dappealblog.com/2011/06/animschool-new-student-webcast.html#comments

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by agktran

13-07-2011|08:02 PM

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how did simply maya save your life??

well in my case, i hadnt had much to do with maya for a while as the $$$ vs eye loss was a drag. Then i got work as art director at the Barossa Film...

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by mirek03

13-07-2011|05:23 AM

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dimensions

Hi, got Maya 2009 I want to make several objects the same height but even if they are both set to 20 they are different heights I assume due to...

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by Lamosa

13-07-2011|12:38 AM

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Help with Duplication

I am trying to duplicate something and there is supposed to be a or at least used to be a duplicate command called "Duplicate Upstream Graph"...

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by Gen

12-07-2011|12:24 PM

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Kailani Williams has been born | Page: 1 2 3

Hi to all my mates out there. Well it was a mad dash at 0400 this morning, cutting red lights...exceeding the speed limit...wife wailing in pain,...

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by bullet1968

12-07-2011|02:40 AM

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how to cleanup mesh?

hello, i have a problem: when i'am trying to use the booleans operation (difference) to cut holes in my geometry it delete the whole selected area....

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by ssd160

11-07-2011|07:17 PM

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edge loop problem

When I try to insert an edge loop on this object it seems to be working fine, then it messes up over the last few faces. Inserting the loop from the...

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by se7enhedd

11-07-2011|02:34 PM

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UV stretching/warping on UV edge

Hello Everyone, I've been searching around Google for a while now but I just can't work out how to fix this problem with the UV edges warping for...

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by hn_vns1

11-07-2011|02:06 PM

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Image plane camera problem

I importes an img file and selected in the image plane attribute editor 'in all views' and ' fixed'. still the plane is not moving together with the...

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by honestdom

11-07-2011|12:27 PM

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'pinching' angles...

I'm cutting out a double wheel-arch and although it looks ok with the smooth mesh applied, I need one area to remain sharp; mainly the point where...

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by se7enhedd

09-07-2011|09:12 PM

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6 years since I've been on this website! 99% of you won't get the point of this message and the other 1% probably have forgot who I am, lol. ...

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by bullet1968

09-07-2011|07:41 AM

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Hello again....

Hi there. Some of you won't renember me. I'm Eagleking and used to call myself the silly noob ;) .... I once won a lifetime membership on this site I...

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by Acid44

08-07-2011|05:20 AM

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Lego Cars 2 trailer

Lego Cars 2 trailer - though I share this - with all the lego in the last comp - I think this will be watched alot. YouTube - ‪Cars 2 Lego...

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by bullet1968

07-07-2011|10:28 AM

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Warning: Cycle on 'metal_blinn.outColor' may not evaluate as expected. (Use 'cycleCh

i keep getting this error -

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by se7enhedd

06-07-2011|01:26 PM

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Help: Coming over from Max to Maya 2012

Argh super n00b alert. Im sure this super easy but I am having a bit of a problem understanding: Using the ViewCube. Why do Maya's orthographic...

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by stwert

05-07-2011|04:28 PM

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trying to model swan shaped 2 text character

hi :) i'm new to posting here and quite new to maya. I'm trying to model a 2 in a shape of a swan. I'm trying to use xtrude to do this with a...

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by aEromooo

05-07-2011|11:16 AM

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Bunch of walk cycle problems

I'm having to put hours into workarounds to mirroring problems in addition to the graph editor glitches. I'm using the Andy rig. Mirroring the...

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by joel96

05-07-2011|03:43 AM

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boolean operation disappears

I need to cut a circle in a curved surface. I'm trying a boolean as it's thru one face so I'm hoping it won't make much mess. however, when I perform...

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by gubar

04-07-2011|02:24 PM

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Bullets attempt at an apple shader...part 1 | Page: 1 2 3

Hi guys, well having modelling so many DTM's at work lately my interest in Maya has certainly lapsed. Not even my SPECIAL (to me) side model could...

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by bullet1968

04-07-2011|12:44 PM

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Best VFX Reel Ever

YouTube - ‪VFX SR.‬&rlm; Someone should hire this guy! I was blown away

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by honestdom

03-07-2011|10:35 AM

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New at modeling - need some help planning models

Hey all, I'm new to this forum and joined since it looked like the friendliest one for new Maya users. I've been using a student version of 2011...

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by gsr12

02-07-2011|02:56 PM

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thicken a lofted surface?

Hi all! I am a total MAYA noob, currently learning on 64bit 2012. I am trying to create a model of mitochondrial cristea. I began by creating a...

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by Digirodin

01-07-2011|06:49 PM

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Maya fluids - diamond shaped artifacts, blobby renders

Hello everyone! Sorry for the newbie question, I've searched around and can't seem to find a solution to my problem. I'm working with fluids in...

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by LivesForever

01-07-2011|04:44 PM

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Error memory to low Maya?

I usually export from ZBrush to maya say i export a feather on lowest subdivision level and when i make about 20 copies in maya it crashes and says's...

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by Gen

01-07-2011|06:24 AM

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Sub-d & T's

I'm modelling a car seat and the outer 'shell' is a very smooth curved form. I managed this pretty well up to a point; I added in extra edge loops to...

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by se7enhedd

30-06-2011|09:54 PM

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