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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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Compositing 3D into a still image - help plz

It may have been a good thing I was away for the last challenge as I have no idea how to do this. As some know I went to Escape studios today in...

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by tweetytunes

15-02-2011|10:18 AM

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Problem with rotating shader

I've downloaded this awesome shader: http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/shaders/c/wet-mushroom-shader-for-mental-ray-maya and applied it...

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by Bugsby

15-02-2011|09:05 AM

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Help!! Tool selects both sides of the model

Hi, I am relatively new to Maya and am using Maya 10. I am trying to follow a guide to model a hand, sort of a tutorial book, anyway, i need to...

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by Perfecto

15-02-2011|02:43 AM

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Education

Hello everyone, i've got a question about my education. I'm currently in year 3 of highschool, so i'm gonna have to start thinking about university....

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by Aurorap

13-02-2011|10:15 AM

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linking the distance tool to objects.

Hey all, is there a way to link the distance tool to objects. So that if i move an object, it will tell me the distance between the two? I tried...

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by honestdom

12-02-2011|12:15 PM

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Volkswagen...

commercial - brilliant YouTube - Volkswagen Commercial: The Force Jay

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by bullet1968

12-02-2011|04:03 AM

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Boy spends over £1000 on xbox live

This story is cracking me up. Boy spends over £1000 on xbox live - but its mummy's credit card. Whats more I know she phone consumer derect...

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by tweetytunes

11-02-2011|09:02 PM

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Add CV using CV Curve tool

Hi guys, I'm using the CV curve tool in Maya 10 and have missed off a couple of points and was wondering if anyone knew how to add more once the...

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by ctbram

11-02-2011|05:57 AM

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He Lives!!

Looking forward to this..... YouTube - Duke Nukem Forever- Reveal Trailer

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by tweetytunes

10-02-2011|04:32 PM

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mental ray missing in render settings

Hi, I just got a new computer (windows 7) and just installed maya 2010 64 bit version. I noticed that in the render settings that maya vector and...

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by g.harper

10-02-2011|04:09 PM

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Modelling a castle door

Hi, I'm learning to use Maya as part of a University course (I'm very new to it) and one of my assignments is to model a door of my choosing, I...

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by honestdom

10-02-2011|10:46 AM

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rig splines?

Hello, only picked up Maya last week sp still trying get my head around workflows. I have modelled a rope using a cv curve as a path for an...

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by jrm522

10-02-2011|09:00 AM

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Workspace display problem

I'm running Maya 8 in Windows 7, from time to time I get a problem with the display in the workspace. When a pop up window opens it will show...

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by Ataraxy

10-02-2011|06:43 AM

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Happy Valentines SM

Just wishing everyone a Happy Valentines

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by Perfecto

10-02-2011|02:54 AM

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Starblazers Movie

I found this...I am SO F*****G going to watch this.....one of my FAVOURITE animes man....god I couldnt wait to get home to watch this when I was a...

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by bullet1968

10-02-2011|12:26 AM

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Maya Requirements

Hello everyone, I have been experimenting with Maya lately but everytime I try to use extrude on an imported image, Maya freezes. So I went out...

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by ctbram

09-02-2011|09:17 PM

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New PC

So I think it is time to buy my self a desktop, my laptop is way out of date and I cant affored to get a nice new one...im on a pretty tight budget...

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by Gen

09-02-2011|08:02 PM

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split polygon tool being tempermental

hey im wondering if any of you guys can tell me if there are parameters for using the split polygon tool, ive been using it all weekend and half the...

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by twisteddragon33

09-02-2011|04:01 PM

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Stereoscopic LCS shutter glasses question

Hello, I am ready to render out a sequence to be viewed in a stereoscopic movie player using LCD Shutterglasses. How do I render it out in maya?...

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by SonnyAngell

08-02-2011|04:35 PM

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Fluid effects Smoke/Fog looks bad, aliasing problem?

Hi everybody. I have a problem with some smoke/fog created with Maya fluid effects. It comes out looking well bad, jagged perhaps. Can anyone...

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by LauriePriest

08-02-2011|04:11 PM

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animation export | Page: 1 2

how do i export a scene?

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by gster123

08-02-2011|12:33 PM

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How many film trailors in the superbowl last night ???

For us poor mortals in the UK the super bowl had one very large thing missing last night - the ad breaks (it was shown on BBC which has none ever)...

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by tweetytunes

07-02-2011|10:44 AM

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animation &grouping problem

i'm trying to animate an object composed by different types of geometry i delete history then pick all the pieces and running the group command. when...

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by stwert

07-02-2011|03:26 AM

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TDW's stupid newbie questions | Page: 1 2 3

Hi guys, I'm new here and also new to Maya. As I will have a bunch of questions now and then, I thought it might be a good idea to make one thread...

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by bullet1968

07-02-2011|12:16 AM

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Troubleshooting: Blender->Maya->ZBrush

I made a model in Blender and I was going to sculpt on it in ZBrush now. If I export from Blender as .obj and import into ZBrush, all is fine, except...

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