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Adding controls to an auto-rigged character

Hello Maya experts!! First time user to the forum so please excuse me if I ask a dumb question. I'm rigging a teddy bear for a varsity short film...

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by JessicaBowyer01

09-09-2016|05:28 AM

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iMovie equivalent for Windows?

Is there a iMovie equivalent for Windows? We have iMovie at school, and its quick and easy (for the most part). Was wondering if there was a proggy...

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by prishicare

01-09-2016|09:22 AM

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Objects close from one another "auto combine" ??

Many guys on forums ask how to combine objects or weld vertices. Well my problem is the opposite. I create two planes (beginning of a tutorial about...

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by hansolocambo

29-08-2016|07:11 PM

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Transferring UVs or a rig

Hi everyone I'm hoping I can get some help with a particular problem: I have two versions of the same model, one is rigged with the UVs unwrapped...

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by NextDesign

27-08-2016|06:57 AM

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Shimmering Black Parts On Model After Importing From SketchUp

Hello everyone :) I've got a problem! :help: The other day I built a model in SketchUp and exported it as an .fbx file and then imported it...

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by NextDesign

27-08-2016|06:55 AM

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Maya2017 and Arnold

Hi Chaps, I installed Maya2017 a few weeks ago and have been working on an animation, Problem is that i just cannot work out how to get Maya to...

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by mythandra

22-08-2016|07:58 PM

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Is it possible to make Maya 2016 look and behave more like 2011

Hello Simply Maya It is great to finally get back to using Maya. I have been away but now I am back. I habe Maya 2016 and used to be real...

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by danielchappelle

15-08-2016|10:47 AM

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Eyelids and eyes like cars movie

Hi I was wondering how i would do the eyelids and eyes like in that movie cars 1 and 2. I think i have worked out the eyes using 2d projection...

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by wendy3112

09-08-2016|11:51 PM

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Attribute Keying Problem

Hi guys! I was trying to use trax editor to make animation clips for a certain particle system. I used the attributes of "particle shap direction X...

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by undisputed1122

04-08-2016|05:01 PM

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PROS HELP ME!

Someone, please make a logical UV map for this that is very clear for me. Here are the links: Mesh /w Ball:...

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by OriannaMainJack

04-08-2016|04:57 PM

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What would cause stretched texture along the seam?

http://i.imgur.com/Q2KClam.png ^ UV checker view Essentially theres a stretched texture seam bordering my UV seams. Its the only uv set, it...

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by MrYeti

04-08-2016|12:44 AM

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A N00b Needs Help Please!

Hello everyone, my first post! :D I'm starting to build a hobbyist VR game using the Unreal Engine and my game is going to be a sci-fi one. So I...

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by Harv1971

03-08-2016|09:20 PM

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Maya 2017 Arnold training

Hi Dave, Are there any plans do do some Maya 2017 training as there is the Arnold renderer now? Cheer

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by mythandra

02-08-2016|08:09 PM

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Smoothing sharp edges?

Please... I have had this program for almost 2 days and I have no idea what I'm doing and I have no idea where I went wrong. Some of the edges on...

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by Endeavorly

01-08-2016|08:53 PM

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Does Maya 2016.5 or 2017 have the option to bake a blendshape?

Basically I want to bake an altered blendshape down to the original skinned mesh so I could then delete the blendshape but keep the changes. Ive...

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by NextDesign

30-07-2016|05:05 AM

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Animating character - what am I doing wrong?

Hey everyone, I'm brand new to animation, literally started just now - I made a very simple, voxel model, made a skeleton, skinned everything and...

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by NextDesign

29-07-2016|07:22 AM

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making a good chrome texture and hard plastic

I am looking to make a good chrome texture that I can render out in mental ray that looks realistic. I think I saw one on a tutorial I did a few...

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by clocker1

28-07-2016|05:14 PM

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Need help converting files

I created a transparent ship that loses its transparency when I convert the .dae file into a .mesh file using the Jorodox tool. Does anyone know how...

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by Gadyen

28-07-2016|02:51 AM

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How to create this effect in Maya?

Hello guys. I would like to create something simmilar like this in Eve Online - Erebus firing DD weapon. I am trying to create that weapon charging...

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by Jovzin

21-07-2016|08:44 PM

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Particle emitter emitting custom shape?

Hi, I want to create a heaping pile of objects using and emitter because placing them and having them fall on the floor manually is tedious and...

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by jarwulf

21-07-2016|08:31 PM

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Creating active rigid body

Hi, whenever I try to make an object an active rigid body half the time it leaps away from its initial position either zooming far off screen or when...

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by jarwulf

20-07-2016|09:34 PM

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Inner extrude or scale?! not possible

Hi there! I made an object and I now want to have an inner extrude so I get the red line in this image. In cinema 4d you got this tool named...

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by toddster

19-07-2016|04:37 PM