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Nickelodean's 3d Contest

so the other night I was watching Malcolm in the Middle on Nick at Nite while trying to fall asleep and a commercial came on for a 3d contest, must...

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by Rhetoric Camel

27-07-2009|09:21 PM

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max - discontinued

i have heard over the last few weeks that autodesk are going to stop producing 3D max. i have heard this from various ppl including ppl from the...

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by NextDesign

27-07-2009|08:22 PM

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a new try!

hello at all! Last time I wrote about a procedural shader wich applys a sponge( cellular) like texture in 3d space to a shader. Because I have to...

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by Mayastatic

27-07-2009|04:08 PM

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Camera Tutorial?

I searched and didn't see anything but does anyone know of a maya camera tutorial? Ive seen many tutorials that touch upon using mayas cameras as...

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by jjmacky88

26-07-2009|11:53 PM

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parti_Volume

Hi! I'm experimenting with the parti_volume shader. Do I have to attach it to a surface shader, or can I just put ot onto another shader like a...

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by Chirone

26-07-2009|09:40 PM

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what are the game limitations now?

I know that characters had to be pretty low before and it seems a lot of people still follow that low of a poly count for it. I'm just wondering what...

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by Rhetoric Camel

26-07-2009|09:10 PM

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Rendering Out Curves, or exporting, or something??

I have an animation that i did in maya where i have an airplane animating along a motion path. I am going to do some compositing in after effects...

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by Soulrider911

26-07-2009|05:46 PM

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Realistic/Cartoon Eye rendering

Hey you guys know any simple eye rendering/modeling tutorials? Something quick for a realistic or animated looking pair of eyes. Thanks. Andy ...

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by monkey99

26-07-2009|03:58 PM

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The Low Poly Female Game Character | Page: 1 2 3

This Message is for Michael Mckinely and others whom purchase this Tutorial- So I just purchased the Tutorial, and I know it was without sound....

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by Gen

26-07-2009|01:35 PM

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transfer maps problems

Hey guys and girls, Althou I think my topic has to do more with rendering, I am taking a guess that this area of the forums would be best...

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by junkyBob

26-07-2009|04:47 AM

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how modeling a car

I need modeling car.

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by ColdWave

26-07-2009|02:48 AM

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Transfer uvs on skinned object

Hi folks so how do you transfer uvs from one object to another (same poly count) but it is skinned to a character. I can transfer UV's ok but I...

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by Chirone

25-07-2009|10:34 PM

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Dusty environment

Hi there! Can anyone give me a tip, how I can make a Volume, which gets affected by my light which comes through a window in my dark room? I want...

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by kimsay

25-07-2009|08:39 PM

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Integrating 3D into 2D real

I made a few attempts to integrate 3D object into 2D still picture ... tell me what do you think. I've just started to learn myself of color and...

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by ColdWave

25-07-2009|04:48 PM

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transparency map not working with file textures?

for some reason when i plug a black and white file texture into the transparency value of a material it doesn't have any effect yet the...

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by gster123

24-07-2009|12:38 PM

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Distortion and blank if zoom out?

Ugh... I was quite happily working on my model, but now in perspective mode there's a weird distortion (faces go all scratchy and turn black or...

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by VertexParadigm

23-07-2009|08:42 PM

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Help with shadow pass please?

Hi, haven't really done much with different passes before. I'm confused and can't find an answer. The bottom left image shows a straight...

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by gubar

23-07-2009|12:44 PM

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Viewports driving me crazy!

Ahh I'm being so stupid but I can't work out how to reset my viewports.. For some reason my top 2 viewports are imitating each other, if I change...

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by Gen

23-07-2009|11:45 AM

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Thoughts on my new main-page

Hey All! I was bored yesterday after a long and boring (slight depressing) day at home, so I decided to redo my main page! ...

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by Gen

23-07-2009|11:43 AM

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Problems for downloads

Hi. I clicked downloads (animation, models, render) from 'Video Traning'. It's not working. Why? I show you my attachment. Please help me.

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by Ancient3D

22-07-2009|09:57 AM

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my newest tool and nowhere to put it

$NZ639 later i got me a new wacom intuos 4!...

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by gster123

22-07-2009|08:44 AM

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match move help Compositing question

Hi I have a scene that I tracked with PFTrack and have imported into maya. I have then put my 3d elements in the scene, with the image plane attached...

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by Soulrider911

22-07-2009|02:38 AM

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ODA File Extension

I just download a tutorial from this site and it has ODA File Extension and I running XP and I am getting error and when I attempt fix the problem...

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by davidbrahinsky

21-07-2009|05:55 PM

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merging to center

First I wanna say thanks to all for answering my questions so quickly. This forum is very helpful. My question here is about 'merging to center'...

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by 3ddon

21-07-2009|04:56 PM

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What things are good for simulation?

Hey all, I want to get myself into game development that simulate the reality, but I'm only a beginner and I wanted to know what knowledge I need to...

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