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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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Mental Ray out of memory? Not according to the task manager

Hi, looking for some help and advice. I've been getting this message a lot recently when I try and render my scene: mental ray: out of...

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by gster123

15-08-2008|02:26 AM

Replies: 7

drinks nights?

i wonder if it could be organized so that different people on the forum could make arrangements to catch up for a 'drinks night'.., people in the...

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by elephantinc

15-08-2008|12:34 AM

Replies: 12

GMT no more?

It has recently come to my attention that were not supposed to use GMT any more but UTC (which doesnt even have the letters the right way round)...

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by LauriePriest

14-08-2008|11:30 PM

Replies: 6

Maya 2009

Hello Folks, I couldn't find a thread mentioning this already so I thought I'd post it up for your interest..... Maya 2009 features Have...

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by jali

14-08-2008|01:14 PM

Replies: 9

Zbrush displacment exporter problem

Ok i have my model Zbrushed and i want to export a displacement map to import it Into Maya here is the problem i face I set my Displacement...

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by ColdWave

14-08-2008|10:56 AM

Replies: 4

Anime fans rejoice!

Link The pic says it all...

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by elephantinc

14-08-2008|08:27 AM

Replies: 7

your thoughts on good animation/rigging practice

i just got told that it's considerd bad practice to directly skin a model to a skeleton. so just binding a mesh to a skeleton is bad the...

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by marlonjohn

14-08-2008|02:46 AM

Replies: 8

is 2048x2048 to big for textures??

Hi i am currently in the process of texturing a human model and i have textured the face hair and mustache all with separate uv maps, all of which...

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by Soulrider911

13-08-2008|07:34 PM

Replies: 4

blend shape pipeline

just a little question when in an animation pipeline of modelling-texturing-rigging-animating skeleton where do you guys a) set the blendshapes for...

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by Kurt

13-08-2008|04:35 PM

Replies: 1

Need help from a Maya modeler!

Hi all, I'm new here so I'll first introduce myself. I'm Dancing Lobster (real name is Yanto), I'm a 19 year old boy and I live in Belgium (I...

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by Dancing Lobster

13-08-2008|03:52 AM

Replies: 14

Kick it

Ok so yeah this is my "kick the free points thread off the first page" thread. (cuz I'm bored and I'm slacking off). And I'm going to dig up a couple...

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by Acid44

12-08-2008|01:59 PM

Replies: 9

tga vs jpeg memory usage

I have just one question. If you have 2048 tga (35megs in size) and 2048 jpeg(5 megs in size) textures, do they take same amount of memory? Or...

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by gster123

12-08-2008|11:11 AM

Replies: 10

maya and after effects (need help)

hi I created shinny animation logo with high resolution in maya. the animation process was perfects(happy). I imported my logo into after effects...

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by gster123

12-08-2008|08:58 AM

Replies: 3

Jamie Lilly BMX Hall of Fame Nominee

My sister Jamie Lilly has just been nominated to be inducted in the BMX Hall of Fame! She has been waiting for this opportunity for many years and...

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by Chirone

12-08-2008|02:11 AM

Replies: 1

Animation Challenge

Hi again guys, Last time I set up a thread with talk about the concept of an animation challenge, after nothing really coming to pass, I decided to...

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by Chirone

12-08-2008|02:03 AM

Replies: 3

UV texture editor panel

Hey again. Didn't want to make a whole new thread for every problem I come across so I'm editing this one. On this file I'm working in, the side...

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by Rollie

11-08-2008|08:12 PM

Replies: 4

Attach polygon plane to camera

Hello. How do i attach polygon plane to camera, so that it will always rotate towards camera? I'd like to use it on a tree. I know paint effect...

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by vladimirjp

11-08-2008|07:46 PM

Replies: 5

Need help with a problem

I'm sorry if this has been asked before but here I go:D. Is there anyway to get back the default options, so the program is like when you just...

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by Midorini

11-08-2008|01:55 PM

Replies: 4

cant see anything in side, front, top views?

I think i might have accidentally, deleted or done something to my side top and front views...for some reason i can not see anything in those views...

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by Soulrider911

11-08-2008|12:53 PM

Replies: 2

Fixing the rotation centre

Hey forum, I've been working more on this reverse bungy slingshot ride lately and I'm now modeling the very shack that I sit in while modeling...

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by BennyK

11-08-2008|01:31 AM

Replies: 5

OEM | Page: 1 2 3

Well hi again. i saw this page www.oemsoftwaremarket.com and i was wondering about it. whats the diffrent between OEM and original one and...

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by Gen

10-08-2008|12:46 PM

Replies: 32

Flashing floor

I am trying to create a saturday night fever style of dance floor under my character. I am thinking of simply using the timeline to change the...

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by Gen

10-08-2008|12:34 PM

Replies: 2

Rendering large amount of trees for animation

Hello, it's been a while since i was here. Now, I have this scene where customer is asking me to create lots and lots of trees. I made them using...

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by Sil-Valeor

10-08-2008|08:12 AM

Replies: 14

Srry this made me laugh lol

On the lighter side of things. This commercial is freaking hilarious, appearently its from Super Bowl 08' but I just recently saw it (I'm a chick and...

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by The Architect

09-08-2008|07:35 AM

Replies: 6

What to model....?

I hope this is the right forum for this! If not, very sorry. Anyways, I was wondering what I should model.. I was thinking something to do with...

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by Chirone

09-08-2008|05:37 AM