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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2

This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.

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double sided shading?

Can anybody explain how to go about shading a polygon mesh with two shades (a different shade on each side)?

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by gster123

21-06-2008|08:29 PM

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DragonHead tutorial issue

Im trying to hypershade the dragonhead image to the poly plane, but when i drag the lambert on to the plane the image won't show. Any ideas on what...

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by amoeba

21-06-2008|02:14 PM

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Hello guys

hi, am new to this site. i recently became a member here, nice looking forum here. hope that my stay will be fun

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by amoeba

21-06-2008|02:11 PM

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RIP: Stan Winston:(

As some of you may or may not know, Stan Winston passed away yesterday (Sunday June 16th). Stan has created many of the most iconic characters and...

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by amoeba

21-06-2008|02:10 PM

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Cameras

Another simple question. How do you select a camera made by yourself so you can view from its perspective? Do you know any good camera moving...

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by Phizzon

21-06-2008|08:03 AM

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Car Modeling Tutorials

Hey, I'm new to this stuff and I was browsing around the site and didn't found a Car Modeling Tutorial for Maya. Anyone knows a good tutorial from...

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by DavidS7

21-06-2008|04:23 AM

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editing copyed paint weights | Page: 1 2

Ive copyed paint weights from one object to another but i need to edit them on the second one but its says there locked is there any way to edit them

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by elephantinc

19-06-2008|10:30 PM

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Copy and paste

I'v got a few simple questions. How do you change the background colour of a render? Is there a simple way to drag a model while pressing a button...

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by Phizzon

19-06-2008|09:13 PM

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Animated fingers

Hi pliz help me , i have modeled a human hand with 5 fingers and i want to animate the fingers closing down 1 by 1 into a fist and am getting stuck...

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by publicFunction

19-06-2008|03:35 PM

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Bambo

I'm thinking of creating a new character for a short called Bambo. It's basically going to be like Bambi but this time he fights back ;) If all...

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by 99GsTurbo

19-06-2008|05:46 AM

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How do I boolean polygons Maya 8.5

Hi , I am new to maya and need help finding the mesh menu to boolean diference on polygons how do I do it. thank you

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by jsprogg

19-06-2008|05:05 AM

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z-brush vrs Mudbox

hey guys i am aware this may start quite a fiasco but i am looking for which software i think i should buy i have tried them both out and i picked up...

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by Joopson

19-06-2008|03:12 AM

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Edge loop select script

Hey, Id like to make a script so that if i double click an edge it will loop select. Similar to the Extension 2 for 2008 addon. Im using maya 2008...

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by gster123

18-06-2008|09:24 PM

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Clay render Test

Hi, I'm trying out clay renders for the first time and would liek some feedback and advice. This was rendered in Mr in Maya 2008. The gun and...

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by jali

18-06-2008|04:09 AM

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university?

what would you recomend as the best university to study animation at? Just starting collage and need to think which one would be best.

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by tvholicjames

18-06-2008|03:53 AM

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anybody know what the hell is goin on with hotmail???

so there i am peacefully trying to send a really freakin imprtant e-mail to my girlfriend when WHAM hotmail doesnt work anymore... ive trie using...

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by Milan22

17-06-2008|10:20 PM

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Is it possible to purchase just 4 points?

Hi, I tried emailing Kevin...but it bouced back to me as failure to deliver again...I don't know why. Anyway... I have 1 point left and I...

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by tvholicjames

17-06-2008|09:52 AM

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Mac screen video capture

does anyone know of any free mac video capture software (that can also record of a mic)? I dont mind if its a trial with a SMALL watermark, but...

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by Jr.Who

17-06-2008|05:58 AM

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Is it possible to render fur in a render layer?

Hi, I tried to rendered my environment that has fur, paint effects converted to polygon trees, alpha maps for my foliage, maps of 2048 resolution...

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by Jay

17-06-2008|04:17 AM

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Increase subdivisions around cylinder axis AFTER create?

I have a sphere made of "dots" - which are just cylinders that don't have any depth to them - kind of like circular planes. When I first made this, I...

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