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Logo Placement

Hi, I'm trying to place a logo on the bottom right corner of the image in the following link, but I'm not sure how. The plastic casing is a phong...

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by kimsay

18-03-2008|12:32 AM

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Free refernce sketches for character,cars,aircraft and so on ?

Well I'd love to find some reference sketches for chracters,cars and aircraft but i'm getting zilch. If I can get my hands on some sketches for maya...

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by jm82792

18-03-2008|12:16 AM

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Real-Time Object Animation

Hi All, I just started working on my latest project and unfortunately i've came to a dead end !! I have a 3D Glove which connect's to the PC...

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by bendingiscool

17-03-2008|09:24 PM

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Freeze Transformations Error

Hi, How can I freeze transformations again after I attached a rigid body to a mesh? I did the following: - created a polygon cube; -...

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by rexrex

17-03-2008|07:18 AM

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MAYA Books by Autodesk

Hi! I'm thinking about buying one of these three books: Learning Autodesk Maya 2008 , Learning Maya 2008 and Learning Autodesk Maya 8 . Does...

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by mayero2008

17-03-2008|05:04 AM

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Gaaak! Outliner and the Group Command.

Okay, so I am busy using the outliner to keep all of the elements of my project organized. Its getting a little complex so it helps to keep...

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by stonemason

17-03-2008|04:54 AM

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Text from Image Plane

Hi! I importet an image plane which is a logo. Is there a tool to draw the letters of the text with a tool like a mask? If yes I'd like to draw...

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by kimsay

16-03-2008|08:45 PM

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Rotating a Hinge Constraint

I created a hinge constraint between 2 rigid bodies and I can't rotate the hinge axis of the constraint properly. Each body is a group of primitives....

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by rexrex

16-03-2008|03:15 PM

Replies: 2

Looking For Kurt The Modeling Instructor | Page: 1 2

Looking fro Kurt the Modeling instructor!! I am about to purchase a few Maya tutorials from this site and I was instructed to locate Kurt, because...

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by Jay

16-03-2008|01:39 PM

Replies: 18

Good FPS software ??

Well I am not good at maya I mean I'm okay I know rigging,texturing,dynamics,modeling and so on and thought that maybe I could run a easish to use...

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by Mayaniac

16-03-2008|06:05 AM

Replies: 5

Hi .... am a maya newbie and am looking for tutorial notes to get me started modellin

hi am new to maya and am looking for tutorial notes to get me started modelling with maya .i've watched some of the videos but i want notes on basics...

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by mikeyduf

16-03-2008|02:48 AM

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best image quality render settings

Hello. I am using Maya 8.5 on a Precision 690, plenty of RAM, OS" Windows XP Pro. I am interested in learning what settings should I use in the...

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by Tristanartform

16-03-2008|01:57 AM

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help please on a texturing issue

Hello everyone, I`ve been following a 3dmax workshop on architecture and this guy (the workshop teacher) is somehow directly placing the textures,...

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by DjSneeze

16-03-2008|12:36 AM

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Ipod touch and the iphone

my mums thinking about buying an iphone or ipod touch whats the diffrence? she wants to go on the internet with it, but with the ipod touch ho w...

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by elephantinc

16-03-2008|12:11 AM

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Tutorials For Maya 5.0 Needed | Page: 1 2

Hello- To you all. I have a request from the past. I know that Maya 8.5 is out now, however I still have Maya 5.0 and now want to get back too...

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by Savnac

15-03-2008|07:42 PM

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can't move keyframes in the graph view

hi there! When I selevt my Keyframes in the Graph Editor I can't move them. I just want to move them more to the right, which should make my...

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by Jr.Who

15-03-2008|04:53 PM

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Copyrighted music on sites and in animations | Page: 1 2

I have a song (quite an old one) that i assume is copyrighted Its flying purple people eater I want to put it as backgroung music on my site and...

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by elephantinc

15-03-2008|02:14 PM

Replies: 15

Will Maya work Vista Home Premium?

I am planning to get Maya, but my laptop has Vista home premium as the operating system. The system requirements list says Vista Business, or XP...

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by phoenixtears

15-03-2008|06:21 AM

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export from maya to .obj problem?

hey everyone i have created a 3d character using maya 8.0 and i export it to .obj so that i can open it in zbrush i get in the maya output ...

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by abed

15-03-2008|05:04 AM

Replies: 2

Stupid Question Please Help

Hi guys, Okay this is probably a really stupid question but please refer to the screen shot. ...

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by new_xieland

15-03-2008|04:25 AM

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dear god help me

how do i make a joint use its local rotate axis instead of world rotate axis? the thing is, when i rotate my arm normally the hand stays in the...

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by mcrae44

15-03-2008|03:36 AM

Replies: 6

Animation

Hello i'm realy new to the maya software but i have bean doing some animations in other programs. Well i dont know how it is about maya but can you...

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by Armandz

15-03-2008|02:37 AM

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hypershade and the "Shader Library"

Hello. I am on section 19 of "car Modeling" 3 DVD set by Kurt Boutilier. I am using Maya 8.5 on a Precision 690, 2 MB Ram, OS: Windows XP Pro...

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by Tristanartform

15-03-2008|01:14 AM