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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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Making a fireball

I am trying to make an animated fireball with the fire effect. It works quite well, except when the fireball moves quickly, the ball itself does not...

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by gster123

14-07-2007|09:13 AM

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What's the problem when mirroring geometry?

Hi, as the images show, when I try to mirror this head, the eyes are sealed, and the mouth is pinched and distorted. I've ticked the box to merge...

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by mtmckinley

14-07-2007|03:30 AM

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Seperating previously combined geometry

Hi, can I separate and individual object from a combined group of objects, without separating them all? I've got a character composed of a torso,...

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by gubar

14-07-2007|02:16 AM

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Multi Layered Texture question

Greetings, I am currently busy building a room in Maya and on the ground I wanted to have some sort of sticker. So far so good, most of the ideas...

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by Jay

14-07-2007|01:43 AM

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MENTAL RAY

HI guys my mental ray jus stopped working with my maya i tried everything re-installing but it has jus stopped working im using maya 8 anyone out...

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by BadG3r

14-07-2007|01:12 AM

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How do I make a polygon two sided?

Hi, I'm doing a tutorial just now which involves using a simple plane and applying a texture. At the moment, the texture can only be viewed from...

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by gubar

13-07-2007|11:12 PM

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POLYS NOT CONVERTING TO SUB-D'S

Hi guys, I've just modeled a low poly character and when I convert one half into sub-d it converts fine, however when I duplicate one half of the...

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by munny

13-07-2007|10:24 PM

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UV mapping questions

Hi, been working through UV mapping tutorials and think I'm getting there. The tutorials are not exhaustive though and leave some parts up to...

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by gubar

13-07-2007|09:47 PM

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Zbrush3 with Wacom?

Hey I know this isn't a zbrush forum, but I'm aware some of you guys do use it. I'm having a problem and maybe someone can help out. I'm modeling...

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by Anhslaught

13-07-2007|09:55 AM

Replies: 5

view troubles

So I had a prob. like this before and I tried a bunch of different things and I still can't get it to work. Last night I was modeling all night and...

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by AlphaFlyte

13-07-2007|06:19 AM

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Drawing and character design tuts

Hey all.. just wanted to get some ideas of how much interest there is in drawing and character design tuts..... to add some new content to the...

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by BadG3r

12-07-2007|11:20 AM

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Computer for maya

I have a quick question. When I go from wireframe to smoothshade it bogs down the computer sometimes. I was wondering why it does that? I...

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by spider21

12-07-2007|10:36 AM

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hypershade

Ok, so I am trying to model from a picture that I loaded into a plane through the hypershade option. The prob. is that every nurb, polygon or Sub-D...

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by Zerobit

12-07-2007|08:44 AM

Replies: 3

Hello everyone

Just signed up. Been watching some of the tutorials that are on here, and they are really helpful. Thanks to all the creators. Anyways, I thought I'd...

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by marlonjohn

12-07-2007|08:31 AM

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how do you model a chord/wire easily?

I was just wondering if there is an easy way to make a wire. Like from a computer to a socket. or any other kind of wire. Is there a way to have a...

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