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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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Endorphin animation program

http://www.naturalmotion.com/endorphin.htm Has anyone hear tried the Ple of it? It's really easy to use and you can get some cool results. It...

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by Some Guy

09-07-2007|03:21 AM

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help me

hi i m making one animation including 5 animal and one human i ve modeled and textured all the animals. i m creating different rig set for all...

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by Falott

08-07-2007|08:05 PM

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Animating to an Audio....

Hi, me again ;-) 1. how do i import audio into Maya (so it shows below the animation timeline) ? 2. how do I then Animate my Object to this...

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by ColdWave

08-07-2007|03:47 PM

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Uv mapping woes

Hi, this is my second attempt and the same thing is happening. I've created a map of this character's torso no problem. Now, I am trying to...

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by gubar

08-07-2007|02:15 PM

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Spiky hair

Hi everyone, Do anyone know what is the best and fastest way to make spiky hair on a character using polygons? Hair like my character I attached. ...

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by Sepo

08-07-2007|08:21 AM

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Mental Ray Area Light

hi, when you convert a point light to area light in the mental ray node of the light you can change the shape node (regtangle, disc, sphere,...

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by mirek03

08-07-2007|07:59 AM

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Cut tool -- other options?

Is there any way to force the cut tool to, instead of using arbitrary hand-drawn lines or cartesian planes... use actual geometry -- a single face or...

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by Eelco

08-07-2007|07:07 AM

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Another silly question

Hey, I downloaded a scene file from TurboSquid, but I only want a few of the props. I tried to delete everything I didn't want, but wasn't able to...

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by bendingiscool

08-07-2007|12:07 AM

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No Images for Hand Modelling tutorial

Have downloaded the first two parts to the Hand Modelling tutorial http://www.simplymaya.com/movie_pages/tutorial.mhtml?tut_id=117 but cannot...

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by nomasha

07-07-2007|11:32 PM

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Poly count - confused

I'm doing a tutorial just now where the poly count is important. I've got it displayed, but it says that the number of triangles is greater than...

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by gubar

07-07-2007|09:41 PM

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Getting rid of old uv maps

Hi, in the UV editor, say you have made a map of an object. You then want to re-do it. Once you enter the uv editor and select the object, the...

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by gubar

07-07-2007|09:38 PM

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Character Animation Tools

I've been asked to look at what it would take to beef up our departments ability to do more character animation using Maya. Currently we are...

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by shockedpixie

07-07-2007|08:34 PM

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Mirroring and Duplicating Special with an offset

Hi, these seem to be two ways to create a copy of your geometry over an axis. With special duplication, any changes made will be copied over the...

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by gubar

07-07-2007|07:16 PM

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Maintaining quads / adding geometry for more detail question

Hi, I'm in the process of modeling a head and am trying to maintain quads. I'm finding this a little difficult. On the image of the eye below,...

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by gubar

07-07-2007|07:10 PM

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more work done

ok guys. this is my second take on the painting

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by marlonjohn

07-07-2007|07:06 PM

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Creating Polygon Face

Hey Guys, I am trying this tutorial: http://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/modeling/polygon/Dave-Ks-Poly-Head-Modeling-Tutorial-303.html But...

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by marlonjohn

07-07-2007|06:56 PM

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face building problems

Hi, If someone could shed some light on this i would apprecaite it. I am modeling a face and for some reason when i smooth it to see what it looks...

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by marlonjohn

07-07-2007|06:49 PM

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low poly Triangles ?????

Hi I need some help I have to convert my low poly model to Triangles? I don't know how to do this (HELP) :confused:

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by bendingiscool

07-07-2007|02:49 PM

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low poly Rriangles ?????

Hi I need some help I have to convert my low poly model to Triangles? I don't know how to do this HELP :confused:

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by bendingiscool

07-07-2007|02:44 PM

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Hardest thing to model

Of all the things you have modelled; what has been the hardest? For me it is definetly a monsters face.

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by louis56

07-07-2007|02:07 PM

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newbie nurbs problem...please help

Hi, this is my 2nd day using maya :-) The other day I played with nurbs. I created a sphere (64 by 63) and did several deformations. Suddenly I...

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by maya3duser

07-07-2007|09:59 AM

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boolean difference - Where is it?

Hello, I am new to these forums and new to Maya so I know very little. I was wondering where the boolean difference for the mesh is. I dont know how...

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by louis56

07-07-2007|02:29 AM

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Illustration/photoshop painting

Anyone know a cool painting/illustrationi forum? I just got a wacom pad and been playing with it, going to practice drawing again and it'd be cool...

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by Anhslaught

07-07-2007|01:23 AM

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The wrong bump in the bumpmap

Hello guys, it seems that in my bumpmap there is a weird line. First I thought it was the camera, but even though consulting my manual and 'Advanced...

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