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Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

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Car Tut

Does anybody know of where I could get some good car tutorials. The one on 3dm kinda confused me, and the bmw one with the curve cage is kinda hard...

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by severinianthony

08-05-2007|04:41 AM

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How to make images without a bakground?

How do you make images/movies so that there is no bakground, if you only want to see the objects and that you can see through the rest.

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by Weyu

08-05-2007|02:44 AM

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sample model

hi GUYS, i am going to post a new model that i have down loaded and it is just a sample.Very soon i will publish a newly created animation model....

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by Perfecto

08-05-2007|02:38 AM

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CD reflections

Hello there, Currently I am working on a project with animated DVD disc's, and CD's, anyone knows a material that reflects just like a DVD and...

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by gster123

08-05-2007|12:33 AM

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Howto: Maya & Avid: combining fields

Greetings, It now has been a month or so since I am using Maya, sure, for quite some things I still use Lightwave, but slowly we are migrating...

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by pegla

07-05-2007|11:59 PM

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Dimensions

I am very new to Maya but experienced in Vector works. I want to begin to using Maya for some venue renderings and animations to better present my...

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by Perfecto

07-05-2007|05:03 PM

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Modeling Problem

I modeled a small key, but once I converted to subd's, it looks like crap and has these little lines in it. How do I get rid of all these lines? And...

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by kinddoggofwar

07-05-2007|12:11 PM

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same animations on duplicate models

Hi there. I have a question about animations: If I have a bunch of characters with the same (or modified) textures, and they were all copies of...

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by jsprogg

07-05-2007|11:52 AM

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My account and mental ray

Hi I have two problems, the first one is1 I have a new emai address and I can't find out how I ge to my account to change it. The second is,...

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by trikeman

07-05-2007|10:22 AM

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Glass

Is there a tutorial on creating Glass like Textures? i want to create a glass texture thats very clear, like a crystal ball. if possible is there a...

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by Perfecto

07-05-2007|05:56 AM

Replies: 1

how to lean well maya?

i have a good rest boc i don't know how to learn maya ? yes ,i very like maya now . but when i am facing maya ,i will lost my confidence ,boc i...

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by saudi_deepak

07-05-2007|04:49 AM

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bump map nightmares!!

Hello to everyone. Does everyone else have as much trouble with bump maps as i do? sometimes the bumps are coming out from the surface and sometimes...

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by gster123

07-05-2007|02:24 AM

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Fox

I was wondering if anyone knows any good lighting tuts, as I was thinking of making the starting scene of so many movies these days. I know how to...

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by gster123

07-05-2007|12:54 AM

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No modeling section!? | Page: 1 2

I just received my Maya today and am eager to start, but I downloaded some tutorials off of this site that say you have to go to the Modeling section...

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by gster123

07-05-2007|12:38 AM

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How do I get my 3DMax scene into Maya ?

For some stupid reason i model my design in 3d max but i love the MAya 7 or 8.5 and I would like to finish the project there ... Any sugestions?...

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by tweetytunes

06-05-2007|11:20 PM

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Could't using paint skin weight tool

Hello everyone. I was adjusting character set up using paint skin weight tool.But suddenly,I couldn't using paint skin weight tool and disappear...

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by YUKI_ARISA

06-05-2007|10:16 PM

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False ceiling

How can I create a realistic false ceiling?

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by G-Man

06-05-2007|08:37 PM

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polygons to subdiv

hi everyone, im just haiving a big problem that might be small to fix. Im trying to convert my polygon torus to a polygon to subdiv but everytime...

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by publicFunction

06-05-2007|10:06 AM

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Mother's Day Ideas

Post your Mother's Day ideas here.

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by Perfecto

06-05-2007|09:56 AM

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Planar Mapping

does anyone know where planar mapping is on maya 8.5? Cant seem to find anywhere as im new to maya, please help.

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by oldhippie_tom

06-05-2007|08:47 AM

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i see NURBS and SubD in black color always

i see NURBS and SubD in black color always (even if i change colors ) in design mode (but it's ok when rendered). I tried Maya 7.0 and Maya 6.5 but...

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by lion_power

06-05-2007|04:34 AM

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basic animation issue

So I'm animating a skeleton. It's set up as a character set with with the auto-key button on. I want for example: pelvis translates Z frames 1-10....

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by publicFunction

06-05-2007|01:38 AM

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Why does moving left foot affect right one a bit too?

This is the second time I've had this problem. I made a human model, made a skeleton, and skinned it. When I move one foot, the other morphs a bit....

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by peetang

05-05-2007|02:29 PM

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why i can't output UV piz?

i have tyred all the formd .but can't output it e.g .iff .png .jpg....etc... why dissplay to it?

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by lmner

05-05-2007|12:51 PM