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Question about PolyCount for Games

hey guys just another question from me... im curious though how big are the poly counts for small buildings such as mine which i have just made?...

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by j5ive

05-05-2007|10:29 AM

Replies: 1

Getting your foot in door!

I'm really going to give my best efforts to one day get a job as a 3D modeler. I know there are those who have MADE IT, and there are those who ARE...

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by publicFunction

05-05-2007|09:22 AM

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Doh, I forgot how to...

...correct this problem :( I'm extruding but when I scale the faces they arent matching, whats the command to fix this anyone? I knew it but I've...

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by publicFunction

05-05-2007|09:20 AM

Replies: 6

Command line render

I'm on a univeristy machine which has more than one version of maya installed 6.0 and 8.0. When I try to render from the command line it uses 8.0....

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by publicFunction

05-05-2007|09:17 AM

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Net model?

I am working with a programmer who is starting small with game design and code, and we are currently working on pong 3d, I have the paddles, ball and...

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by Jr.Who

04-05-2007|10:55 PM

Replies: 5

transparency gradient material

i am looking to make a cube where the material is very transparent at the top, and then gradients down so that at the mottom the material is opaque....

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by mastone

04-05-2007|04:19 PM

Replies: 2

Polygon hair tutorial

Hi, it's Tammy again. I made a tutorial about making hair from curves, and eventually converting it to polygons. If anyone wants to see it, its here...

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by Tammy

04-05-2007|02:59 PM

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Creating an Ocean

Ive been wanting to create a fierce ocean, and am not sure how to go in doing this. In the maya help section it says that maya comes with an coean...

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by Gen

04-05-2007|02:28 PM

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question about animating

im just curious though when you animate do things collide? for example if i have a character just slowly throwing a ball up and catching it. when the...

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by marlonjohn

04-05-2007|01:28 PM

Replies: 2

image planes strecths

when I am character modeling and I zoom in to try to place vertices more precise the image plane stretches out.Does anyone no why this is happening.

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by Weyu

04-05-2007|08:26 AM

Replies: 1

anyone seen the ultimax apocalypse tutorial?

holy hell, the guy modeling this thing gets a little happy with beveling. one bevel aint good enough. lets do three, four. it's like he purposely...

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by marlonjohn

04-05-2007|07:26 AM

Replies: 14

Any Melbourne, Australia Animation job offers?

hello guys, im from melbourne, australia and was just wondering what animation jobs are there out there in melbourne where i might be able to work in...

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by marlonjohn

04-05-2007|07:07 AM

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Online Portfolio - A good case study

http://www.toshiyukikuwabara.com/ Came across this today and thought it was a well-done example of how one can showcase a generalist 3D portfolio...

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by marlonjohn

04-05-2007|06:09 AM

Replies: 1

Abbreviations

Okay, I think I'm starting to figure these out but why not start a thread for others who are as clueless as me. I've recently figured out these ...

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by marlonjohn

04-05-2007|04:25 AM

Replies: 9

haloid

hey im sure you guys have heard of this video "haloid". no I am not a video game geek ;) but this video got my attention. it's this halo versus...

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by marlonjohn

04-05-2007|03:50 AM

Replies: 4

My new website

Hi guys, I have just created a website do display all my Maya renders. Check it out at: http://www.3dkev.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

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by marlonjohn

04-05-2007|03:15 AM

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ambient occlusion?

how do i render with ambient occlusion?

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by marlonjohn

04-05-2007|02:25 AM

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ball, colour, shine?

Hey, Im trying to make a 3d object for a movie im doing, this will be my first 3d experiment and I choose to do a pokemon theme, I need to make whats...

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by kinddoggofwar

04-05-2007|01:33 AM

Replies: 5

Looking for Ideas | Page: 1 2

Hi guys just wanted to get some ideas of what kind of hard surface objects you would like to see for possible tuts down the road. We have a mech,...

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by banksta

03-05-2007|09:11 PM

Replies: 27

Where is modeling (drop down box)

Hi sorry for the newbie question I am trying to do one of the free tut's and it says make sure you are in modeling mode in the drop down.. However I...

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by Joopson

03-05-2007|06:41 PM

Replies: 4

how to import a basic image

hi anyone who gets this message i would really really apreciate your help how do you just import a basic image in to maya 7.0 yes you guessed it i am...

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