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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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I'm trying to load the free videos, but it aways shows "to many downloads in progress"!!!!:confused: how can I fix that?? (obviously there's no...

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by Perfecto

25-03-2007|08:59 AM

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Annoying extra CVs in isoparms!!

Inserting isoparms is a normal thing to do, but when i seen the tutorials, it's much easier to deal with them because they have fewer CVs to control!...

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by Perfecto

25-03-2007|08:33 AM

Replies: 1

do it now!(not later)

so i have some problem: when i do subdivison on polys, no matter if it is this poly proxy,subdivsions or CPS whenever i alter the low res cage the...

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by delesh

25-03-2007|08:27 AM

Replies: 2

Mental Ray isnt were it should be?

Im making a glass shader, and I was attempting to change the raytracing settings. So I whent to Windows/RenderingEditors/RenderSettings, but I cant...

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by Perfecto

25-03-2007|07:26 AM

Replies: 1

Nurbs Locked!! PLease Help!!!

PLease help! Just when I was having great fun and understanding how to model, my nurbs became locked!! Meaning...suddenly I can't edit them at all...

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by Sgart

25-03-2007|03:09 AM

Replies: 5

deforming pivots - how?

let´s say i have a building with 400 windows. the building isn´t straight but deformed like a rhombus. so I first creat the facade in a cubic form...

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by Falott

25-03-2007|03:05 AM

Replies: 0

PSD layer in maya?

Hi everybody Hope this is not a REALY stupid question but here it goes. Can I use a layer from photoshop in Maya? I cut out the water out...

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by pankeriste

24-03-2007|10:39 PM

Replies: 2

how to smash a mended heart

hi all, hope the computers are running well. I have to do a a 60 sec animation for uni (yes a real animation for my stupid uni, film course) and I...

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by happymat27

24-03-2007|06:42 PM

Replies: 5

opinion between 2d and 3d motion blur

hows it going, I've been kind of confused on which of the two(2d and 3d) blur give me better results. I've been rendering my shots occasionally...

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by danotronXX

24-03-2007|10:01 AM

Replies: 4

removing occlusion render

hey guys, for the past couple of weeks i been rendering with occlusion render for my material shader... the problem is when i just want to render it...

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by Sgart

24-03-2007|04:49 AM

Replies: 4

How to Rotate around one point?

I attempted to figure this out on my own for about 30min now, but I cant seem to find out how. Im not sure if i should use a Joint, but how do you...

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by kinddoggofwar

24-03-2007|04:18 AM

Replies: 2

Internet Problems

Hello, I'm sure that there are communities for this kind of question but as this is the only online community that I'm part of I thought I'd ask...

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by gster123

24-03-2007|02:29 AM

Replies: 14

Glad to be back...

Hey guys, after a month abroad with both work and play, I have returned and determined to get even deeper into this crazy world of Mayarisms. Not...

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by marlonjohn

24-03-2007|02:06 AM

Replies: 2

HOW to remove the blendshapes keyed on expressions?

Hi, I did animate a character with belendshapes for expressions on the face. Now i wish to redo the whole animation and i deleted the keys on the...

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by dolphinbowrider

24-03-2007|12:24 AM

Replies: 0

Help, no .qt extension in render globals

Please help lol again. Ok so i want to render to .qt format, so i downloaded quicktime, instaled and restarted my machine. In the render globals when...

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by BadG3r

23-03-2007|10:55 PM

Replies: 14

Having trouble with image planes

Hi, I'm new to Maya, and the first thing I can't figure out is image planes for reference in modelling a car. I have not had problems with other...

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by mmmm_soup

23-03-2007|09:44 PM

Replies: 3

texture problem

hi when i add an image to a plane and i got more than one plane in the scene even if they are in different layers, everything gets the same picture...

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by mrbozzo

23-03-2007|08:22 PM

Replies: 5

Maya, from Lightwave

Hi, just joined and just started to work through Maya's own built in tutorials - very basic modelling. I'm studying Lightwave at uni but am...

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by tweetytunes

23-03-2007|08:08 AM

Replies: 1

HELP: 1st Maya experience...

Hi, I have been searching for a way of doing a page turning animation. I have used a little C4D in any 3d work ive done, but though my searching I...

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by c4dhamster

23-03-2007|06:43 AM

Replies: 11

Pricing an animation?

How do you/businesses etc go about pricing animations? I have been approached to do a 2 minute presentation animation, which is currently taking 10...

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by j5ive

23-03-2007|02:01 AM

Replies: 4

extruding edges along paths...

im making an army guy with his gun and im trying to get the gun strap but when i extrude along the path it thins near the end see pic for my settings...

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by Acid44

22-03-2007|08:24 PM

Replies: 1

How do I install plugins

I downloaded the MJPoly Tool Plug in and cannot figure out how to install it (never installed a plug in before). I've spent the last two hours...

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by Perfecto

22-03-2007|06:11 PM

Replies: 5

3d Wireframe views

When I'm working in Maya my view is set so it shows the Isoparm(for NURBs) all the way around the object. How can I make it so it is a 2d wireframe...

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