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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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question about deformed joints

i created IK handle for my leg ( for bending of knee ) and for my foot ( for tapping of foot ) , then i allocate locators for the IK handles then...

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by brandy_ke

05-03-2007|08:09 PM

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Importing renderman plugin

Hi I downloaded the renderman evaluation for maya and I went to window/sys pref/ plugin managaer/ and then navigated to the .lib file in the...

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by rcb25

05-03-2007|06:23 PM

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Particle effect not showing up in Render

Ok, I have a huge problem that I don't know how to fix. Whenever I render a particle effect, it completely doesn't show up! What the heck! I seem to...

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by bobalie

05-03-2007|05:48 PM

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How to Merge Vertices

Help - I have built a relatively simple environment, but noticed that the some of the vertices are not connected to each other (I used Extrude...

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by publicFunction

05-03-2007|05:14 PM

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what happened to nurbs Isoparms??

since version 8.5 there is some real strange behavior going on with nurbs isoparms. I cannot select them anymore like I did usually. instead of I...

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by Falott

05-03-2007|04:36 PM

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How do I get the total poly count?

Hey guys, Question again! How do I figure out the total polys of a scene? I went to Display>HUD>Poly Count, but which one is the total poly count...

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by severinianthony

05-03-2007|04:14 PM

Replies: 9

annoying texture seam

I'm just trying to polish my texturing skills, and I find that when I have a wrapround texture, I often get a bit of a seam like the one in this...

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by publicFunction

05-03-2007|01:37 PM

Replies: 6

render shadows

hey all is there a way to render just shadows? they will have to follow a contour/shape how do i get just shadows so the alpha channel is just...

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by pbman

05-03-2007|12:31 PM

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HDRI render question

hi, I've got a scene set up with an hdri dome. I've checked the emit light box under the image based lighting tab, so my hdr image is my...

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by farbtopf

05-03-2007|09:36 AM

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render a nurb curve

hello. I have a scvene containing a lot of nurb curves that I have imported from illustrattor. I want to vector render them, but maya won't do this....

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by Alan

05-03-2007|09:02 AM

Replies: 3

Moving UVs

Hi there, Could anyone help me please? I modelled a signpost and made a UV map, then painted a texture on top. When I applied the texture...

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by BeckyHew

05-03-2007|03:21 AM

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a modling request

I was wondering if someone could model a simple city for me. I cant model much at all... I want it for a animation I want to try todo. The city...

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by boltneck

04-03-2007|08:00 PM

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Batch render, ghost frames

When i batch render a Avi film i get a gost effect of frames following as it plays. I have no idea what is going on here, has anyone else got any...

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by publicFunction

04-03-2007|07:31 PM

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question about skeleton

have a question about skeleton , i just learned about using locators and point contrain with IK handles for easy reset of positions... i also...

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by gster123

04-03-2007|04:30 PM

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motion capture technology

hey sup, I'm getting kind of tired of always trying to simulate real life animations and thought of how great it would be to get a mocap studio...

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by danotronXX

04-03-2007|04:18 PM

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need help finding something

can anyone tell me the name of the plugin they use in alias Hyper-Realistic Creature Creation, i was told that it automaticaly creates a biped...

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by Some Guy

04-03-2007|04:15 PM

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question about skeleton

have a question about skeleton , i just learned about using locators and point contrain with IK handles for easy reset of positions... i also...

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by brandy_ke

04-03-2007|03:26 PM

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Can maya install on more than one computer with one purchase? | Page: 1 2

Sorry i have so much questions, but I have one more :/ I may be getting a laptop in a couple months, but am getting Maya within a week. So i was...

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by severinianthony

04-03-2007|02:20 PM

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Introducing Maya 8

any-one use the 3D for Beginners book? Is it me or is it really abd for complete beginners? For example it doesn't tell you waht setting you should...

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by roco5000

04-03-2007|02:17 PM

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Mirror, Reflecting(Also written in Members Lounge)

(I've written this in Members Lounge section!) How can I create a real mirror that can reflect everything? or something that I can change its...

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by SiavashTheOne

04-03-2007|02:05 PM

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Problems with Middle mouse button

Hey, this is an odd kind of question, im not sure if anyone will beable to help me, but ill give it a try. I recently got a Logitech MX Revolution...

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by pbman

04-03-2007|12:10 PM

Replies: 2

collapse a building

Hi everybody I am trying to collapse a building in Maya and have no clue what to do. I am not even shore how I should make the building. Thank you

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by pbman

04-03-2007|12:09 PM

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Is it just me or is Simply Maya playing up?

Over the past couple of weeks I've noticed that, when I open simplymaya in my browser, there are artifacts over a lot of the images and that quite a...

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