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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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Christian video game draws anger

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by The Architect

14-12-2006|01:56 PM

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Animating stickmen

I was thinking of making a small stickman animation, where one (or more ) stickmen were moving abt running and all. But however when i talked to...

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by Radical Edward

14-12-2006|10:56 AM

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problems with dog tutorial

i tried to download the first section of the free "cartoon dog" tutorial. everything seemed fine, both files were fully installed onto my computer....

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by marlonjohn

14-12-2006|09:30 AM

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custom polygons (tracing)

ive been playing around with this maya 7.0.1 now for hours and i seem to be missing a basic piece of knowledge.... how do i create a polygon by...

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by truehero

14-12-2006|09:07 AM

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Mirror Blendshapes

Hey guys, Is there a way to mirror a blend shape? I've already created the shape and want to duplicate it on another side. I've tried...

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by mirek03

14-12-2006|07:23 AM

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Planar projection via the camera direction

How amazing is this!! Only just found it, and am really impressed, sorry just had to get that off my chest. I'm pretty much using it for everything...

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by mirek03

14-12-2006|06:49 AM

Replies: 7

Santa's pi$$ed | Page: 1 2

Someone has w-a-a-y too much time on their hands, check this out from top to bottom. http://www.totallycrap.com/comments/trapped_in_the_clauset...

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by Some Guy

14-12-2006|06:20 AM

Replies: 15

Liquid in a container with booleans

Hi there, when searching for info on how to create a liquid in a container I often find the answer "use booleans". Actually even the official Maya...

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by enhzflep

14-12-2006|05:08 AM

Replies: 12

Mental ray nodes - materials turn object green

I am attempting to apply dgs_material to a sphere. When I do it turns the sphere green (in persp view). And when I render using mental ray there is...

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by John8888

14-12-2006|04:40 AM

Replies: 8

Exporting a Rig...

I have just finished a semi-complex rig, and I was wondering if someone could give me some tips. I would like to use this rig on multiple characters,...

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by Gus

14-12-2006|04:34 AM

Replies: 1

How to create spell effects

Well euh, the title says it all :p Greetings Brecht Thanks

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by brecht

14-12-2006|12:44 AM

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How to create a world

For my game I would like to create lands, but how to do this best? Should I (I already drawn a map and scanned it) place parts of my map on the maya...

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by brecht

14-12-2006|12:17 AM

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Arm Rigging: TroubleShooting

Hi all, I am trying to rig some arms along with IK Handles but I stumbled a roadblock and can't figure out why my arms are not bending...

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by Gus

13-12-2006|08:02 AM

Replies: 10

will this get the job done? | Page: 1 2

hey guys ... im getting a new computer soon and just wanted to hear what you guys think about it. do you reckon it will be really quick at rendering...

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by erictacti

13-12-2006|03:00 AM

Replies: 19

fill an hole (nurbs)

I have a nurbs wall, I want to fill a circular hole in the center of the nurbs wall but I dont want to convert it in poly.

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by NeoStrider

13-12-2006|01:27 AM

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How to animate extrusion

Hi, I have a simple question. I'm trying to animate the extrusion process of a simple cube polygon. I would like to explore a simple shape and...

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by marlonjohn

13-12-2006|01:04 AM

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Seleection priority?

Everytime I try to drag select some vertices the poly object geometry behind also gets selected i presume this is something to do with the selection...

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by NeoStrider

13-12-2006|12:39 AM

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polygon extrude face/edge tool ... wierd

hey guys... ived been using maya abit over a year now and i dont know if its my maya or it happends to everyone else ... well it Sirtenly doesnt...

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by erictacti

13-12-2006|12:32 AM

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Conjoining objects?

I am making a scene of a room. There is a notebook in the scene. You know those spirals? Well there are like 20 of the torus shapes and a cube shaped...

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by happymat27

12-12-2006|10:47 PM

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Problem with crawling skin. Gaaah.

Hi, I'd really appreciate it if someone could explain to me what I'm doing wrong with my rendered scenes. The problem is that in all of the...

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by NeoStrider

12-12-2006|10:47 PM

Replies: 6

Key Framing Issue (Visibility)

I'm trying to insert a muzzle flash for a gunshot. I have some geometry with a glow on it and I'm trying to key frame it one frame at a time,...

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by NeoStrider

12-12-2006|09:08 PM

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any one know what this means | Page: 1 2

01100001 01110011 01110011 00100000 01101101 01110101 01101110 01101011 01100101 01111001 give it a couple trys and ill post the answer

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by marlonjohn

12-12-2006|01:48 PM

Replies: 19

I SAW THE BEST THING OF MY LIFE

i went out for a smoke and was staring into space thinking about something and in the corner of my eye i notice a faint glow by the moon so i looked...

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by marlonjohn

12-12-2006|01:45 PM

Replies: 4