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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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max tuts for maya

just wanted to ask if 3dmax tutorials can be used for modelling in maya???and the same with lightwave??? never used them...but some cool tuts out...

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by G-Man

08-08-2006|04:54 AM

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edge highlights....

I have downloaded the house interior tutorials and I notice that my objects don't match those on the screen. notably when I delete faces and want to...

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by mmoore5553

08-08-2006|02:34 AM

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absolute beginner

Hi guys, have just done first tutorial in Maya, can any one reccomend the best books and videos to purchase please to carry on learning...

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by errethakbe

08-08-2006|02:05 AM

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why 3ds max

lol sorry if my title is confusing but it's just so depressing to seee so many 3ds max VTM's (video tuts) but so little of maya's.. in a site for...

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by Jay

07-08-2006|08:59 PM

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Transparency maps

Sorry for the simplistic question but when im applying a tree texture to a plane, and then adding the alpha map in the transparency channel and then...

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by SpaceGoat

07-08-2006|08:09 PM

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Add Xray to Shelf

How would I add Xray to my shelf or preferably to a hotkey?

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by portermalone

07-08-2006|05:17 PM

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Project Problems and Questions

Hey all- So I started a simple and easy Maya animation project. I wanted to create a 1st person scene of a 'fly over' where the camera is flying...

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by Kouga

07-08-2006|04:53 PM

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Make a hole

I have a surface, and want make a hole in it, with the shape of a cylinder. I know the make hole tool, but the result don´t fit the surface. how can...

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by severinianthony

07-08-2006|04:47 PM

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BUMP MAPS!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

I know that in bump mapping, you take a greyscale .psd file where dark= less deviation from original form and light= more deviation from original...

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by esion

07-08-2006|02:59 PM

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Aligning Vertices to Z Axle

Hi everyone! I am following the Organic Modeling Tutorial 2 and I got to a stage where is suposed to align the midle vertices of the head to the Y...

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by Sepraud

07-08-2006|01:00 PM

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Tools and other stuff not working...

I am major trouble with this, I have maya 7.0.1 PLE and all my tools on the left side will not work, I can't even select them. If create a object, I...

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by jscott2121

07-08-2006|12:34 AM

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Big File, too many polys

I was working on some modelling for a scene, and I tried to make a big brick building. Instead of texturing and bump maps and all that, I modelled a...

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by oldhippie_tom

06-08-2006|11:02 PM

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UV loading issues

Hello everyone, I'm new to UV mapping in Maya and I'm having some trouble. I have a low poly object of about 2000 triangles of the upper half of a...

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by Grey Matter

06-08-2006|07:57 PM

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HELP WITH PROJECT

Hi im looking for someone local to London to help me with a project i am working on. Im looking for someone with good modelling and fur texturing...

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by mr pix.

06-08-2006|05:55 PM

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HOW TO USE AFTER EFFECTS?

I am starting to use after effects and am baffled where to start. Just got over the shock of using Maya after all this time, now ive gotta get used...

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by mr pix.

06-08-2006|05:52 PM

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problem with dgs meterial juss black

i have followed 3 tutorials that use dgs and all of them have the same effect it tells ya to change the stuff i do it EXACTLY like them and all i get...

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by esion

06-08-2006|04:38 PM

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just instaled

i just installed Maya.. how come i cant use any tools? and i was foloowing this dragon tut on this site.. and i cant create materials o.O

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by hkorenaruto

06-08-2006|09:25 AM

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Rendering Animations

While I was making a couple of animations, I wanted to make a mini-movie from these animations, but I dont know how to go about it. Do I render it...

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by mr pix.

06-08-2006|01:31 AM

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Rigging wierd shaped eyeballs

I was just wondering about how there are 3d anime characters. Do you model the eyes to fit the shape of the design, or does the eye have to be...

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by Lt Jim

06-08-2006|12:20 AM

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i cant just get it

hell im new and still learning maya ,ive got a problem with animatating substances to move and the other problem is to use a face modeller whereby...

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by Lt Jim

06-08-2006|12:16 AM

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GRAPHICS CARD?

Can anyone recommend what graphics card is good for using for rendering? I keep getting 'graphics card not sufficient for hardware rendering' Any...

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by Falott

06-08-2006|12:11 AM

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Cant Subdivide!!!

I cant seem to convert a polygon model into a subdiv model. On script editor it says that ''This polygon contains an interior vertex connected by...

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by Falott

05-08-2006|07:08 PM

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Copy UV layouts?

I am modelling a scene in which a lot of the models ie. buildings etc are the same just scaled differently. I presume I can copy the uv set from one...

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by pixelsoul

05-08-2006|05:08 PM

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WTF IS WITH THIS NO DGS SHIT

good point i fixed it after goin beserk at everything while i had to type my original post 10 times coz of shit things happpenin it pissed me off so...

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