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Renderman

Hi All, Long time no see ( or should I say post ;) ). Not sure if anyone here followed the news but Renderman from Pixar will be free for non...

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by mastone

05-06-2014|07:25 PM

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Sub-Dividing Mesh?

Hello I am new to Maya (using 2014) And I was wondering how to get this look http://gyazo.com/474d3a669d7fb6722ef666fc267a5839 onto my cubes. I think...

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by NextDesign

05-06-2014|04:30 AM

Replies: 1

Maya 2013: Keep faces together extrude bug

Hi all, I deleted my prefs files, doesn't seem to help. (Poly menu) Edit Mesh > (checked) keep faces together > Extrude The 'keep faces...

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by daverave

03-06-2014|11:13 PM

Replies: 1

Small Announcement | Page: 1 2 3

Hey all I thought I would take this opportunity to make an announcement here on Simply Maya as its probably the only 3d related site I actually...

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by Jay

01-06-2014|02:38 PM

Replies: 42

How can I change the selection colors ?

i.e: I have issues seeing the edges when selected. I'd like to change the default selection colors to make selected edges pop more to the eye. I...

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by daverave

31-05-2014|09:48 AM

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Texturer wanted for online short film project

I have been missing here of late as I had to deal with real life stuff. But on my break I have ran into a small little project going on which is a...

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by tweetytunes

28-05-2014|06:20 PM

Replies: 4

I'd like to keep the Output Window in the background...

I'm adjusting color, specularity, transparency and glow on a bubble-like object. I'm making lots of quick renders and deleting, and repeating. The...

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by KELLEY

26-05-2014|05:10 PM

Replies: 3

UV Snapshot error troubleshooting

Hey y'all, got another snapshot problem I need help with. So basically every time I try and take a UV snapshot, I get the "failed to open output...

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by rockandrye

26-05-2014|04:32 PM

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Time Node Issue

Hello, Using the time node in the hypershader, when I use the animation slider the time on the node doesn't change. Do I have to do something to...

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by FrankAnimation

23-05-2014|07:48 PM

Replies: 2

Surfaces from imported illustrator curves

Hey Guys. I've imported a lot of curves from AI, and now a wanna make 3 surfaces from this. One from each "layer" of curves. How can i make a...

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by MikkelSL

22-05-2014|11:35 AM

Replies: 6

Text Creating Question

Okay, sorry if this a silly question but I'm ripping out my hair trying to figure out why the text creator in 2015 is doing this. I'll create some...

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by Millsy01

22-05-2014|07:49 AM

Replies: 14

Fixing UVs after editing geometry

Greetings! I have a 3d-scanned, textured model as a polymesh which I need to fix. Amongst other issues there are these donut-style* holes I need...

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by borlag

21-05-2014|08:51 PM

Replies: 2

transparent object

hello. is there any way to make an object transparent for the specified light? i need to place the sphereLight into an object, so that it lights...

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by mickhah

21-05-2014|01:16 PM

Replies: 7

Selection question

Whenever I try to select a polygon that's either inside or other another polygon, it selects the bigger polygon. For example, I want to select the...

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by JesusPitt

20-05-2014|09:30 PM

Replies: 0

Identifying errors in Maya uv texture editor

I am unwrapping a simple object and need some help. :help: In my texture editor i turned on "shaded uv display" so i can see where my errors are. I...

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by n88tr

19-05-2014|02:54 PM

Replies: 6

Maya 2014 IMF_Disp not opening

Hi, I ran my render for a basic render and then went to: File>Load Render Pass>i.e.diffuse. Now normally, IMF_Disp should open, right? It's...

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by srlake314

19-05-2014|02:44 PM

Replies: 10

n00b here- UV mapping question

Hey y'all, I have a rectangular polygon that I am trying to map. Everything is fine except the proportions of the map are wrong. It comes up as a...

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by jsprogg

19-05-2014|02:38 AM

Replies: 1

(Typewriter) rigging

Hi there! I am currently attempting to rig a typewriter for class, and I've stumbled across some issues, particularly with transformations which I...

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by thebooface

17-05-2014|11:07 PM

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Need a rigger for CG Horror WebSeries

Need a rigger who works on Maya 2014, can skin and rig human characters and have both IK and FK options. Been working on the series since 2012. ...

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by CollinBishop

17-05-2014|03:15 AM

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UV mapping question

Hi i was just wondering is there a particular to layout UV?, because i have been using daz studio and have been studying the UV's and on a character...

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by wendy3112

16-05-2014|11:07 PM

Replies: 6

select tool not working

hey all ... new to this all and i know this is probably something easy but it is killing me. I am trying to follow the tuts and I cant use the...

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by stwert

16-05-2014|06:50 PM

Replies: 5

Connecting displacement plane to polygon cube

Hey I was hoping someone could help me out with this issue. I am trying to figure out how to connect a polygon plane (with a displacement) to one...

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by Gen

16-05-2014|12:20 AM

Replies: 1

UV Mapping Image Weird

I'm not really sure what's going on here. I was doing several basic tutorials and whenever I started texturing, even if I followed the steps exactly,...

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