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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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im done with the dog tutorial

what's next? any advice?

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by bobalie

16-05-2006|02:06 PM

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Help with shade 7 designer LE

Hi all, I bought my 3d world today and i installed shade 7. Now i have a question. If i make something in shade then can i export it so i can open...

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by Gamestarf

16-05-2006|01:28 PM

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isometric perspective...

Hi, I'm moddeling som stuf but i whoud like to export is in a isometric perspective... does some one know how i can do that? I tried the F1...

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by vlargon

16-05-2006|01:24 PM

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NURBs or Poly Head?

Okay so I have been messing around with a poly head tutorial (This tutorial)...and the whole time I am thinking to myself this would be so much...

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by mmoore5553

16-05-2006|12:45 PM

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Spline Handles

I,m trying to create a toung rig using a spline handle. The problem I am having is the curve will not attach its self to the joint chain. I can open...

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by meshue

15-05-2006|10:49 PM

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joints in perspective

i am trying to rig my guy and when i go into perspective i can see the joints. how do i get it back on??? never mind i got it

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by daffas

15-05-2006|08:54 PM

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Cleanup?

Okay, going from Poly to Sub-divs, what exactly does Cleanup (non-manifold edges) do? And once it hightlights whatever it is... does that mean...

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by Trasendil

15-05-2006|07:43 PM

Replies: 3

Help please! Cartoon Dog Problem!

Hi Dudes, I'm a complete newbie in Maya... My problem in this Cartoon doggy tutorial is that I don't know how to edit the Spans of the Sphere what...

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by ruelas_luis

15-05-2006|07:34 PM

Replies: 7

MUZZLE FLASH

Hi Guys, I'm currently working on a animation which involves a guy firing a big gun, but I have no idea how to make a muzzle flash. It could be...

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by pbman

15-05-2006|05:38 PM

Replies: 8

Plugin for Flash

Greetings Maya enthusiasts. I'm having trouble finding out if theres a flash plugin (.swf) for Maya, i'm guessing there has to be one somewhere...

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by Daniel_Spinello

15-05-2006|04:37 PM

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Tiff or tga?

So what is the best image format to use Tiff or TGA when dealing with alpha channels within maya and why? Its just that the file sizes are the...

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by Stephen

15-05-2006|04:06 PM

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Booleans Don't work... please help!!

I'm trying to make a brake caliper and i want to cut out a small place for the disk, but when i click the boolean, it disappears. I tired everything,...

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by errethakbe

15-05-2006|03:50 PM

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stupid screw driver tut

yeh hey the modelling of that tutorial is all good yeh i learnt alot from it like using boleens good :D makes making stuff 10 x easier but all...

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by esion

15-05-2006|12:51 PM

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Mirror joint - behaviour not working

Hi Guys, I've started creating a new rig for the challenge competition and whenever I mirror the right arm skeleton to the left and choose...

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by t1ck135

15-05-2006|09:28 AM

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New tutorial

http://simplymaya.com/daves/GI_TextRen01_Large.jpg Sneak peak out on Wednesday. More details there. Thanks to Jay for this one.

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by Jay

15-05-2006|07:49 AM

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STUPID TOOL I NEED HELP !

WTF IS THIS STUPID THINGY ALL IT DOES IT PISSES ME OF IT MAKES OTHER VERTICIES GO STUPID PLZ HELP...

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by ridicule

15-05-2006|05:20 AM

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Giving a plane depth/thickness

Can you help = I've created a basic poly plane and adjusted it's vertices to where i want them (big win) and now, to really get fancy, I'd like to...

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by same

15-05-2006|02:52 AM

Replies: 3

Zbrush question

i have a question about zbrush, i have painted a texture onto a model, without using projection master, i have it on the model, but it is not in the...

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by varley

14-05-2006|06:37 PM

Replies: 9

vector render outline ?

How can i make sure it only uses the outline of the mesh? Cause when i set it it also sometimes renders some edges when they are not quads inside the...

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by pixelsoul

14-05-2006|02:59 PM

Replies: 8

The Purpose of History Erase-al

Okies, newbie question, here. -grin- I understand that erasing the history will help your computer to function better, especially if the history...

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by Trasendil

14-05-2006|11:17 AM

Replies: 3

Shoulder Rigg/SkinBind

Hi, I'm doing a student work on front crawl swimming, and I'm creating a model which will show the swim style of front crawling. Now I got...

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by varley

14-05-2006|09:49 AM

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modeling a curved railing

I am currently working on a project that needs a railing that has a curved end ( image below) I was wondering what the best way to make this piece of...

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by varley

14-05-2006|09:19 AM

Replies: 4

Normal map

Need help guys, I'm trying to normal map a character. I have tranfered surface info via the maya interface, have assigned the resultant map ( exp in...

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by varley

14-05-2006|08:55 AM

Replies: 2

problem with emitter please help :(

I only want my emitter to run from a certain frame to a certain one. I dont have a problem starting the emitter from the frame i want but i can't...

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