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Problem with maya's hardware and software rendering

Hello, Please I'm having problems with maya's hardware and software render. I'm guessing I didn't get the right settings, I don't really know. The...

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by luciferr

30-04-2014|06:34 PM

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velvet shader

hello. can anyone give me a suggestion, on how to make a velvet shader with vray? i'Ve found tutorials only for 3dmax, and there are used procedural...

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by NextDesign

29-04-2014|04:40 PM

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nparticle falling flowers

Hi, i wanted to create flowers falling from the sky. I use nparticle to emit the flowers from a plane object. The result is that it looks too stiff....

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by HcRev

28-04-2014|08:39 AM

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PSD networks

Hi all I have a character and i make the cloths of polysurface but now i want to make a psd network so i can make the texture. But psd doesnt work...

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by madaboutsne

26-04-2014|08:51 PM

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Rotations appearing out of the blue on bind joints and IK joints, but not on FK joint

I have been experiencing an issue where, All three joint chains are created equally(duplicated after having created the other two just by duplicate...

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by NextDesign

26-04-2014|04:00 AM

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New Free Character Rig (Mike and Tina)

Looking for a new customizable character that includes male and female variations? Mike and Tina, my new Maya rig is now available for download. ...

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by basquini

25-04-2014|05:38 AM

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No 'Inputs' in my Channel Box/Layers Editor...

I was wanting to make some quick sub-divisions to a cube, but there was no 'Inputs' tab. I solved it by inserting Edge Loops, but still, how do I get...

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by KELLEY

24-04-2014|10:55 PM

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How do I 'unsmooth"?

I was deforming my sub-divided cube to make a rock, and, on a whim, pressed the "3" key to see a smoothed version. Now...how do I go back to the...

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by KELLEY

24-04-2014|10:44 PM

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Sphere and Cylinder Conundrum

Hi Guys, Rreally new to Maya here and loving it ;), first post so please go easy on me. This one i bet is a real noobster, i can't for the life of...

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by Mazzink

23-04-2014|10:23 PM

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Several questions on importing weights

Hey All. I have a question, well several. I had to redo the skin bind on my model because it had too much history on it. I proceeded by deleting...

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by srlake314

23-04-2014|08:56 PM

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Looking for the right terminology...

I want to build a bicycle wheel. I've got the rim and central hub. Now I want to build one spoke and replicate it 24 times. I cannot think of the...

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by KELLEY

22-04-2014|07:56 PM

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NURBS to Polys...

I'm back to working on "The Red Girl" model. In it the tutor converts NURBS to Polys, then to Sub-Div's, then back to low poly...but can one convert...

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by NextDesign

22-04-2014|05:41 AM

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Couple of Things...

Been enjoying my return to Maya.. however there have been small hurdles I have been going around, as I cant seem to work them out.. hoping you can...

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by 3dStudent

19-04-2014|06:42 AM

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red shaded UVs question

hi all, i have a piece of geometry, and when I unwrap it and place the numbered checker material on it, the numbers are back to front, so I can...

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by nickynacky

18-04-2014|01:44 PM

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Boolean problems are back... | Page: 1 2

This my alternate attempt and making a mouth. (Again...non functioning) This fish has a dorsal fin near the tail. I used a short section of cylinder...

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by KELLEY

18-04-2014|02:46 AM

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Stuck on extrude with wierd results...

This is probably a common newbie problem but I can't seem to get it to work by following other replies about this matter. I am getting weird...

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by NextDesign

17-04-2014|07:56 PM

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Normal radio button in Ramp texture?

Hello everyone, I'm new maya user. For two days I've been banging my head, so I would appreciate some help :) The thing is, that I'm working on a...

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by madaboutsne

14-04-2014|11:44 PM

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How do I render a scene like Baldur's gate?

Hi, I've been wondering for a while how I can render a scene like baldur's gate. Meaning everything is the same size instead of doing the normal...

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by ellenor90

14-04-2014|09:42 AM

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Texture bake question...

I know it is shocking but I can't find the answer to something. So here is my question. Leon and I have tons of models that work perfectly fine in...

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by NextDesign

14-04-2014|02:31 AM

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Trying to define a mouth. Crease Tool? Bevel?

I need to define a mouth on this fish. I will not need a functioning mouth. I just want to make him swim about. I checked a few tutorials on YouTube...

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by NextDesign

13-04-2014|04:17 AM

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Easiest way to fix these shadows/reflections?

Hey there I've got my completed model here, but there are faces here and there scattered across the model that reflect light differently to the...

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