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Materials, shaders, what's the difference?

Can someone explain what the difference is between a 'material' and a 'shader'? I get confused when I read through the books. thanks, g.

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by greenleaf

13-11-2005|05:27 PM

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Plain Background

Hey people, i'm new to maya and have been given a three week project at Uni to animate a few showreel exercises (walk, run, jump, etc..) which are...

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by jimbojones05

13-11-2005|05:05 PM

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acceptable importable file formats for maya

ok i know i can import .obj to maya just fine from lightwave but what other file formats can be imported to maya?

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by silharstak

13-11-2005|02:10 PM

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extruding faces?

With Maya 7 when i extrude a face.. it makes faces in between in the inside of the mesh how can i stop it from doing this? :headbang:

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by jsprogg

12-11-2005|11:14 PM

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HEART ATTACK!

I have NOOO clue what happened. I searched the help files and the net for the awnser...cant find it. The whole Menue all of the elements in the UI...

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by iconcreations03

12-11-2005|09:19 PM

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new problem with polygon and subd

hello all I know probably this sounds a little bit crazy. I have a problem again in converting poly to subd. I am desiging a human body and...

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by ronkhmps

12-11-2005|07:30 PM

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Normals problem

The normals appear to be the wrong way around on my model for one reason or another, though there is no difference when I 'flip' the outcast normals,...

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by MattTheMan

12-11-2005|07:11 PM

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Help! with addin a logo to my dyson.

hi need a bit of help,:confused: im trying to add the dyson logo onto the vac itself i have selected the faces and planar mapped the area i want...

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by MattTheMan

12-11-2005|06:59 PM

Replies: 2

Laptop need some advice Please.

hey sup people. im buying a laptop mainly for using maya so im not stuck in the comp room so much, the wife aint too happy, So anyways what machine...

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by magicsy

12-11-2005|08:09 AM

Replies: 8

Rotating

Hey I accidently did something and my alt/left click rotation is all wierd. It keeps rotating from the center of the grid rather than rotating from...

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by Anhslaught

11-11-2005|10:14 PM

Replies: 2

Image Planes

Hello, I've searched through the internet looking for help but alas cannot find any info on this. I'm trying to model some cars, using...

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by Keith160377

11-11-2005|07:46 PM

Replies: 4

Predator III - Well not really, but I'm proud of it

Couldn't do much on the challenge today as I had to make a costume for my 6 year old for school tomorrow. They have Fantasy day! He wanted to go...

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by BMS

10-11-2005|07:01 PM

Replies: 4

Mental ray

I just got Maya and I am really new to this. I am trying to render with Mental Ray and I know I have it but I cant seem to find where to render...

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by JDigital

10-11-2005|05:30 PM

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Will GeoUV still work with 6.01

Hey guys, I was searching around for a UV script or plug-in, and I found a company called Geometric Informations Inc. They have a plug-in called...

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by t1ck135

10-11-2005|12:29 PM

Replies: 1

Fluid Container

Does anyone know if there is anyway to attach a locator or cv or anything to a particle or a dynamic particle arrow (see image). I'm trying not to...

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by chermandesign

10-11-2005|03:23 AM

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problem with polygon and subd

hello everyone I have a problem converting polygon to subd I have downloaded some tutorial from this site. and when I convert the polygons to...

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by mhcannon

09-11-2005|11:11 PM

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HDRI Explanation?

Well, I used HDRI in one of the tutorials that I completed, but I still can't totally understand what they do. Do they add the illusion of a scene,...

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by NextDesign

09-11-2005|10:42 PM

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t rex texture

i want to get t rex texture dvd but i only have PLE at the mo and no photoshop. i was wondering whether this tut makes u make te texture,bumb,spec...

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by NextDesign

09-11-2005|10:39 PM

Replies: 1

HELP....

Hi, its just me again The_beginner, I have just got MAYA and I am doing quite well...I also have Lightwave and that's cool. MAYA seem's like the odds...

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by gster123

09-11-2005|06:59 PM

Replies: 1

splitting polygons in stright lines

I realize this might not be the brightest of questions, but is there a way to split a polygon in a stright line, paralell to its sides? Say if you...

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by Nusirilo

09-11-2005|03:10 PM

Replies: 6

Morphing models

Hi all, I’m having a big issue that I’m not shore how to ask. I’ll describe it as best as possible, so if this is in the search, please point me...

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by dobyfred

09-11-2005|12:10 PM

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Displacing Help

hi guys, im messing around with a water shader, anyway im a bit stuck, it says to create a nurbs plane for the water surface, displacing the plane...

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by THX1138

09-11-2005|09:39 AM

Replies: 1

How to make feathers?

Helloo. I'm making trying to make a bird(a very strange bird) in maya and the modelling is going well but when i'm going to texture it i need...

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by NextDesign

09-11-2005|12:51 AM

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confused with hair tutorial

Hi guys, Long time no see. I have been working on my character, and it has been going really slow considering that I am school all week. However, I...

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by junkyBob

08-11-2005|03:27 PM

Replies: 1

car blue print website

i found this site contained lots of car blueprint, might be very usefull for people who want to develope 3d car model. ...

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by Keith160377

08-11-2005|10:38 AM