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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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Use Maya For Game... Why Maya?

Use Maya for Game Development ... ? Why Maya? "But why Maya?" I hear you ask. "Surely 3D Studio Max is the more dominant 3D application in the...

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by Phopojijo

02-09-2005|09:07 PM

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Wire Frame Renders

Just a quick one to help me out, how do you do a wire frame render of a model?? I havent a clue so any help would be great

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by swankymonkey

02-09-2005|09:00 PM

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texture keeps tiling

ok i have a scene with some planets and in realtime the planet looks fine http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/cshgames/untitle2d.jpg but when i...

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by Phopojijo

02-09-2005|08:59 PM

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reflections

how do u make a material reflective

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by danotronXX

02-09-2005|04:54 PM

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Converting nurbs to polygons

OK, lets get right down to buisness. So, I have been trying to convert nurbs to polygons for the past hour and nothing has worked that I know...

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by matt4068

02-09-2005|03:12 PM

Replies: 11

select,move,rotate...etc buttons locked?

OK on to the next problem! Lol Ok so I am having this problem where I can't select any of the tools on the left hand side! It's really stupid. If...

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by wirercx

02-09-2005|01:01 PM

Replies: 2

Edge loops and Character topology?

Can someone explain what is meant by 'edge loops' and could someone give me examples of correct character topology mesh lines preferably...

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by matt4068

02-09-2005|12:14 PM

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Do I need to learn MEL??? | Page: 1 2

hey, all those riggers out there. i am studying rigging, and would soon like to find work in a studio. so, what do you guys think? for me to be able...

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by keef

02-09-2005|08:44 AM

Replies: 17

happiest man on earth

today is the happiest day ever! i had a 400frame animation of some dude dodging a million lazers and i was going to key his hat frame by frame to...

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by Phopojijo

02-09-2005|07:19 AM

Replies: 2

I think I'm going to cry... death of a 7800

http://www.tech-forums.net/showthread.php?threadid=68275&perpage=15&pagenumber=1 http://img332.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc023761cz.jpg I...

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by Phopojijo

02-09-2005|07:07 AM

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Screen Capture

Heya Folks, I was wondering if you guys could help me out with some suggestions.....I need to get a screen capture program that can capture your...

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by MainlineX

01-09-2005|03:42 PM

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Movie software?

Hii. I'm currently trying to do a small clip, so first i render all the images(TGAs) and then i blend them together in VideoMach into a clip. BUT...

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by kablink

01-09-2005|01:57 PM

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To All Members - my goodbyes | Page: 1 2

Hello all From the 1st of this month (August 2005) I actually left the simply3dworld company. My email under the remove#kevin@simplymaya.com will...

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by alienscience

01-09-2005|12:56 AM

Replies: 26

which program is best?

when rendering do i choose: maya software, maya hardware, maya vector, or mental ray? and also everytime i do a batch render i keep getting a...

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by haynesy

31-08-2005|10:03 PM

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rendering problem

i finished doing a clip so i went to batch render but it wouldnt let do it because it says "camera is not renderable, go to camera attributes to fix...

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by Drought

31-08-2005|09:43 PM

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Rigging and Uw texture tools

any1 got any good rigging and texture tools? i tryed a mel script from "alias wavefront - fast animation riggs" but it seem like all tools isnt...

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by Drought

31-08-2005|09:40 PM

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layerd channels

What is agood third party program that will convert ll of the layered channels and put them into one layer for rendering/animation! Thanks :)

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by NextDesign

31-08-2005|08:34 PM

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SHOW MANIPULATOR TOOL?

I can't use the manipulator tool, there is NO SETTINGS for it but i can't change them. Anyone think they can help me out?

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by PAF

31-08-2005|06:33 PM

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Question about 3D art and drawing

I just noticed that a lot of 3D art work can be completed much more easily with reference drawings to work from. Does this mean that if I wanted to...

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by doodle

31-08-2005|03:41 PM

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Poly count

How do people get the poly/tri count of their scene?

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by badtertle

31-08-2005|03:14 PM

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Location, Location, Location

I am curious as to who lives where and how long they have been developing their portfolios? Me, I live in Waterford, Ireland, and I have just got...

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by Gunndragon

31-08-2005|02:52 PM

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Maya exporting

I seem to have every Maya error in the book... Exporting from Maya to WRL using Maya's own WRL plugin leads to this:...

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by NextDesign

31-08-2005|12:25 PM

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Rigs

I am an old pro when it comes to computer building, and in that biz, the computer is the "Rig".... so in Maya, or any 3D progs, what is Rigging?

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by NextDesign

31-08-2005|12:08 PM

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Rendering Problem

When I use Fg with Mental Ray, (oh, and, by the way, I figured out that the way to render the really cool sharp images was by using FG and an...

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by darijo203

31-08-2005|07:56 AM

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Bending an object to follow a curve?

Hi, im modelling a rope and have created it using two extrudes along paths, then grouped the two together. I am now trying to bend the rope so that...

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by haynesy

30-08-2005|09:23 PM

Replies: 6