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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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Poly modeling - straight lines

I'm modeling my synth and is wondering how you usually poly model a thing that's not organic? I find that I get a lot of lines that need to be...

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by mtmckinley

01-10-2004|12:53 AM

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Does it exist?

I cant remember what program it was(i think it was lightwave) They had a render option so when you render you can rotate around the image in all...

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by wchamlet

01-10-2004|12:44 AM

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2 Q's -- Splitting Surfaces & Particle Freezing

1) How do you remove a set of faces from a mesh and create a separate mesh (I need to remove MC's visor from the rest of his suit and apply a new...

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by Phopojijo

30-09-2004|09:27 PM

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NEED SOME SKIN!!!

Does anyone know good site for making REALISTIC skin textures, I looked everywhere but its all crap...stones,bricks,grids,wood,alpha...bla,bla,bla......

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by vladimirjp

30-09-2004|07:35 PM

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Blueprints

hi i am looking for a site that has some blueprints. I found the www.suurland.com site, but not much works :( I want blueprints for cars,...

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by nash2000

30-09-2004|07:19 PM

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Just wondering? | Page: 1 2

How old was everyone when they began to learn Maya? And where has it got you today? I know every program Except 3d proggy's and start a Maya course...

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by wchamlet

30-09-2004|02:41 PM

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hatched faces after beveling

good evening! I have a problem with hatched faces after I beveled some edges. I used targa/jpeg files which I applied to the object and...

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by darius_IX

30-09-2004|01:04 PM

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Rendering painteffects

I've modeled a house in which I later on plan to add some grass around. Since the render looks much better in Mental Ray I prefer this, but Mental...

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by Quads

30-09-2004|07:31 AM

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skin/joint control help

hey all, i am making a character and after binding the skin to the joint every time i try to animate an arm or leg or something the skin flattens out...

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by diseasekrot

30-09-2004|02:58 AM

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Graphics card

Hello Maya People! I want to buy a new computer to run maya and I went to the alias site to see the graphics cards they reccommend and I like the...

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by Phopojijo

29-09-2004|11:49 PM

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Gun Tutorial

Does anyone know where I can find a good gun modelling tutorial. I want to have a realistic looking hand gun and to detach some of the componets but...

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by twisteddragon33

29-09-2004|10:54 PM

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Screw you?

Just fooling around with the extrude faces tool from stuff i remmebered from mikes tut on it. Decided to use some of those nifty features see if i...

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by twisteddragon33

29-09-2004|10:50 PM

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spike with wrap deformer

Im getting this ugly spike when I've created a wrap deformer. I've read that you should try increasing the maxDistance until it disappears (I have...

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by DJbLAZER

29-09-2004|06:16 PM

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Edges

Hi everyone. I need som help, i want to know how i get the edge on a poly model i cut i half to get "bigger" like kurt have in the assult mech...

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by Tim_LIVID

29-09-2004|05:06 PM

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Going away for 2 week.

Going to visit family for 2 weeks. Will still be able to check in from time to time so dont let the site slide to much when im away=) Talk soon ...

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by 3Demon

29-09-2004|10:10 AM

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Streaks

How do I create a steaking kinda volume light look.

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by Pony

29-09-2004|01:35 AM

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Some Newbie, Some not-so Questions

1) (Newbie Questions) How would you go abouts turning an emitter (especially fire which appears to have a fixed emitting speed) on or off at various...

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by mtmckinley

28-09-2004|10:21 PM

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Help making lightwells for car

Ok, my first nurbs modeling. This is a hood of a car and I need help rounding out the lightwell. First off, I trimmed off the lightwell with...

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by Anhslaught

28-09-2004|08:43 PM

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Rendering the object and it's wireframe

Hi all I've seen some of you render an object with it's wireframe using plugins. Does anyone know of a way of accomplishing that with maya 6...

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by eran

28-09-2004|05:21 PM

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Blue Whale animation

HI! I've just made a Hi-res model of whale for my short animation and problem is how 2 animate it. Should I use the bones or some of the...

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by darijo203

28-09-2004|04:57 PM

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Help on subdivisions and texturing

Hello, I finsihed my elephant model and I have problem with texturing it! I was working with polys then converted it to subdiv to get some details,...

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by darijo203

28-09-2004|04:55 PM

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Where do i DL Maya?

^^ a link or something plz thx

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