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Question about creating objects

When you create any object, say a Polygon Cube for example, the help info will tell you drag on grid and then up, which works good. But I was...

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by bullet1968

20-08-2013|03:30 PM

Replies: 7

Unreferenced?

Hi, i make a reference to a skined character for animation but now i want my referenced character to be 'real unreferenced character. How do i do...

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by choo

20-08-2013|10:40 AM

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Maya 2014 Beginner question

Hello, this is my first post so sorry if I have posted in the wrong area I've been following a tutorial to creating a simple hand as I'm a...

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by husbyhogan

18-08-2013|10:08 AM

Replies: 4

Renders die...or quit on blue box.

I'm fairly new to Maya, though I have been able to do enough to love the program and want to learn it fully. That said, there is this one ongoing...

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by Gen

16-08-2013|05:01 AM

Replies: 1

camera image plane issue

hello. i have a problem with the image plane. when i'm importing image sequence, i can't adjust it in graph editor, the curve isn't there.

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by mickhah

15-08-2013|05:37 PM

Replies: 4

Simple Extract Help

Started modeling this little guy, then when I want to extract half of his body Maya 2014 deletes it or makes him invisible.... Maya 2014 Extract...

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by goggles

15-08-2013|12:01 AM

Replies: 1

rotate an Image Plane

Hi guys, i was watching a Tutorial on youtube, where the uploader can rotate the Image Plane with inputs of the Channel Box / Layer Editor. If i set...

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by jacaboo

14-08-2013|03:11 AM

Replies: 11

Hard Edge Issue

Hello there, I have some hard edges that I can't seem to make smooth. I've looked around the internet (including a thread in this forum) and...

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by ctbram

13-08-2013|09:17 AM

Replies: 3

Simple way to get a human 3d model into maya

and easy to resize. I need to be able to change the pose as well. I'm using this for my comic book to see how the shadows fall. any help apriciated.

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by Gen

09-08-2013|11:48 PM

Replies: 6

Surfing Alien - Renderering Problem

Hi all, for those of you who haven't seen my alien work in progress problem I'm posting it here to see if anyone can help.:help: I've reached the...

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by MrYeti

09-08-2013|01:30 AM

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Human IK Channel Box & Graph Editor problems

Hi, I've been using Maya's HumanIK function for my model for a game I'm building. I began doing some animation, but I'm running into multiple...

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by mickhah

08-08-2013|06:55 PM

Replies: 1

New to maya :)

Hi all Im going to start making a head model, as im new to maya ive been watching various video's for tips etc. a lot of people use the front and...

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by daytonpa

08-08-2013|04:13 PM

Replies: 2

Discrete Scale/Flip problem

Hi guy, was wondering if anyone could help me understand what I've done wrong. The problem is when I discrete scale anything in component mode, it...

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by alecchalmers

07-08-2013|10:05 PM

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Fur (grass) not visible in viewport but after rendering (??)

Hi all, As the title says I have a strange problem with maya's grass fur. When I attach it to my ground it's not showing up. The attribute editor,...

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by qzer1990

06-08-2013|08:41 AM

Replies: 1

Lamberts, Blinns, and Shaders

I'm currently trying to have my model be more saturated in color. All the materials are Lamberts, except for the chrome, which is a Blinn. I am...

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by Gen

05-08-2013|04:47 PM

Replies: 14

Human IK Smooth Bind Error

Hi, so recently I've been making some game models and I began some experimenting with Maya's humanIK function to see how it worked and check if it...

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by Stephen

01-08-2013|06:32 AM

Replies: 2

Animation - tangent problem

Hi everyone. I'm having a weird problem with tangents. I set them to be stepped, but some of the character body parts, or rather the tangents...

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by IrenaDee

28-07-2013|02:08 PM

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reference file crash

Hi, my maya crashed when i create reference from a file that is also creating another reference from another file. What can i do to fix that? or...

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by choo

25-07-2013|01:01 PM

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Keyboard electrical problem?

Needed a new keyboard likerightnow to finish some work, so I got one from a Goodwill-like store. Didn't work when I got it home, so I opened it up...

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by Acid44

25-07-2013|04:39 AM

Replies: 5

UV Mapping problems

Hey everyone. I'm having some major difficulties with UV mapping at the moment. I'm attempting to apply a new Lambert with an imported .png to a...

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by bullet1968

25-07-2013|02:55 AM

Replies: 6

Will maya/3ds max 2013 work on windows 8?

Will 2013 versions and lower work on windows 8?

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by bullet1968

25-07-2013|02:52 AM

Replies: 2

problems occurred with dependency Graph setup

hello. when i'm trying to bind the rig to the mesh, i get this error message: "Problems occurred with dependency graph setup". how can i fix this?

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by mickhah

23-07-2013|10:05 AM

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Adobe products crash Win 7 64 bit | Page: 1 2 3

Ok I upgraded my laptop to win7 and installed a new SSD etc. Since then ANY Adobe product from flash player to Elements etc freezes my system. I have...

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by bullet1968

23-07-2013|01:51 AM

Replies: 30

Channel box - layers won't lock

I peculiar thing happened in one of my scenes. Half the layers in channel box won't lock. I can toggle Reference and Template on and off but it...

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by LyrickCZE

22-07-2013|04:29 PM