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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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Any answers would be of much help. Why does "freeze transformations" not work on joints? Is there ANY tool that will achieve the same? (set...

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by dannyngan

04-01-2004|09:21 PM

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Maya's "ghetto renderer"

I've accidentally run it a couple of times, but I'm curious : Does anyone know how to run the cheap renderer? You know, the one that basically...

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by MukiMuki

04-01-2004|08:31 PM

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3d paint tool

Has anyone else found the 3d paint tool to be so rediculously slow on anything above 256x256 that it's totally unusable? I have dual AMD processors...

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by Kurt

04-01-2004|07:51 PM

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Movies from this site not Mac Friendly

Downloaded a couple of free tutorial movies from this site. They are Windows Media format. They do NOT play back with sound on my Mac, and give an...

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by Saiyan

04-01-2004|05:59 PM

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Short cut crashing

Ok here’s the thing, I’m now at the point to where I’m using shelf short cuts and on the second shelf tab I’m using buttons like Outliner /attribute...

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by dirack

04-01-2004|04:56 PM

Replies: 3

Me again with a noob question.

I have play around again and somehow i have press something thats doing this: http://w1.515.telia.com/~u51510115/maya/pic1.jpg -...

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by harryboy

04-01-2004|01:27 PM

Replies: 10

Flickering shadows in animation

Created a short test animation and used the maya 5 software renderer using Depth map shadows. Does anyone know of a way to reduce the flickering of...

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by dirack

04-01-2004|10:32 AM

Replies: 2

Effect Keying

:banghead: Argh! Is it at all possible to have an affect take place at a certain key in an animation? I have been trying to have the missile for...

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by dirack

04-01-2004|10:27 AM

Replies: 5

PaintFX, particle, fluid and light fog problem.

Please help: I try to make the nature scene with PaitFX grass and trees with a particle (or fluid) "fog". But when I render the scene all PainFX...

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by dirack

04-01-2004|10:22 AM

Replies: 2

PLE | Page: 1 2

Just read in "about ban..." topic what PLE can help to learn maya. I am working in maya unlimited (but i am not a prof still) and for interest...

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by 3djoe

03-01-2004|11:18 PM

Replies: 20

3DS Import PLugin OS X not working

I downloaded the 3DS import plugin for Mac OS X. I used the plug-in manager and can see the 3DS plugin, but when I choose auto-load it won't ever...

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by vladimirjp

03-01-2004|10:56 PM

Replies: 1

Templates

I have seen screen shots of WIP and most seam to have templates to help them model and I was wondering if there was a good web-site for those...

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by Tim_LIVID

03-01-2004|09:01 PM

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Maya 5: Instances> making them unique?

Is there a "make unique" function for instanced objects? I've instanced a bunch of pillars and now I want to make a few of them unique from the...

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by dannyngan

03-01-2004|08:39 PM

Replies: 3

Happy New Year All | Page: 1 2

well I popped down the local pub, had 1 pint and came home... new year used to be great but its all tickets now in every place so your stuck in the...

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by chibi16

03-01-2004|05:34 PM

Replies: 21

Display Problems

hey guys, was wondering if anyone can help me with my little problem here, i cant seem to be able to see part of my objects when they're shaded. ...

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by drizzt

03-01-2004|09:44 AM

Replies: 3

sketches

Is there a good homepage for "sketches"? You know sketches you have in the background and modeling after. (front and side picture) Iam not so...

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by vladimirjp

03-01-2004|06:42 AM

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Changing views!

When I have a four panel view and trys to switch for example to the perspective view this happens. http://w1.515.telia.com/~u51510115/maya/1.JPG...

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by harryboy

03-01-2004|12:53 AM

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Moved: How create Planet Earth scene?

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Dragon body tut under way | Page: 1 2

Hey SMers, just wanted to let you all know the body part of the dragon tut is under way. Just a pic of the early stages of her.

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by Kurt

02-01-2004|08:04 PM

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10 pups :) | Page: 1 2

http://www.simplymaya.com/kevin_private/pups/pups.html :)

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by lonepig

02-01-2004|06:29 PM

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Moved: How to create atmosphere shader?

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Max Import/Plugin

Hey Again Everyone, I found some great models on the web and was trying to import them into Maya and at first wasn't able to. I installed the...

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by roach105

02-01-2004|03:37 PM

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Christmas/New Year PIX Thread!!!

Hello everyone, and Happy Christmas/New Year! .. i see the 'Cat in the Hat' thread is going down in popularity.. and I thought of starting a new one...

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