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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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Texture problem

Hi, I have this car that I started texturing, the problem I have is that the UV doesn't correspond with the right part of the texture and I don't...

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by daverave

01-05-2013|06:29 AM

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Is there a way to make an object change colors based on light/p.o.v? | Page: 1 2

Let's say there's this object... http://i.imgur.com/rPY6NWU.png How do I make it shine in various colors depending on angle of view / angle of the...

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by SilverFeather

29-04-2013|03:29 PM

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Paint Effects Not Animating

I have drawn some trees and grasses with paint effects and set the turbulence to make them animate. Till now they were animating when I selected...

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by sunveer

29-04-2013|01:05 PM

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Environment modeling for animation.

What kind of modeling people use for modeling environments in animation movies? Do they use subd objects in everything? or use high polygonal meshes?...

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by goggles

27-04-2013|09:43 AM

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Copy projection parameters to another face

Hi all, I was searching for a function or hint on how to copy the projection parameters to another face. I mean: I have textured a face, applied...

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by daverave

27-04-2013|08:59 AM

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Thor The Dark World

Thor 2 : The Dark World Trailer (2013) - YouTube

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by murambi

26-04-2013|05:27 PM

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Rendering an Animation

I know this is one of the simplest thing to do. But for me i have never done this. How do i render my animation into a video? I tried looking through...

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by David

26-04-2013|03:33 PM

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Stuck on Project | Page: 1 2

Im working on a project for school. Its a logo made up of a bunch of lego bricks. The logo is finished and made up of a lot of bricks. Rotating the...

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by ctbram

25-04-2013|04:39 PM

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maya 2014

Just got it installed. won'thave time to play with it for a bit but on first glance I did notice the main marking menu looked smaller. It appears...

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by bullet1968

24-04-2013|09:48 AM

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Maya how to edit rewind hotkey

Maya how to edit rewind hotkey? I can deal with alt v - for playback toggle But I want to create hotkey alt c - for rewind I tried opening...

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by Gen

23-04-2013|09:30 PM

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How can I make a rectangular fish tank in Maya? | Page: 1 2

The tank must act like the real thing: when filled with water, the part covered in water makes the glass sheets (all bar the ones you are looking...

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by SilverFeather

23-04-2013|03:54 PM

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RGBpp stays grey

Hi all, I've imported a simple realflow bin sequence into maya, and want to use the RGBpp to color the particles using a ramp, but they don't get...

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by SilverBlood

22-04-2013|10:41 AM

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shader conversions

Hello, I hope you can help I'm trying to convert a 3ds max file with vray shaders into lovely maya. I have so far found a script to convert the...

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by marmalade

22-04-2013|08:17 AM

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Lighting with Physical sun and sky

hey everyone, I got a brief and a sample of the expected work from a client. The only problem is I dont know how to go about lighting a scene like...

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by Gen

20-04-2013|12:37 AM

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Oblivion

Just got back from the opening. I enjoyed it. Somewhat predictable shortly into the movie but still a worthwhile adventure with lots of cool...

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by ctbram

19-04-2013|11:45 PM

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Riddick 3 - Teaser Trailer

"Riddick 3" (2013) First Look Teaser Trailer of Part 3 of Riddick's Chronicles - YouTube been a long time coming...hope its good... Jay

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by THX1138

19-04-2013|10:38 PM

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Maya-software render still used?

Hi everyone, I want to put up discussion about maya -software renderer. Is production house still use maya software renderer beacuse i haven't...

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by Dushyant

19-04-2013|12:38 PM

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Specularity map - eccentricity or roll off? | Page: 1 2

Hi, when you create a specularity map, is it more properly mapped to the material's eccentricity or roll off node? cheers, gubar

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by envineRor

19-04-2013|09:15 AM

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Modeling work-flow in Maya

Hi all, I need some hints from the cracks regarding modeling work-flow. I'm modeling for game environments on a low-poly base. The required...

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by lecra

19-04-2013|09:12 AM

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Blend Shapes and Zbrush's Maya Blend Shapes Plugin

I recently created some blendshapes in Zbrush and utilized the Maya Blendshapes plugin button. So all was well. Zbrush created the new Maya file...

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by srlake314

18-04-2013|01:25 AM

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Compiling Rendered Pictures Into Videos

I have a finished product I rendered into .TIFF images with Mental Ray and I was wondering what program is best for making these all a video where...

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by Connor Lee

18-04-2013|12:09 AM

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Banging head on desk for three days

I am just learning Maya, on the 2013 student version for Mac. I am trying to use mental ray, but I can’t find it. It doesn’t show up in the tab of...

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by Tubasatan

16-04-2013|06:29 PM

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Mental Ray Rendering

During mid render, I am not able to see any of the control buttons and I want to be able to stop the render (if needed) mid render. Is there a...

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by daverave

15-04-2013|06:34 PM

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anyone here also familiar with mudbox?

is anyone here also familiar with mudbox? im pretty new to mudbox does anyone know how i would go about generating a mesh in mudbox, applying a...

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by daverave

14-04-2013|09:32 AM

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making objects grey and unselectable

hello. i'm making rig with IK FK switch. and i want to turn FK control objects grey and unselectable, when i'm currently on IK. how can i do that?

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by NextDesign

13-04-2013|10:51 PM

Replies: 6

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