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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2

This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.

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Editing the CORNERS of Faces??

Hi everybody, I'm having this problem that really bugs me so I hope you can help me. I'm doing a bear character's head and while everything...

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by Monika1975

01-05-2013|07:40 PM

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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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