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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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AWUG Meetings...

Hey Guys, I'm planning on making a trip to my first A|W user group meeting nest Thursday. Just wondering if anyone has experiences going...

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by M

01-05-2003|03:34 PM

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Blend Shapes?

Does antbody know how to edit blend shapes in the graph editer? Cheers, James.

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by ade90054

01-05-2003|02:30 PM

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Model a human

what is the best way to model a human body? nurbs or polygons? anybody got a easy tutorial on this?

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by strarup

01-05-2003|12:06 PM

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Photoshop Grandfather

hey guys, I made this ontop of my original sketch, i did it in photoshop. I drew the original in at about 3 in the morning after I found out he...

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by brian_ellebracht

01-05-2003|12:03 PM

Replies: 8

Fake GI in standard Maya render

Hi guys, I am new to Maya and also 3d. I am working on a water-lily scene using about 70 spotlights to create a light dome. Problem is with the...

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by caligraphics

01-05-2003|09:46 AM

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Turning edges into a curve?

Hey, is it possible to select a bunch of edges (all in a row) and duplicate them as a curve or something? As i would love to extrude this circle...

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by wgreenlee1

01-05-2003|07:47 AM

Replies: 6

Planetarium

Hi guys, i dont know if you played planetarium, i did - when it was free! There's a knew game called starsphere that is very similar to planetarium,...

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by englar

01-05-2003|04:21 AM

Replies: 2

AMD Opteron

Well I was looking around Anandtech and I saw some of the tests they did with the new AMD Opteron (server) processor since the Athlon 64 is not out...

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by englar

01-05-2003|03:36 AM

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Career/Education Options

Like many of you here, I’m going for a career in 3D, but I want to widen my career choices. Something I’m very interested in is film. Stuff like...

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by Forum_snowboarder33

01-05-2003|12:54 AM

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Texturing extruded faces

whenever i assign a texture to an object that has been extruded it always looks as if the texture is stretched where the face i extruded...

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by Ultragames

01-05-2003|12:35 AM

Replies: 5

new one...

hi there guys and girls! im maya newbie! learning 4.5 complete at my friends studio and going to buy maya 5 complete. am on os x. hope i will find a...

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by Kevin

30-04-2003|07:35 PM

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select vertices from only one side

ok..everytime I want to select vertices from only one side (front perspective) the vertices on the side behind get selected,too. Is there a way to...

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by EagleKing

30-04-2003|04:34 PM

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Skeleton/Joint IK Question

Hey guys. This is lame but how d you control the size and thinkness of joints you make with the skeleton-Joint Tool. Here is what I get and it's too...

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by Sardo Numspa

30-04-2003|04:32 PM

Replies: 4

Is it just me?

Is it just me or what's with the god awful large fonts in the forums? My res is set to 1280x1024 and i only get maybe 6-8 lines of text on my...

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by Kevin

30-04-2003|03:58 PM

Replies: 6

rendering video on a surface

hi all can anyone help me out with some information on rendering a video file to a surface in maya ...

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by NitroLiq

30-04-2003|03:04 PM

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Going to india!!!

yep, i will be on a 6 hour flight tomm night to my motherland... and yes, i will be going to india, guess most of you know it.. and i am going to...

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by tariqrf

30-04-2003|08:42 AM

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I hate the maya renderer!!! :banghead:

I've posted this under my WIP but i figure that I will get a quicker answer here. take a look at my avi: ...

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by adldesigner

30-04-2003|01:54 AM

Replies: 12

Fog

Hello guys, can someone help-me to understand how to create an environment Fog like that in the underwaterCaustic scene in the ocean examples of Maya...

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by Alan

30-04-2003|01:11 AM

Replies: 9

assigning materials

ok i have a pretty dumb question.... lets say i have a book and i want to assign to all of its pages(planes) the same material, how can i do that...

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by Alan

29-04-2003|10:33 PM

Replies: 5

WHERE DO I SELL MY STUFF ON THE NET

hello people, i want to sell my images and models and aniamtion on the internet is it possible..? Hewrere

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by Nem

29-04-2003|10:15 PM

Replies: 3

Creating an Elephant

Hey guys, Just a small plug for my good friend Paul Mikulecky. He's got some new training dvd's on creating an Elephant. www.lostpencil.com ...

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by GCastro

29-04-2003|03:57 PM

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Something cool in Maya 5

Hey guys just got the latest bonus tools for Maya 5. Kick Ass feature. you can test render your texture nodes from the hypershade. see image...

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by roach105

29-04-2003|03:24 PM

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LightGen plugin for Maya????????

Hi, Anyone used this plugin? http://www.ict.usc.edu/~jcohen/lightgen/lightgen.html And, How if at all different to GI Joe?

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by Jim

29-04-2003|12:15 PM

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Offical Test topic

Hello, you may be wondering what this is for, this is for members of Simply Maya to test whatever they wish. Kevin or a mod please sticky this. That...

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by Kevin

29-04-2003|09:55 AM

Replies: 13

army simulator

Hello guys. I would really apreciate your help and your opinion here. I'm from Ecuador (Sudamerica) and I'm 20 years old. I don't know so much...

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