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Tie fighter project

Hi, and happy new year to everyone. I'm currently working on the tie fighter, as a beginner, but for the past few days i've got nowhere with the...

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by Futaba

31-12-2012|10:51 AM

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The Edge Tool in Maya 2011

I'm looking for help in understanding the Edge tool in Maya 2011. When selecting objects Edges in Maya I get the following problem. I have instead...

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by bopbagbill

30-12-2012|11:14 AM

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breaking down your render

Hello, i am rendering a large frame : 6000x4500 pixels. I can't render the whole image, maya will crash. Even with the use of render region, it also...

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by NextDesign

29-12-2012|07:10 AM

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RIP Gerry Anderson

Don't know how many of you guys know who he is, I have a feeling that Gerry Anderson productions are before a lot of your time. But HE was a...

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by Jay

27-12-2012|11:30 PM

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Avengers, Anatomy of a shot - ILM

ILM have posted this today on their You tube channel Behind the Magic: "Marvel's The Avengers" - Anatomy of a Shot - YouTube Jay

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by Jay

27-12-2012|10:08 PM

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I need help with NURBS

So here's my problem, I need to do a Dinosaur's head for a class and i have some problem. when I render my dino i can see every separation of the...

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by kolitu

27-12-2012|09:39 PM

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Classic VFX Comments

Yes these sort of things do get said in a studio or by a client.... http://crypticcomments.tumblr.com/ The best one I ever had said to me...

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by Jay

25-12-2012|09:49 PM

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tie fighter

Hi and a merry christmas to all, I'm working through the tie fighter project from this site and have hit a problem. It's my first attempt at...

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by ctbram

24-12-2012|05:54 PM

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scale tool

Hi, I'm trying to scale a cube by selecting two nodes on the same edge. however when i then pull on the yellow box, all of the cube scales and in...

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by Futaba

23-12-2012|10:10 AM

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face numbering

Hi, Can anyone tell me how to remove the numbers that appear on object faces. I've attached a pic to show what i mean. Many thanks.

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by NextDesign

23-12-2012|08:15 AM

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vray questions

Hi, i have just started on using vray 2. I am rendering using vray frame buffer but how do i view the rendering time?? thanks

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by NextDesign

23-12-2012|07:39 AM

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Interactive split and crashing?

Why does maya freeze (not respond) when I try to use the interactive split tool?

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by Gen

22-12-2012|03:05 AM

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End of the world!

Why it's not going to happen ScienceCasts: Why the World Didn't End Yesterday - YouTube If by some chance NASA has got this one wrong i'd like...

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by Jay

21-12-2012|09:48 PM

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Scary stuff

Canit imagine this happening to my kidsGolden Eagle Snatches Kid - YouTube

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by Jay

21-12-2012|09:44 PM

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New/old guy.

Hey folks. Metalartguy used to be my username but my email was bombarded with spam and I was getting tired of filtering out all of it. So, this is...

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by cj74

20-12-2012|08:24 PM

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Fly by movie

So I'm planning ahead here My college 3d independent study project is a castle and walls and etc medieval stufff in a scene. I am nearly done with...

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by n88tr

20-12-2012|05:51 PM

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Texturing large areas?

Hi. I'm texturing a ground surface to resemble asphalt but can't quite get it where I'd like it. I'm uv mapping it but my question is, is it better...

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by chilledoutredhead

20-12-2012|12:45 PM

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Flickering/ buzzing textures

Hi, I think this is more than likely a old issue that has been asked before but I did not see a thread on it. I am pretty new to rendering in...

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by MB07

18-12-2012|07:44 PM

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How do you remove material/shader/color..

..without the mesh turning green? I was just experimenting and made a mistake a saving the material I had applied to the mesh. I went to...

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by Gen

17-12-2012|09:15 PM

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Man of Steel, trailer 2

Man of Steel - Official Trailer #2 - YouTube Epic...the Superman we need right now. J

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by Jay

15-12-2012|08:26 PM

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Other Web tutes | Page: 1 2

Hey all I have recently been listening and trying to learn a more advanced rigging technique for characters, but have been put off before half...

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by Gen

13-12-2012|09:15 PM

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Mirroring Arms/ Legs

So I'm working on my rig right now and I sculpted one side of the arms and legs, but I was wondering how I can simply mirror them over. The model is...

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by stwert

12-12-2012|02:55 AM

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new trailer - After Earth

After Earth Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Will Smith Movie HD - YouTube

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by ctbram

11-12-2012|10:10 PM

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Norman Rigs head disappears when i render

when i do a render in my maya using my laptop i lose the norman rigs head, this only seems to happen within my scenes as the norman i imported works...

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by chealey

11-12-2012|08:02 PM

Replies: 12