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Beer glass scene creation

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Does anyone happen to know of a decent MP3 player for under about $50-70USD? I've been looking around, and can't find a damn thing. I really like the...

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by Acid44

09-11-2012|10:01 PM

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HDRI visible on flat/Transparency objects, Plz help | Page: 1 2

I have scene with HDRI environment, but I have issue with the visibility of HDRI on the glass and flat objects Its very reflected(looks like...

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by Gen

08-11-2012|08:45 PM

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nvidia gimps opengl on all geforce cards above the 200 series | Page: 1 2

Hi guys, I just found this out the hard way! I had a pair of gtx 285 ftw 2gb boards for at least 4 years now and one of them recently failed. ...

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by ctbram

08-11-2012|08:10 PM

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You guys are just a pawn :p

Just got this in my inbox. Lol'd a bit

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by Acid44

08-11-2012|07:44 PM

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Topology help

Hey fellow SM's, I am having a brain dead moment and it's quite simple I'm sure but I'm just having a senior moment I think. Anyway I have...

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by srlake314

08-11-2012|07:44 PM

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KRITA

open source texture painting for those who run linux boxes. It pretty powerful. Think Photoshop for linux...not gimp!! http://krita.org/ there...

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by Jay

07-11-2012|09:47 PM

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Can't see z-rotation

I am creating a skeleton and I want to correctly set the joint orientations. However, I only see x, y, and w instead of x, y, and z axis. I have...

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by Framgclaw

07-11-2012|08:05 PM

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What is causing these White/Grey Artifacts (Mental Ray)

I'm Building a scene in Maya 2011 that has a mirror in it that, obvioiusly, needs to reflect. I've set up the settings of my Materials as I would...

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by Gen

07-11-2012|05:50 PM

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fill volume (i.e. box) with geometry (i.e. spheres)?

hi there, is it possible to fill up a volume (i.e. box) with randomly sized instanced geometry without any plugin or script? I meant like the...

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by dustykhan

07-11-2012|08:53 AM

Replies: 2

Maya Plug-in Question (looking for one)

Looking for a plug-in that is basically a modeling tool for polys in maya. I'm not sure if you use other apps, but once you make a poly cube with...

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by duyquyen

07-11-2012|06:59 AM

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vray fur rendering problem

the system renders fur only with mental ray. which setting must be changed?

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by Gen

06-11-2012|05:35 PM

Replies: 1

Need some help

Hello I have this project im doing I'm An OK modeler and I did this project of a space frigate i did. my weakness is shading and texture im looking...

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by Skyeraven

06-11-2012|04:15 AM

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mental ray: max size of texturemaps?

hi all, this is a technical question regarding mental ray abilities: is there a known maximum size of a texturemaps which mental ray is able...

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by NextDesign

06-11-2012|04:01 AM

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human ik controller-effector moves despite being pinned

hi, i created a skeleton and controls for it in the human ik. then i pinned the rotation and translation of the Ctrl_LeftWirstEffector and the...

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by morton

05-11-2012|12:55 AM

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Bolean union fail

When im trying to use the bolean union on 2 seperate polygon pieces that are intersecting eachother they just dissapear instead of merging, why is...

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by WarHammerDK

04-11-2012|05:08 PM

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Recovering a file, no idea what's wrong. Urgent help needed.

I was working on a project for school. I had autosave set up, and it appeared to be working fine. About 2 hours in, Maya crashed, but when I went...

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by Jay

02-11-2012|09:45 AM

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Bioware modeling competition

check it out http://cghub.com/forum/showthread.php?p=139688

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by MamoruK

01-11-2012|06:48 PM

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My new pup

Only took 8 weeks of waiting but my new little guy is finally home. I would like you all to meet Remy...

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by Kurt

01-11-2012|12:14 PM

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Disney buy Lucasfilm | Page: 1 2

http://www.deadline.com/2012/10/disney-acquires-lucasfilm-star-wars-creator/ and they want to make Ep7, 8 and 9..... Jay

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by bullet1968

01-11-2012|04:13 AM

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anyone with gtx 480 and maya exp?

Hi guys one of my GTX 285 FTW 2GB DDR3 cards recently died and evga is going to replace both the broken one and my good one with GTX 480 1.5GB DDR5...

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by Acid44

31-10-2012|04:34 PM

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My ideas for a Maya computer

The best Maya computer for me is the one I can afford, right? I would like a computer to run Maya 2011 and Adobe CS5.5. I have done research for...

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by soulstormer110

31-10-2012|12:53 PM

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Having two materials on one model?

Hello! I was wondering if it was possible to have two materials on one model in maya. like say, having a piece of armor be Blinn but have the models...

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by Ataraxy

30-10-2012|11:53 PM

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Draw my Garden : Second iOS game

Hello guys. I'm really busy working on iOS games right now. Here is my last project called " Draw My Garden " It's 2D Puzzle Game The artwork was...

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by ColdWave

29-10-2012|07:23 PM

Replies: 4

Need help with intro to graphics class will pay

My graphics class is going too fast for me I'm a comp sci major and took it as an elective. I don't want to post too much information on here becuase...

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by NextDesign

29-10-2012|05:26 PM

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t-rex rig problem !

:mad: i'm new to rigging !! and that's my problem with the leg !! doesn't even reach the floor sometimes !! Video 2012 10 28 053110 - YouTube i...

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by NextDesign

28-10-2012|09:28 PM