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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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Cant play .mov files

I am about to go insane, the .mov files only play audio on my PC but will play just fine on my laptop. My PC has windows 7 64 my laptop is windows xp...

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by Ozgalis

05-09-2012|07:52 AM

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Empire Uncut

Came across this a few minutes ago, some of you may be interested in it. Basically you claim a 15 second segment of The Empire Strikes Back, and...

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by Acid44

04-09-2012|07:26 PM

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shatter effect

hello. i'm creating a scene with a destruction of a building. first i applied shatter effect on a part of the building. then i created radial field...

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by mickhah

04-09-2012|03:58 PM

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Transparency in Viewport 2.0 & High Quality

I still can't find a definitive solution or "don't even try" conclusion, so let's see if one can be generated. The issue is this. In both High...

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by petersrin

04-09-2012|04:29 AM

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Maya batch render Jagged quality: Help

Hi guys, When I render single image its looks perfect or good, but when I render the animation As batch render the images quality in some area...

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by Gen

04-09-2012|04:03 AM

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Maya particle events??? Like Pflow?

Is it possible to construct event nodes for particle systems in Maya? I thought this was meant to be great FX software but particles seem very weak,...

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by juggler7

02-09-2012|10:36 PM

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Catching up

Hey guys!!!!! Remember me ? How is everything going ? I'm back now :D And i'll start posting again soon soon ^_^ I've been working on an MMO...

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by ColdWave

02-09-2012|07:35 PM

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fraps and maya 2012

I'm trying to record some modeling with fraps and maya 2012. I finaly figured the codex issue out but everytime I move from view port to view port...

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by metalartguy74

02-09-2012|12:31 AM

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just plain silly

check this out http://en.paperblog.com/samsung-pays-apple-1-billion-sending-30-trucks-full-of-5-cents-coins-294795/

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by stwert

29-08-2012|08:34 PM

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fur and wind | Page: 1 2

Hi there. I got a little problem. I made some grass with fur. Now I want go with the camera through the grass. When this happens it would be cool if...

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by stwert

29-08-2012|02:28 PM

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3 (I guess) quite basic questions

Hey there! First of all respect to this forum! Already really helped me a lot! So here's the situation. I'm working on a little scene, where I have...

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by Gen

27-08-2012|09:51 PM

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Bullets life reassessed

Hi guys, well what a week!!! Talk about stress and worry and lots of thought and tears in between. A week of humble and solemn reflection on what...

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by bullet1968

26-08-2012|10:36 PM

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john Carter and Paul

Just saw John Carter..I suggest you don't it was utter rubbish, a waste of time. Paul on the other hand was nice and Paul as a cg character was well...

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by mastone

26-08-2012|07:06 PM

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Neil Armstrong Dies

Wow a true hero and an inspiration to some of us (me in particular) God Speed Neil Armstrong http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19381098...

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by mastone

26-08-2012|06:41 PM

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Are you pondering what I'm pondering pinky :)?

Well despite the (deceptive) title suggests, I have a 'serious' remark/query: I am wondering why most companies don't use people who work from...

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by Jay

25-08-2012|07:08 PM

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art tablet

i'm getting ready to buy my first digital art tablet. the main use of it will be for texturing my models in photoshop. does anyone have any...

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by Ozgalis

25-08-2012|12:26 AM

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parent one object to another

hello. i have parented object B to object A, not parent constrained, but simply with "p". but when i'm rotating object A, rotating values of object B...

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by ctbram

24-08-2012|05:05 PM

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Rendering environments quickly

I've got a project coming down the pipeline that will probably have only one week from finalized animation to rendering... the project will consist...

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by daverave

24-08-2012|09:36 AM

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Autodesk Purchase Naiad

No one seems to have mentioned this here, but I found this meme funny :) http://zipmeme.com/uploads/generated/g1344818475867372055.jpg

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by Jay

23-08-2012|10:14 AM

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particles trouble | Page: 1 2

hello. i have made a large scene with animations and want now to add some particle effects for gun smokes. the timeline has about 1000 frames now....

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by mickhah

23-08-2012|10:09 AM

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Iphone 4 ncloth, Maya will crash, I need help plz

Hi guys I got a problem. I need your help to solve it, I tried many ways but seem I need public help. I modeld iphone 4 its 3 part (front,...

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by dubai3d

22-08-2012|04:53 AM

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Best way to render an environment/building in maya

Hey guys, Whats the best way to render an environment building in maya? This is for my showreel and want to get as much detail out of it as...

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by honestdom

21-08-2012|01:33 PM

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Combining Rigid and Smooth Bind

I need help! I've modeled an android, robot character. I've rigged him and skinned him using Rigid bind and everything works fine. BUT... I need to...

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by Chirone

21-08-2012|12:46 PM

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bump maps not rendering

maya lambert texture map with bump map.. not rendering out in MR. uhm. why?

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by Chirone

21-08-2012|12:36 PM

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Topology tutorials for simple to more advanced models

The most part of character creation i have is the time to do proper topology. My only work for now, is only high poly sculpting, the other part it's...

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by Jay

20-08-2012|06:31 AM

Replies: 2