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Calculating Ncache

Hi all, I'm working on an animation that includes a giant hourglass, and i'm using Nparticles for grains of sand. I'm currently at 4k frames, and...

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by SilverBlood

27-06-2012|11:52 AM

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Bit of a virus

By bit, I mean bitch. AVG keeps popping up about every 5 minutes saying that %system32%services.exe is infected (generic trojan dropper, detected on...

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by Acid44

27-06-2012|02:27 AM

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V-ray / V-ray RT | Page: 1 2

Okay, the whole world is talking how great Vray is and I've seen lots and lots of work rendered using Vray. I'm sure everyone have their own...

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by honestdom

26-06-2012|10:22 AM

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What inspires you?

Strangely, I find that despite the mediocrity of the plot and some of the voice acting, despite the age of the visuals, Watching "Final Fantasy: The...

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by petersrin

25-06-2012|04:34 PM

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SSS - Rendered Mesh Turned Black

Hello! I have my alien nano head mesh, which after many tweakings and test renders, I finished it. All good and happy about it. I used...

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by cgisoul

24-06-2012|06:58 PM

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particles instancer troubles - just tiny black dots? (molecular movies tut)

well this is my 2nd question of the day - i've clearly tried a tutorial thats a bit too advanced for me. (i've started escape studios 'intro to...

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by nickynacky

24-06-2012|06:42 PM

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cant find transparency slider for shader in attribute editor (molecular movies tut))

hi all, i cant find the transparency slider on my blinn shader, i've been going round and round for a while now, i'm currently doing this...

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by nickynacky

24-06-2012|01:23 PM

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Maya and time capsule

Hey All, I have the time capsule all set up and it works great across both platforms, Win 7 and Mac OSX. I can find it in both the finder and the...

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by srlake314

22-06-2012|08:08 PM

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Help with Faces | Page: 1 2

Hey All, I'm still following along with the "Introducing Autodesk Maya 2012" book and am in chapter 6, pg 247 where I have just added a hole via...

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by srlake314

22-06-2012|03:32 PM

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mia material questions..?

:help: Can somebody please help me on using mia_material_x material and adding a bump in Advanced>Mental Ray Bump>mib_bump_map2 because I cant seem...

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by Gen

21-06-2012|10:12 PM

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Toon outline not correct after convert to Nurb

Dear reader, as you see in the video i have a toonline that is not acting as it should after converting it in a Nurbsurface i hope someone has...

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by ieoie

21-06-2012|01:52 PM

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Simple noob question.

Hello! I am new to Maya and had a very simple question. I want to grab verts like this with the move tool...

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by NextDesign

21-06-2012|05:01 AM

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Polka Dot Spotlight

Why would a single black on white spot texture applied to the color input of a spotlight give me a lovely polka dot pattern instead of a single black...

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by PixalZA

20-06-2012|06:40 PM

Replies: 4

3D animations/Films | Page: 1 2

Wall-E Rango Robots Ratatoile.. Could anyone of you hassee's suggest films along these lines or even shorts, I haven't seen too many as I was...

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by Sircharles

19-06-2012|10:11 PM

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need help with split edge tool 2013

i am following a tutorial on how to make a ship and its got to a point where i have to use the interactive split tool which is fine and i know how it...

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by frosty03

19-06-2012|08:46 PM

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MS Tablet

http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/18/microsoft-event-los-angeles-liveblog/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCr...

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by Gen

19-06-2012|07:58 PM

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How do you rename a base mesh?

I can't seem to find the option for it. I use 2013 Maya.

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by NextDesign

18-06-2012|09:42 PM

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learning max

so i started to learn how t use 3DS Max for one of my classes i'm taking and I officially want to shoot myself in the head...

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by NextDesign

18-06-2012|09:37 PM

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Spray paint art

I was forwarded this youtube link earlier this evening ... pretty impressive stuff - 1 minute spray paint art: Super Fast Spray Paint Artist -...

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by mark_slw

18-06-2012|05:55 PM

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melscript sine wave wiggle position?

Is there a mel command to create a wiggle effect, but in a sine wave fashion so it sort of oscillates up and down, basically creating a loopable...

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by daverave

18-06-2012|10:20 AM

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Rigging Copy Problem

When I open a scene with just one rigging, called 'Jump', it has one texture. But I have a similar rigging called 'Roll', which is all exactly the...

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by Jay

17-06-2012|10:40 PM

Replies: 3

Creature Design

Hey guys, I want to try doing something I have never done before...Include measurements and scale for the head, neck, torso, biceps, elbow, forearms,...

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by Jay

17-06-2012|04:37 PM

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Paper mario style animation in maya

Hi guys, I was unsure of which lounge to put this question, but feel it may be a really simple answer so i'll put it in here. I am trying to make...

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by sunnee

15-06-2012|05:36 PM

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normals advice

me again, I've this character I've moved over form ZBrush using GoZ. I've created UV's, textures and normal maps all within zbrush. A very quick...

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by se7enhedd

13-06-2012|12:02 PM

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ies light profiles

Been going through some tutorials on how to create ies lights in maya but I cant seem to get it right I follow everything to the letter but I get no...

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by Gen

13-06-2012|10:46 AM

Replies: 3