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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2

This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.

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by stwert

27-06-2012|12:57 PM

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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

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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