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Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

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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

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Camera clipping issue? or not...

http://youtu.be/jj0I_TPsHao (how do you embed youtubes here?) basically I have a ring of cylinders mapped with bg plates of different parts of the...

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by David

13-06-2012|05:40 AM

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Transfer maps in Maya - normal maps

need someone familiar with making normal maps with maya going from hi to lo poly. Mine keeps screwing up and I do not know why. Anyone...

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by Ataraxy

12-06-2012|08:17 PM

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Snapping ep curves together?

I'm trying to snap some (ep) curve lines into another (body line into wheel well) and it's not doing it, or I'm not doing it correctly. I'm selecting...

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by daverave

12-06-2012|06:29 PM

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Wheel from Poly Cylinder

Hey all, I am just learning a few things here and there and have a question. From a poly cylinder, I delete all the inner faces minus the...

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by bullet1968

12-06-2012|02:32 AM

Replies: 9

Exporting .fbx Material Issue...

I'm trying to export my gun model through .fbx in Maya. However, I get this error message when I do: ...

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by betelgeuse4721

11-06-2012|07:16 PM

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VFX Breakdown MIB3 - Apollo 11

Men In Black 3: Re-creating Cape Canaveral Shot-Build - YouTube J

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by Jay

11-06-2012|12:52 PM

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MEL command: ls

Starting to experiment with MEL scripting to automate some repetitive, brain killing operations. Is there a limitation to the number of items that...

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by PixalZA

10-06-2012|08:00 PM

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Wreck It Ralph

New movie from Disney, NOT PIXAR! (GASP!!) looks like a lot of fun. i like the meeting part the best :P Wreck-It Ralph Teaser Trailer - YouTube

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by SilverFeather

10-06-2012|01:29 PM

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How to make texture 'lit' (no shadow)?

Hi, I'm new to Maya. I need to make the texture 'lit up' (to look exactly like the texture file itself) - not being affected by lighting at all. ...

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by NextDesign

09-06-2012|08:14 AM

Replies: 2

Change your passwords if you use LinkedIn

6.5 million passwords have been leaked from the popular social networking site LinkedIn. It is highly recommended that all users change their...

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by bullet1968

08-06-2012|06:42 AM

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Extrude problem.

What am I missing here? I'm modeling a front end of a vehicle and trying to extrude the fenders out of the border edge of the hood but everytime I...

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by bullet1968

08-06-2012|01:14 AM

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hypershade

hey guys in the hypershade you have the two main tabs, materials and the workspace, just above the materials tab is a row of tabs, with Materials,...

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by chilledoutredhead

07-06-2012|07:38 PM

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Hitler rants about AutoDesk..lol.

I'm sure this has been posted before, I did a quick search but it didn't pop up. Sorry, their is some swearing it so beware. Hitler rants about...

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by SilverFeather

07-06-2012|02:58 PM

Replies: 4

Rigid body collission

Hi all, It's been a while since i've been here but once again I'm running into some problems, so I thought I'd check in again. I'm using maya...

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by SilverBlood

07-06-2012|10:49 AM

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Problems with snapping and selecting items

I am having problems with objects snapping to grid and tool isn't selected, at least visually. When I try to scale it with the scale tool, it acts...

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by petersrin

07-06-2012|07:27 AM

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Export OBJ file to photoshop WITH smoothing?

Hello all, I am trying to export an object from a scene I created in Maya. Seems simple enough. I export my selection as an OBJ file and open it...

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by daverave

05-06-2012|08:33 PM

Replies: 4

Dynamica Rendering

I've been trying to render a simulation that i made using the Maya Dynamica Plugin. But the render shows nothing. Help?

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by Andrew40

04-06-2012|12:09 PM

Replies: 13

HELP! Edges are really sharpe

Sorry if someone already posted about this already. I'm trying model a car and i have some weird really hard edges that shouldn't be there. Please...

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by Skalman

02-06-2012|02:09 PM

Replies: 9

preview problem

http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/202/895322

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by petersrin

02-06-2012|07:43 AM

Replies: 4

checker pattern on low poly unwrap | Page: 1 2

so i have this http://i44.tinypic.com/10dcegm.png and i noticed the checker pattern is not really perfectly right. How would i adjust it to fit...

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by n88tr

01-06-2012|03:50 AM

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Organic modeling tuts

I am planning to venture into the world of character modeling soon. There are quite a few tuts here for this. From previous posts it seems that...

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by daverave

31-05-2012|12:41 PM

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how to render fluid voxels smoother?

Hi In fumefx for MAX, you can get good render results even though the voxel count is low. It seems to smooth and blur the voxels However with...

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by NextDesign

31-05-2012|01:52 AM

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Mel script to fix render issues.

Here's a script I found that fixes Maya's rendering problem, at least the issue I had. $exists=0; for ($item in `getPanel -scriptType...

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by NextDesign

31-05-2012|01:43 AM

Replies: 1

New to Maya.

Hi. I recently bought the 2012 suite with Maya, Mudbox, Motion Builder, and Soft Image. I am learning on my own with the help of tutorials and I've...

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by metalartguy74

30-05-2012|07:46 PM

Replies: 7