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In this start to finish texturing project within Substance Painter we cover all the techniques you need to texture the robot character.

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Need help with some Maya. V Mac options!

Hey all, I'm sure this has been asked billions of times. I'm a Mac user, on Maya and at school I'm on a P.C. I know at school, to do with the...

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by sluzniak

04-05-2012|10:37 AM

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A Question about Maya Student Version

So I have a student copy of Autodesk Maya and I had a question about the use of the student version. I know we cannot use it for commercial use but...

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by MayaGeek

04-05-2012|10:23 AM

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selecting problem

How do I select the surface within the inner circle? I created a nurb and want to assign a blinn only in the inner part (a circular) and assign a...

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by ctbram

04-05-2012|12:15 AM

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MOCAP systems

Hi, For the last few days I've been in the hunt for a free or a not so expensive facial motion capture for my own personal project. One thing...

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by cgisoul

03-05-2012|11:29 AM

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Bump with Normal Map Together

Hi, I'm trying to add a normal map with the bump map. But the slot only allows me to either add the bump (bump attribute) or the normal...

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by cgisoul

03-05-2012|06:54 AM

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Help with twisted model

I am working on some commission wrenches BUT How do I make these twisted handles on them? ...

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by n88tr

03-05-2012|02:02 AM

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Pc Specs for rendering

hey do any of you wonderful people know about pc components in relation to rendering times? for instance my setup is a core i7 930 oc'd to 4.0ghz,...

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by Acid44

03-05-2012|01:58 AM

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Stuck in Maya 2009

Hi, gang - I haven't done a software upgrade since installing Maya 2009 Service Pack 1. It now appears that it might not be possible to upgrade...

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by ctbram

02-05-2012|10:58 PM

Replies: 10

maya 300 dpi

H, i been trying to render a image with the resolution set to 300 but when i rendered it out, the resolution is still 72. Anyway to render out in...

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by NextDesign

02-05-2012|05:55 AM

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Assigning and editing UVs in Maya versus 3ds Max

What the difference between assigning and editing UVs in Maya versus 3ds Max? I'm just now learning Maya from coming over from Max.

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by daverave

01-05-2012|07:23 PM

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phong shading angle settings?

where is this hidden away in Maya? cant find it anywhere thnx

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by stwert

30-04-2012|08:57 PM

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Using Imported and downloaded materials and textures in Maya

Hello! First of all i must say that i am quite new using Maya. I need help on how to import materials into Maya. My problem is that i downloaded...

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by Charlie21

30-04-2012|07:31 PM

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nparticles not colliding with passive rigid body (scene included)

for some reason I just can't get this sphere to collide with the nParticles, I even ticked particle collisions in the options...it's like it is not...

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by Gen

30-04-2012|07:02 PM

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Importing a rigged object into another scene - ik handle "jumps" out

Hello, its' been a while since I done Maya and I recently started to renew my skills. I'm having a problem that's been bugging me for hours now and I...

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by Lokjutus

30-04-2012|02:59 PM

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Waves classic style animation - 3d?

hello guys, im trying to look for references and tutorials for an animation i have to do. The waves need to be formed and animated using a classical...

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by gybp

30-04-2012|11:39 AM

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About UV mapping responsibility

Dear community, I am wondering whose responsibility is UV mapping(Unwrapping - laying out of UVs) ? a)modeler? b)texture artist? c)lookdev...

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by honestdom

30-04-2012|10:21 AM

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Time Slider constantly resetting to 48 frames

Hi I keep changing the preferences to 120 frames, 25 fps...bizarrely, Maya remembers my framerate, but always resets the time slider to 48 frames...

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by Gen

30-04-2012|04:19 AM

Replies: 1

Outliner Error messages.

Hey all, I'm just about done with my scene and I highlighted the master_node to Freeze Transforms, delete history and center_pivot. However, I...

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by Jay

28-04-2012|10:47 PM

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2 problems: 1. Maya wont expand the window I choose and 2. My character doesnt render

Problem1: Im working in the classic 4 window mode and two of them are my perspective view and my renderable camera view. I can press space to expand...

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by honomaru

28-04-2012|10:00 PM

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Phew questions(yes play on words)

Hey Guys, Newbie Srlake here. so I have a few objects that I need help with. 1) is the cordless phone, btw I saw a beautiful one done on...

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by stwert

27-04-2012|10:47 PM

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Create a Tranluscent Texture for a Cell

I'm doing a project that requires some translucency. An example of what I want to achieve can be found here: ...

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by daverave

27-04-2012|09:48 PM

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Handwerk

Das Handwerk - Werbespot (lange Version) - YouTube ...great song too, could listen to this for hours:D Anybody speaks German well enough to...

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by joverall22

27-04-2012|06:08 PM

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reset

in-game graphics... concept also pretty interesting, a co-op game that you play only with yourself (time travelling and helping your previous...

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by bullet1968

26-04-2012|10:58 PM

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White floor with reflection

Hello Everyone , I'm trying to figure out how to create an scene where the floor is shiny and white and the whole scene seems infinite white so that...

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by big choz

26-04-2012|09:21 PM

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UV Mapping Difficulties

Hey everyone. I have an object. I select the faces I want to UV map and assign a new material to those faces. I then save the UV snapshot, paint...

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by Jay

26-04-2012|08:39 PM