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Sorry to break-in mind-raper, but I'm making this thread STICKY so it will always be at the top for everyone to learn from! Post your...

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by sherinnazar5

03-08-2021|09:29 PM

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Sticky: Free/Cheap Quality Matchmoving Software

Ok, it has been asked about enough to warrant me posting this so others interested in 3D Matchmoving may learn and benefit:) NOTE: This thread is...

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by honestdom

05-10-2011|02:32 PM

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Sticky: Visual Effects/Compositing/Dynamics and you.

I've been asked a number of times for reference, tips, tricks, and even how to make it in the industry, but if your looking for the holy grail of...

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by Cyan Tarek

05-10-2011|02:59 AM

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fire effect not rendering

Trying to use the fire effect in maya 2025 but it wont work. it shows in the work space but wont render with maya software and just shows as white...

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by jamestebby

16-06-2024|03:52 PM

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Xgen alembic export comes through as multiple groups

Hi, I would imagine this is a fairly common issue however I haven't been able to find any discussion about it online. Whenever I export a dense...

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by JWhite3D

06-02-2024|11:40 AM

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Textures slides with ncloth simulation

Hello, I hope you can help me. I did an ncloth simulation of a landslide. But in some polygons the texture slides, generating a flicker in real time....

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by rebolledocg

16-07-2023|12:46 AM

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Resizing/rescaling ncloth with character to fit scene

Hello, I have a skinned and paint-weighted my character, and then I used ncloth for the character's outfit (independent of the skinned mesh)....

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by mayjormayham

11-02-2023|03:23 PM

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Using nCloth with nParticles

Hello, I am trying to create a simulation of falling leaves. I can apply nCloth to a poly plane, adjust the settings, and get a desired result, but...

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by Calvin

06-07-2021|01:49 AM

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XGen - hair will not follow guides anymore

Hey there, okay so ever since I've began using XGen there's this same problem and I can't find out why. Only thing I can tell, is that it...

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by Nekyo

03-02-2021|05:28 PM

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Assign Cached MASH spheres sperate shaders to

Hello I am currently working on a project where spheres created from MASH are bouncing around. Each sphere has it's own shader. I want to bake...

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by AverageRigger

20-11-2020|04:38 PM

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Maya Bifrost Aero Flame

I am Trying to create a flame using Bifrost Aero.When i render it,it looks blurry.I tried putting lower value in master voxel but still it gives...

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by ArenaAdajan

07-11-2020|04:33 AM

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particles in a "box"

hello. i need an advice how to make following set up: i need a fix amount of particles, which should randomly fly around in a specified volume and...

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by mickhah

27-10-2020|06:00 PM

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Mash attractor object not attracting

I'm using Maya 2020 and Mash Flight node to animate a school of fish. As in this tutorial by Ian Waters I've middlemouse dragged a locator to...

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by mio

07-08-2020|10:04 PM

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how to make this wobbly dynamics ?

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5x8uGmnztw/ :help: 1)i know How to do jiggle in MASH but want it to come out from surface of the sole like in this...

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by Nightcrawlerrr

13-07-2020|04:37 PM

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copy constraint

Hi, i made a pendular and added a nail constraint and gravity. I hit play and it moves ok. Then i duplicated it a several times with "duplicate...

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by vcastro

17-05-2020|02:55 PM

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Jet Flames in Maya?

Hello Simbly Maya ;) , I am working on a project using Maya 2011. There is this character with jetpacks. :help: :happy: So is there anyone who...

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by Acituanbus

27-01-2020|05:05 PM

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bifrost aero not showing in vray frame buffer

hello i am trying to render a smoke effect with bifrost aero. the smoke shows in render when voxel size is0.4 or more. but when i use 0.3 or less it...

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by fadyzkria

05-11-2019|11:13 AM

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MASH instancer scale

hello. i have a meadow and need to control y-scale of grass with a map. i can't figure out which MASH node can do it. best result i could achieve...

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by mickhah

07-10-2019|01:36 PM

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Maya nParticles export

Hello. How can I export the sphere particles that the maya nParticles uses as FBX? I don’t want to triangulate them and turn them into one mesh, I...

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by Cactus on Fire

12-09-2019|06:41 PM

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Huge rendering time with maya fluids and arnold (2018)

Hello! I'm working on a scene were a car drives on a dirty road, which creates a lot of smoke/dirt. I did it with maya fluids pretty fast, but...

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by bybyle

04-07-2019|05:44 AM

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How do i animate a character with nparticle soft body?

Hi im new here. I have been having this problem, i have a fully rigged character with face expressions, and i applied soft body in the nparticle...

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by Frost7

16-05-2019|06:55 AM

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maya mash strength

hello, i use maya 2018. i like to handle the y position by the offset node via texture but i allways get a soft transition between black and white....

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by klinggone

02-12-2018|10:20 PM

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Throwing wine glass on a surface

Hi, I'm having trouble of a glass breaking simulation. I want my wine glass to hit a wall and break after it hits the wall. It's more like someone...

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by Faker513

04-11-2018|01:18 PM

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Troubles with lattices on a dynamic car rig

Hello guys, So I tried to rig a car with dynamics, everything went well, but it seems like the latices for the wheels doesnt follow and so if I...

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by bybyle

05-10-2018|08:12 AM

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Alembic imported daz models won't work as colliders

I've been following a reallusion tutorial and animating characters in iclone and exporting as alembic into Maya. Everything is working fine except...

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by Shermon

16-07-2018|10:35 PM

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dangle ball on end of softbody Maya

Hey - I am trying to make a jester's hat. I need the hat to be floppy with little white balls at the end of each spikey bit. The hat is attached to...

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by twyeld

21-05-2018|11:32 AM

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Simulating a Double Pendulum

I am trying to simulate the motion of a double pendulum in maya 2018, but can't figure it out. I have tried both ncloth and using a gravity field,...

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by bmyonatan

01-03-2018|09:09 PM