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nparticles tweaking and optimizing

Hello guys, I'm new in this board. Been looking for maya-specific forum quite sometime since I'm going to have my hands dirty on maya. I've been...

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by josaphat

16-07-2009|08:23 AM

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Help with particles and collisions?

http://i39.tinypic.com/2laro6d.jpg I make the particles collide with the glass object, but they still go through it to an extent... im using...

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by RabidChocobo

02-07-2009|12:22 AM

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Pouring water

I hope this is the right forum to ask this in, but I have a shot where I need a liquid to pour out of a bottle and have it form into a sphere, which...

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by ragecgi

01-07-2009|09:33 PM

Replies: 3

How do i create rubble from an explosion or cave in

at the moment i am trying to create rubble/ debris to look like a cave in or blasting in an underground mine. i am currently attempting to use...

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by ragecgi

01-07-2009|09:32 PM

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can i make particles collide with other particles from same emmitter?

i need to make an egg timer, so a container full of small particles, they all need to sit on top of each other so that the container is full up, but...

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by ragecgi

01-07-2009|09:29 PM

Replies: 6

Self-Colliding Particles

Yet again I'm doing some particle simulations, and this time I am trying to have particles hit a surface and clump up and move around. I feel like...

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by ragecgi

01-07-2009|09:28 PM

Replies: 6

need help pls

hi guy's.... am a graphic's desginer . (am learning dynamics now) i dont know how to use expression editor .. where can...

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by NextDesign

25-06-2009|04:02 AM

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Death Decay Particles

Hi, This is my first post here, and i really do need some help - I am trying to find out if http://vimeo.com/2396904<< this video -- the particle...

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by ragecgi

22-06-2009|03:56 PM

Replies: 1

Dynamic Animation ...

Not sure where to post this ... here or in the Animation forum. So here goes. I have an object following (attached to) a motion path. I want to add...

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by Xander-0

18-06-2009|01:38 AM

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Glass Condensation ...

What is the best way to produce condensation on glass? Can it be animated? I have a clients beer bottle and glass that need that cold frosty look....

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by mastone

13-06-2009|02:42 PM

Replies: 8

Lazers!!!!!!!!!!!

Is there a way to make a lazer effect in maya like in a star wars movie.

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by NextDesign

30-05-2009|07:29 AM

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a growing plant animation

I'm working on a growing plant animation. I would like not to use Paint FX as I have a custom plant. what is the standard way of creating one? ...

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by NextDesign

27-05-2009|02:31 AM

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Dynamic rope

dear dynamic professionals, i think i´ve read all the forum entries on the net about the dynamic rope .... but since iam not at all...

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by Fabster

26-05-2009|12:55 AM

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Explosion?

How i can make my mesh to explode in pices ? I want this model to explode ( this will be his second attack ) Any ideas ?

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by ColdWave

24-05-2009|10:26 PM

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cache fireworks

Ok I have created some fireworks which explode over 280 frames but when I try to batch render them it drops out every now and again. When I restart...

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by leonlabyk

21-05-2009|05:19 PM

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ncloth and hair

hi my name is deepak. i am use maya 2008. i will try make a jelly fish. i create ncloth an object. and create hair on it it's create but not...

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by mastone

12-05-2009|08:13 PM

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Motion Blur. After Effects? Work?

Hi, Tried doing motion blur in After Effects 7.0. Shutter Angle = 360 shutter phase = -360. All timeline stuff is switched on. Doesn't seem to...

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by bendingiscool

11-05-2009|09:13 AM

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Lava, ncloth or fluid effects?

Hi. I'm quite good at maya ncloth in 2008 and have been trying to create the effect of lava flowing down a surface. But is it possible to do this in...

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by mirek03

04-05-2009|11:25 PM

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nParticles Water Problems

Hi all. I'm trying to create a flood/tsunami scene of a road with the water gushing towards the camera. However the mesh seems to be very blotchy...

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by podolski

31-03-2009|03:14 PM

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Particals and ting...

bear with me cos this may make no sence at all!! Basically i need to do a little animation of a razor blade going across the skin and taking with it...

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by ragecgi

26-03-2009|11:50 AM

Replies: 8

Large number of dynamic objects | Page: 1 2

Hello. I'm been a Maya newbie for a little over a year now :p , and the thing that has always given me the most pain is dynamics. So I've been...

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by cgwhiz

24-03-2009|09:22 AM

Replies: 15

particles follow on texture

Hey, I am after a way to have particles flow along a surface via a texture map, for instance if I had a strip of black down the centre of a...

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by ragecgi

07-03-2009|01:55 PM

Replies: 1

Shockwave Effects

I'm currently trying to make an semi-epic movie intro for a forum based RPG story me and a bunch of buddies are working on. The basic...

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by huntaer

20-02-2009|04:04 AM

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nCloth problem

I'm trying a fairly simple thing (so I thought); drop a sphere onto a piece of cloth, which is constraint at it's outer edges.. Butg the sphere...

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by publicFunction

18-02-2009|05:29 PM

Replies: 5

Instancer rotation question

Hi everyone, I want to do a gatling gut sort of effect, where the bullets fly out and the casings are ejected and fall to the floor. I've gotten the...

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by Calvin

30-01-2009|02:08 PM

Replies: 5