Hi there!

I have a problem where i need to grow leaves on a grape vine.

I have animated a leaf growing in size, unfurling etc.

then i chose my vine object, created omni particle emit from...

sorry, worked it out, nm.

no no, not specific, random is what i want.
that random function should work a treat,

thanks for that Alan.
I really appreciate the effort you make helping out me and other newbies.

this is...

never mind, found the 'global scale' value in the paint effects tool :)

sorry for that.

Hi again :)

I am making a large desert plain and i want to scatter small random stones across the surface.

i tried the maya paint effects tool but this was waaaay to tedious and small to...

thanks Alan!
i was at a bit of a loss how to do the time delay properly.
that would only make it exactly 30 frames though?
i want it to be more random than that.

like lightning
a couple of...

a random vaule for the illumination yes.

and approximately every 30 frames. I wanted to randomise the time between flashes. so approx 30 frames, say a random interval between 10 and 40.

Hi there.

I want to create the effect of sheet lightning, by randomising the intensity of a point light.

I can get this to happen, but i need it so that i can vary the time between flashes,...

Am I asking to much for Maya to have something like this?
I am toooo used to max i know.

I have a flat desert plain, and I want to rough it up a bit, and I don't want to use displacement mapping,...

ah ok, thanks for that.

it was the 'selected network' thing that threw me off. I'm not used to network shaders, coming from a max BG.

cheers man!