I am working on biped male human character and I need to texture it with two different size texture maps. I am using a 1024k map for the head and a 2048k map for the body. A colleague I'm working...

I'm trying to create a sort of terrain maker for class but I wasn't sure how to go about doing it. I want a button that when its pressed, create a random terrain. I also want to create a slider that...

anyone have any idea how to randomly select verts on any object through Mel scripting? I want to make a script where when a button is pressed, there is a new selection of verts.

I guess anything that will help me with the maps. How to use them, tutorials and actually trying excercises that go along with them. They're used for texturing right? So I guess texturing books or...

Thanks guys! Helped me out a lot. :D Can you guys recommend any kind of reference I should check out? Like a book or dvds?

I was wondering how many different types of maps are in 3d and what do they do?

I know a couple of them and a little about them but I would like to find an in depth description about them to get a...

I've been looking at some books but I've never actually went through them but here's a list of books those books that had some good reviews and ratings on Amazon.com & others:

-Learning Autodesk...

Greetings friends!

I wanted to start a thread on what books on maya are great for learning and quick reference. We all tend to forget little details and things could go wrong in maya if not done...