Hi , im working on a character binding right now and im having a problem with one vertex . when ever i set his influence to 0 wich is what i want , and i move to the next joint his value pops back...

The thing is that when i break the connection i cant see the areas that i want them to be transparent ..

Im using autodesk maya 2008 and after im using smoothbind to an object and i select the vertex i cant see the influence of the joints on it in the smooth skins tab . any1 knows why ?

so how can i fix it ?

When ever i load a 32bits targa texture file that contains alpha Map in it, into an object the whole object become transparent in the viewports but when i render it it looks fine , any idea why?

it doesnt matter if u use nurbs or polys
u can get the same amount of details for both
and if u use nurbs u can always convert it into polys
i would start with the base of the stage.
modeling the...

Thanks..
i usually did not used auto mapping for cylinders objects .
i had some problem with the arm and the auto map
but i was able to fix that arm in dffrent mapping but the leg went just fint...

Hi , im working a lot with low poly characters
and when i uvmap them everything is going great including the head the torso the hands and the items . my biggest problem with uvmapping is on the...

just like mtmckinley said "just takes practice and time."
but also keep in mind that u cant get a perfect smooth uvmap
dont move every UV point that are inside the shell , work only at the areas...

as always mtmckinley , u solved my prob
Thanks dude