Although I know there are toon shaders available in maya software renderer now. I was trying to do it based on this same tutorial just for theoretical reasons. However, the condition node seams to...

I don't want to change my project. I just want to bookmark directories. But since maya has no way to do this I wanted to make a shelf button that opens the open file dialog with a specific path.

I am working on a animation short with a group of about 8 people and we have an area where all the master files are stored. I want to keep my project directory in my home area, but I often want to...

Ok, but let's assume that I need to do it with cloth. For example, I'm going to animate someone putting the shirt on.

I'm attempting to make a collar on a character using maya cloth (which I will later attach to the remainder of the shirt). I took a picture of a collar to use as a pattern to draw the curves and got...

Hi, I followed a tutorial on creating a missile trail with particles (http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorial/Creating-a-Missile-Trail/4057) . It worked fine, but now I have to import it into my scene...

yea, I guess my questions are too hard. Thanks for your reply, Ibex. What do you mean by "stay functional"?

ok..cool..thanks. This seems like a lot of unnecessary work though. Especially because when all the faces are squares you can't tell which belongs to which or in what direction it faces (unless you...

A fish eye lens is an extremely wide-angle lens. A "normal" lens for a 35mm camera is 50mm (focal length). A wide-angle lens is less than that (e.g., 28mm). A telephoto lens is more than that (e.g.,...

I am working on a model that has a box wrapped in cloth. I tried using Maya cloth, but to this point have not been able to figure out how to "fold" the cloth like a wrapped up gift. I posted this...