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Beer glass scene creation

This course contains a little bit of everything with modeling, UVing, texturing and dynamics in Maya, as well as compositing multilayered EXR's in Photoshop.

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# 1 01-01-2004 , 11:07 PM

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Hi, im new here and i was wondering how i get points. i want to download some of the videos here but it says i need points. how do i do this? user added image

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# 2 01-01-2004 , 11:25 PM

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https://www.simplymaya.com/payment.mhtml

grrrr

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# 3 02-01-2004 , 03:27 AM

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o man, u have to pay?

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# 4 02-01-2004 , 05:34 AM

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Yep. That or you can win points by winning the monthly challenges or by becoming the member of the month by helping a lot of people and being really nice. Occasionally Kevin gives out special points to people out of the goodness of his heart. (used to at least I know)

But... I would seriously just buy the points. They're really cheap, so it's not like you're paying an arm and a leg.

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# 5 02-01-2004 , 05:57 AM

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Um... Those ARNT cheap. Alot better than some sites, ill give ya that. But i would not use the word 'cheap'

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# 6 02-01-2004 , 06:20 AM

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"Cheap" is relative. After the cost of licenses of Maya Complete, Photoshop, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Flash, etc., $25.77 (or whatever currency you're using) is nothing. I spend more at Starbucks in a week. user added image

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# 7 03-01-2004 , 06:40 AM

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have they raised the price in the past 6 months? *looks at Kevin* I haven't messed with points for a while now. hmm

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# 8 03-01-2004 , 07:00 AM

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Originally posted by rsjrv99
o man, u have to pay?

Originally Posted by

Those were my exact words when I first started on this site,, but I keep coming back and downloaded the free videos and got hooked like a crack addict and finally paid for the VIP points,, a lot of talented people on the site that make the videos and very helpful community as well, stick a round and join the contests they have here and win points too.

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# 9 03-01-2004 , 03:46 PM

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Originally posted by Darkware
have they raised the price in the past 6 months? *looks at Kevin* I haven't messed with points for a while now. hmm

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We haven't raised the price in 2 years!!

at around a £1 for an half an hour of video its very cheap by anyones definition.

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# 10 03-01-2004 , 05:06 PM

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ahh, just as I thought then. They are cheap. If they are the same price as what they used to be, you are getting a lot for a little bit of money. I was astonded when I first saw the price because it was so low. You appreciate costs like this when you take a look at other places around the web. user added image

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# 11 03-01-2004 , 10:24 PM

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this compared to many sites ive seen is incredibly low. especially considering the have video tutorials. Ive seen some sites charge 3 times as much for just a text document...

I keep meaning to get some points... but eh... i will later(forever a procrastinator.

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