Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1
This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.
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12-07-2008
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pompeii
ill show you the images and that might help explain.., this one is a wire frame and the dark patches are the particles.., theres more than it looks.., i wanted to add more but i kept getting a memory issue and maya kept crashing
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12-07-2008
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those poor people of Pompeii, first the volcano now you LOL.
with regard to the city disappearing, remember every attribute in Maya is pretty much keyable so you could key the transparency setting of the shader and do it in one go, or add a black and white ramp to the transparency channel and a fade it gradually.
I hope this helps, someone may have a better idea
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12-07-2008
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yea, thats what i was thinking, putting a ramp on the shader.., i wasn't exactly sure where to put it but you have just given me all i need to do it.., i really think thats the best way.., i might try and ramp it from both U and V directions for total control.., you know i could get different rates of decay in both directions and maybe make it a little more believable..,
so what you are saying is.., how ever i shade it, projection.., whatever.., i can make it decay with the ramped transparency??
how would you shade it.., any suggestions.., projection is probably best but thats a lot of work..., but no pain no gain eh?!
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12-07-2008
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Pretty good thank you, keeping busy as ever! Hope all is good your end of the world LOL
Yeah you could do a camera projection for it, it may save time in the long run. Do a render like this and paint the textures on the render in PS and re project them at the same angle, like a matte painting, or you could use a decent tile texture with some fractal in there to break up the repeats. Depends how detailed you want or need to go in the end
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12-07-2008
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im going to git the sack ive been at it all day..,
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im wondering to, in RF you need triangle not quads.., but now its back in maya it is still tris.., maybe i should put it back to quads.., what ever.., ill forge on
im thinking just a couple of houses up close rather than 10 city bocks may have been a better idea.
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13-07-2008
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even so.., the simple scene is not updating in the viewer.., but it is fine in the render.., im think i might have to apply a texture such as from PFX
seems a different story from using plates??
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scene size is everything working between these apps.., as you can imagine RF is emulating all real world forces.., like maya on steroids.., gravity 9.8 meters a second.., same in RF but much more detail to dynamics.., very small changes make a big difference to the sim.
what all this is about is specialization.., if im ever going to get work i cant see it as a generalist.., you know my modeling skills.., need i say more !!!
thanks for you patience mate
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13-07-2008
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No probs, if I feel I can be of help I will, same with anyone else really, especially those who are willing to listen but also try and get stuff right too by themselves as well, like yourself...
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