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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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# 1 26-01-2003 , 08:39 AM

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This looks a LOT better animated, but then again, so do most explosions user added image

I'll be posting my movie of this in the next few days or so....

NOTES:
NO FLUIDS were used for this shot!
This is All Maya particles and shading, with the exception of:
1. The small piece of stock footage in the very center.
2. The main background plate.
3. The plane pieces and shrapnel are rigid-body geometry of course user added image

Each 720x486 D1 frame renders out at less than 1minute and 30 sec. (Fluids take at least 10 times longer roughly)

I have not YET added the MAIN particle explosion to the composite as it is all still rendering user added image

By the way, in case anyone doesn't know, this explosion is DIRECTLY from my most recent VIP tutorial: Dynamic Explosions for VFX part 2!

Join up now if you havn't yet!

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# 2 26-01-2003 , 09:40 AM

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AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

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# 3 26-01-2003 , 06:06 PM

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Why, thank you dear Kevin user added image

hehe...

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# 4 26-01-2003 , 06:35 PM

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:wow:

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# 5 26-01-2003 , 06:41 PM

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great!

It will take me a million years to do something like that...
Great stuff!

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# 6 26-01-2003 , 09:22 PM

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Now that is really starting to come together!! That looks great! I am working on a project for my demo reel, and I am taking video footage of my house, then having it blow up!! Not easy! Your tutorial looks like it would really help out, I will try to DL it in Feb. Great work,
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# 7 26-01-2003 , 11:04 PM

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Thanks for the great responses all!

Oh, and silviapalara, just check out my tutorial, and see how EASY it is!

It's really not that hard to do.

It just takes some time to decide how you want your final shot to look, that's the hard part user added image

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# 8 29-01-2003 , 06:11 AM

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FINAL MOVIE....

I'm STILL not happy with it at all because I could have used MUCH better stock footage in the composite, but that crap is SO dam expensive.....

Anyhoo....

Here you go:

About 500K download, DIVX AVI user added image

Israel "Izzy" Long
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# 9 29-01-2003 , 06:22 AM

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Very cool, man. user added image

I'll try to download your vids next month when my monthly bandwidth resets. :p

Stupid 56k! user added image

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# 10 29-01-2003 , 07:02 AM

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Nicey. I think I know which tutorial I'm gonna watch next user added image

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# 11 29-01-2003 , 08:42 AM

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very very nice Izzy!! that is looking great!

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# 12 29-01-2003 , 09:32 AM

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looking good so far.

maybe u can change the colors of your own explosion a little bit in the way the footage explosion looks like. and the explosion dust could be a little lighter.

but anyway good animation, the parts of the destroyed airplane looking good in the camera.

so long C.

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