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.
# 1 30-04-2011 , 04:24 PM
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panning in and out with the mouse wheel and other noob question

Hi all,

I need help lol. I was doing the tutorial on the victorian house and was doing the part where you had to copy objects to a layer.

but while doing that ( and not sure if it has to do anything with it) suddenly my mouse wheel doesnt work anymore to pan in and out a little anymore the cam goes crazy with just one click miles in and out but i cant work with it anymore. is there a setting where i can reset my cam angles, and also the panning in and out on my objects?

Furthermore i was being taught to make a project in Maya, and set the project so it opens up. but by closing maya it still asked me to save the scene, which i did and thankfully i did, cause otherwise the work would have been gone.

Whats the meaning of making a project if it opens immediately when you fire up Maya?

# 2 30-04-2011 , 07:58 PM
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A project has a larger scope than just scenes. Each scene is a file and you can have many scene files (different characters or objects) in one project. A project also contains folders for textures, reference images, rendered movies and images etc.

But, you may have a few projects on the go and you can switch between them (file > project > set project...). This tells maya which scene folder to save scenes in.

As for dollying in and out, I prefer to use Alt + RMB instead of the mouse wheel (more control). Hope that helps.

# 3 01-05-2011 , 05:35 PM
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Thank you for your answer Stwert user added image it does. The interface and things that can be done with it is just overwhelming. Hitting a wrong button is quickly done....

# 4 01-05-2011 , 07:29 PM
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It just takes time and practice, for everybody. And don't be afraid to experiment and make mistakes. Someone will be here if you get into a corner. It's good practice to save a new copy before you try something drastic though (e.g. MyScene01.ma, MyScene02.ma etc.)

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