Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2
This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.
# 1 13-02-2013 , 11:58 PM
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camera not showing spotlight decay

hi,

I've created a new camera in a scene. Pressing 7 gives me the 'all light' display just fine, but when I switch on the decay of a spotlight it stops showing the effect of that light. The persp view continues to show the interactive lighting ok. A new light acts just the same, so I'm assuming the fault lies in the camera..


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J

# 2 14-02-2013 , 04:51 AM
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Maybe it's a bit obvious but have you reset the camera's properties?

Or delete transformation history and duplicate the object. That is a trick that works for me a lot if an object/camera is acting screwy


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# 3 14-02-2013 , 10:10 AM
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hi,

I think the problem was (is) my scale (units). It's sometihng I've never considered, and I've noticed my values were getting so small i.e - 0.001 clipping plane.. I think I've being trying to light a scene that's millimetres across!!

I'm in the process of scaling up now and will report back. Already the views in various cameras seems more consistent.

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