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Richard Mulawa Software: Maya 2012
Learn to create a wire grill pattern in Maya with geometry instead of textures by wrapping a curve net around a polygon shape and getting the mesh to conform. This tutorial is made by Rick Mulawa, more of his modeling training can be found in the Fre...
David James Software: Maya 2012
Simple Video to show how to use particle goals to morph particles between different shapes. This technique can be applied to uses other than morphing. Have fun and feel free to ask questions in the forum. ...
Jason Edwards Software: Maya 2011
In this tutorial with Jason Edwards we look at setting up a turntable render for characters and illumination with mental ray's Physical Sun and Sky. We go over the different nodes that make up Physical Sun and Sky and create a nice looking render wit...
David James Software: Maya 2011 & Nuke 6.2
Get started with creating composites in Nuke with this tutorial where we cover how to render out multiple passes in mental ray followed by compositing these in Nuke. ...
Richard Mulawa Software: Maya 2012
This tutorial shares some helpful modeling tips for how to work on objects with symmetry in Maya. We look at how to setup and move between multiple poses for modeling, rendering and assembly by keyframing the transform coordinates for an object, in o...
Richard Mulawa Software: Maya 2012
In this video we give you some hard surface modeling tips on how you can use the EP curve tool for tangents and bridge geometry to create tracks around the wheels for tank type vehicles in Maya. Global illumination jwplayer('media...
Richard Mulawa Software: Maya 2012
Learn how to create wireframe renders of your models in Maya with this tutorial using the mental ray rendering engine. We go over smooth and unsmooth base mesh rendering and rendering poly faces on a model with contour rendering in mental ray. ...
David James Software: Maya 2011
This tutorial takes you through the process of using Maya's active and passive rigid bodies to quickly place multiple objects into your scene without getting any intersecting geometry. Object placement using dynamic simulations is a very handy tec...
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Although it might be intimidating for new users, the Bezier Curve Tool is one of the fastest ways to create complex curves in Maya. In our video, we start off by showing you how to use the Bezier Curve Tool to model a wine glass in Maya 2022. From...
In our new tutorial, we answer a question that often gets asked - how to cut round holes in Maya. The method we use works for cutting any type of hole in geometry. Maya's modeling tools chamfer vertex and circularize vertex get us off to a quick...
Bifrost is not only capable of simulating fluids but you can also use it for cloth. In this short tutorial, we show you how to drape a cloth over a table in Maya. This will get you used to the node chains and workflow of creating cloth within...
Continuing the modelling which can be found here We look at some techniques to quickly UV an object in Maya. Scene file can be found
A tutorial on basic poly modelling in Maya 2020. This is a continuation of our getting started with Maya series and contains the information you need to make your first model in Maya. The reference image I used can be found
Continuing our getting started with Maya series we're going to walk you through the principles of UV mapping. If you've never done any UV mapping before this would be a good place to start.
