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blobby surfaces inheriting texture color -TUTORIAL

Hi everyone! This is something te one or the other stumbled across, so I did some "research" and here is the answer. The question was "How can...

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by BadG3r

21-05-2007|11:04 PM

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birthing rigid body's from particles

Hello , is it possible to birth rigid body's from a particles ? thank you

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by BadG3r

17-05-2007|12:05 AM

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metal outside an arm

hi sirs. i have an human arm, i have to do some emersion of metal liquid from the skin? someone have some guidelines?

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by 93freedom

21-03-2007|02:06 AM

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Add Contrast to Vertex Colors

I hope I am posting this in the correct area. This deals with the vertex colors or vertex lighting in Maya 5.0. Didn't see an area dedicated to...

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by misterdimension

10-03-2007|10:44 AM

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fighter plane bullets

i am trying to make a short film with a couple of planes over an ocean scene...i have some animation done and i dont know how to make the gunfire...

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by G-Man

20-02-2007|06:50 AM

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Particle Instance Tutorial

Hi all, I wasn't entirely sure where to put this so I thought I'd give it a go in here. I have just completed a tutorial for Maya7 explaining how...

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by tiddles

19-02-2007|10:05 AM

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Particle_sprites in software

Hello, Is there anyway of doing sprites in the software renderer. Basically I would like use an instanced nurbs plane and drive the file...

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by jezzaH

25-01-2007|02:47 AM

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Help with volume fields?

Hi all, I am trying to make particles stay inside of a cone emitter. I am reading the manual, but still having trouble. Here is the excerpt: ...

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by rejh2

24-01-2007|10:52 AM

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convert fluid to polygon that is emitting from object?

Hello everyone. I am having awful trouble trying to convert a fluid to a polygon. I know how to do it i normal circumstances, but in this case the...

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by rejh2

24-01-2007|02:53 AM

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anwar

how can i start this animation career i am new to this field and i choose VFX in maya.

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by publicFunction

01-01-2007|06:21 PM

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rainy effects?

pls help me how to add rain effects in maya 7? thanks i hope you can help me

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by Gen

04-12-2006|01:32 AM

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flame thrower

does anybody know where or how i can get tips on how to create a flame (flame thrower) i just purchased maya so i'm still learnng the basics but it...

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by Dann

27-11-2006|03:45 AM

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particle rotation

hi, i've got particles instanced with a piece of geometry. An expression control the rotation -and they totate nicel in x y and z. Unfortunately now...

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by farbtopf

30-10-2006|10:47 AM

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particles with geometry instances collision problem

I hav a quick question... When using particles to instance geometry is it possible to have the collision occur on the surface of the geometry and...

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by kbrown

23-10-2006|07:26 PM

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fluids&objects

hi everybody. i can't make fluid(cloud) make collide with NURBS object. maybe anybody know how can i do that? thanks.

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by gster123

19-10-2006|01:36 AM

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bloody tear

I am looking to composite a bloody teardrop over live-action footage. Any suggestions out there that might be helpfull. Thank You.

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by brentlydavis

06-10-2006|12:19 AM

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RIGID DYNAMICS QUESTION?

RIGID DYNAMICS QUESTION? Im experimenting with rigid body dynamics and in my scene i have a few objects on a shelf, such as a ball and couple of...

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by mr pix.

05-10-2006|08:41 PM

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gun fire

hey yal, I have been modeling a tank and now i want to to shot something so i tryed to set up the smoke and stuff. i can't do it, i have this this...

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by tadpole3159

18-09-2006|12:17 PM

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How to use multiplaning?

Hi guys, I'm trying to animate a fly through within the sky where clouds will interfere. I have searched this forum inside out, and I notice that...

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by Dann

14-09-2006|07:39 PM

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Why is everything so difficult?

Why won't anything happend when I try to run scripts that have dialogue box popups.....like Rockgen?? I run the script, and nothing! I'm just using...

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by Velusion

03-09-2006|09:54 AM

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Active/Passive Rigid Body Tut

I made a Video Tut. If you want it you can download it here: http://www.awestruckfilms.com/forum/index.php?topic=69.0 I hope you like it. ...

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by EddieDaPirate

28-08-2006|03:55 PM

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Goals

Does anyone know of a way to make non-particles, non-soft bodies behave like goals? Basically I want a camera to follow a locater like a goal...

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by Dann

16-08-2006|08:48 AM

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Help with Paint Effects Mesh Direction

I'm trying to paint water droplets onto a surface and there seems to be a setting somewhere that's stuffing me up. At work when I started playing...

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by Alan

14-08-2006|12:21 AM

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need a melscript

Can anyone provide me wih the "detachSurface" mel script that works in maya 6.5.I'm trying to explode a polygon aeroplane with a missile wherein I...

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by lalit_wani

13-08-2006|08:11 PM

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even distribution of particles

Is there a way to evenly distribute partcles onto a nurbs surface using goal U and goal V. I want to creat an emitter that shoots out 100 particles...

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by Dann

07-08-2006|05:18 PM

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