How about the snap to vertex. move your second object in the y direction, hold down the "V" and mmb over the vertex you want to size to, and you will then "snap" to that exact size.

Thanks, just after I posted, I thought about key framing.

I want my particles to emit only once and live forever.
how do I do this?

Just out of curiosity I was wondering if it was possible to render in reverse.

I have a render and I suppose i could just use after effects to reverse it. but I tried entering frame 190 as the...

I actually found the tut I was referring to here..

http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/autodesk-maya/animate-a-logo-forming-from-particles-in-maya/

A few of the steps are not really clear, but I'm...

does anyone have good tutorial link for title dissolve where the letters seem to blow away with a wind?
Beginner.
Thanks.

No more than $1,000.00.

I'm probably going to get an amd quad 4 processor, but was wondering if 4gig of ram was going to be enough or should I go for 8gig. Also what would be the best video card...

:)Hi all,

I'm new to maya and love the software. I need some advice on putting together a system that I can use for film and CG work. I have Maya and Mudbox as well as Adobe Premier, Production...