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# 1 28-03-2008 , 09:14 PM

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hello all,

Is there any way to set the scene size to say.... 340*62 pixels? i want to make a flash banner for a website but i want to do the modeling and animation in Maya. any help would be greatly appreciated...

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# 2 28-03-2008 , 09:17 PM

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Set the render settings to Custom and you can specify any size you need...

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# 3 28-03-2008 , 09:23 PM

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well the problem is when i do that it cuts a lot of the scene i have already created off...it would be a pain to sit and render each camera that i'm using to only see that selection...

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# 4 28-03-2008 , 09:42 PM

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You could set the camera to the res you want display the resolution in the viewport and then scale everything via a gorup unitll it all fits in???

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# 5 28-03-2008 , 10:24 PM

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how can you set the resolution of a camera?

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# 6 29-03-2008 , 06:48 PM

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Im not certain as I'm not by my computer but I think its under View>>Camera settings>>Camera resolution gate. Or something similare(not that hard to guess really.) user added image