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Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

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# 1 23-01-2008 , 03:48 PM

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Umm... Im gonna sound a bit corny, but when i try to playblast a animation, it only plays a 1 sec on the player... What am i doing wrong..!

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# 2 23-01-2008 , 04:09 PM

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Check your timeline at the bottom. I bet it says 24 and 48... Change these to match and set them to the required number of frames for your animation.

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# 3 23-01-2008 , 04:14 PM

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its from -1 to 200, do u have an ideas what i doing wrong... =(

Im following a tutorial from maya 7 and using maya 2008, could there be a difference there..?

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# 4 23-01-2008 , 04:58 PM

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Change the -1 to 0. It looks like it might be only running from -1 to 0 and stopping.

Also check the playbalsty settings themselves

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# 5 23-01-2008 , 05:42 PM

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Naaw no difference, tried a few times... Which settings do u have in the playblast...

Well if i dont reply the next time.. its because i threw my comp out of the window...=D

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# 6 23-01-2008 , 09:11 PM

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In the playblast options please check that you have it set to time slider and not Start/End.

Beyond that I dont really know why its only recording 24 frames

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# 7 23-01-2008 , 09:39 PM

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Now i know my problem.. It only playblast the "keys" its not playblasting frame for frame.. Do u know what i mean.. I hooooopppeee u know, what im freaking up...

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# 8 24-01-2008 , 06:36 PM

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# 9 25-01-2008 , 12:32 AM

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well it looks like your time slider only contains 10 frames, and that's all it's gonna playblast. increase the number of frames showing in your time slider at once, and then you'll see that the playblast gets longer and longer the more frames you add.

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# 10 25-01-2008 , 01:22 AM

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rofl.

Thats my Playblast at default settings. I am not the one with the issues Neo :p

Itsa posted as a guide. I already mentioned using Start/End and not timelime for your Playblasts.

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# 11 25-01-2008 , 04:10 AM

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whoops. being at work, i don't have access to maya (*sob*), so i was reading that as being his start and end frames inside the time slider. (i mean how often do you look at the playblast options window, anyway? user added image