Animation - Page 32 - Simply Maya User Community

Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.

Watch

make a wall fall down through a machine gun

First let me say HELLO. I have a awesome MG, and a wall (about 50 Pieces who all active rigid bodys). I wan´t shoot the wall down. when the bullet...

Thread by: Mayastatic Subscribe

by Asaf

13-09-2006|01:02 AM

Replies: 3

Parenting and IK problems!

Hi all, I have a problem with a scene I'm doing. Basically the green guy is going to be pushing the orange guy back as he's shouting and panicking...

Thread by: sjtaylor84 Subscribe

by Velusion

03-09-2006|09:50 AM

Replies: 3

character importing problem. Plz help

i have made a character with rrigging, rigid skinnig & also i have apllied weightings. I want to use that character in one scene. So when i import...

Thread by: freeshead Subscribe

by Lt Jim

31-08-2006|04:02 PM

Replies: 2

Motion path trouble.

Ok, I've been having lots of niggly problems getting into this motion path lark but eventually sorting most of it out, I can now do the basics but...

Thread by: j5ive Subscribe

by Xander-0

25-08-2006|02:00 PM

Replies: 1

Animation path prob

How do I constrain my camera so that it records from the direction it is facing at the minute playblasts and renders are just rendering the whole...

Thread by: j5ive Subscribe

by j5ive

24-08-2006|07:57 AM

Replies: 1

animate a roller coaster

I build a really good coaster, with loops and screws and so on. My cars are finished and now I want to animate the drive. What would be the best way...

Thread by: Mayastatic Subscribe

by Mayastatic

23-08-2006|05:21 AM

Replies: 2

Website animation, short.. wip

Animation i'm working on for my website 1st image is start 2nd image is finish

Thread by: WH33LS Subscribe

by WH33LS

21-08-2006|02:57 AM

Replies: 1

My Ninja Char Rig

Hello All, I am getting into animation and so I made my rig, still alot of work to do with painting wheights and binding and what not but i'll get...

Thread by: shandaman Subscribe

by jasi_hawk

18-08-2006|09:00 AM

Replies: 5

conection with a late

How can i create a master-slave conection between two or more objects, the slave(s) should follow the master with a late.How can i do this with...

Thread by: vijaytyr Subscribe

by Xander-0

07-08-2006|11:27 PM

Replies: 7

getting keys in between frames when scaling keys

Hi everyone, when I scale keys in time I end up getting 2 keys on 1 frame - they are either sitting on exactly the same frame or sometimes the...

Thread by: lori_hunter Subscribe

by lori_hunter

05-08-2006|06:48 PM

Replies: 2

wire deformers

I have a very great problem in finding the applications for wire deformers in maya . Can anyone tell for what purpose are the wire deformers used....

Thread by: jasi_hawk Subscribe

by jasi_hawk

02-08-2006|06:14 AM

Replies: 0

scaleable eyes...HOW CAN I DO IT?

hello, in modeling a character, i need to use his eyes as a sort of driver to push and scale the skin around his eye. think of a sheet you let...

Thread by: mike_bonifacio Subscribe

by mike_bonifacio

24-07-2006|09:50 PM

Replies: 0

Animating a hand held camera

Anyone know of a tutorial or trick to get the effect of a hand held camera? I can never seem to get it quite right. Thanks...

Thread by: dmatson Subscribe

by Sir-Avalon

14-07-2006|09:21 AM

Replies: 1

help me

i have a error . some body help me this my prolem

Thread by: school305 Subscribe

by traindog

13-07-2006|05:14 PM

Replies: 5

IK Help

Hi there, I am just starting on the new venture in Maya trying to expand my horizons within the software. I am creating a joint chain then...

Thread by: moffiosso Subscribe

by moffiosso

09-07-2006|05:43 PM

Replies: 2

Help with Normals

Hello everyone - I am working on the head of a character which I have just created blend shapes for and bound to the skeleton. When I rotate the...

Thread by: arran Subscribe

by arran

06-07-2006|12:00 PM

Replies: 12

Keyframe Animation - object collision, how?

Hi dear memberz, this ist my first posting. I animated a flapper with Keyframe-Animation, in which the flapper hits some tokens. How can I...

Thread by: tocoloco Subscribe

by mtmckinley

05-07-2006|06:51 PM

Replies: 2

deformation

Hello, I used to use Softimage/XSI years ago and it had/has a very useful animation tool called a spline deformation. I'm trying to find out if...

Thread by: revolve Subscribe

by revolve

05-07-2006|05:02 PM

Replies: 2

Animating Color Materials...

hi there.. i am wanting to know how you can animate material colors in maya? for instance i have a polygon that is colored blue and between frame 0...

Thread by: usmsci Subscribe

by Xander-0

04-07-2006|07:10 AM

Replies: 3

Knee locator problems

Hi everyone, I've been practising rigging characters using the rigging video tutorial but there's one thing that isn't covered that I can't work...

Thread by: sjtaylor84 Subscribe

by arran

28-06-2006|03:08 PM

Replies: 1

Rig Problem with Rigid Bind

Hiya.. well, after all i am playing around with a rig for my mech. Rigid Bind works perfect. No streching or whatever. Problem is : how do...

Thread by: mac762 Subscribe

by Xander-0

24-06-2006|06:17 AM

Replies: 3

Rigging basic question

Hi guys I have created my first skeleton with a simple model I see people using circels or other type of geometry to control the moves on the...

Thread by: tank2002 Subscribe

by mac762

23-06-2006|12:18 AM

Replies: 2

Anyone interested in making funny "very-shorts?"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gWk4u4FQ2_4&search=Ringbo HEllo altogether...under the above link, you can find a very simple funny story...

Thread by: philippseis Subscribe

by Tiago2

22-06-2006|08:31 AM

Replies: 1

Rigging a comedy mechanical boxing glove

Hi all, For a shot in a short film I'm working on I want a typical comical boxing glove to fly out and hit my character but i'm not sure how to go...

Thread by: sjtaylor84 Subscribe

by sjtaylor84

19-06-2006|10:33 AM

Replies: 2

camera

But i make a animation with a few camera movement. but when i put the man i have kyed from the green screen and i put it in the animation, then the...

Thread by: daxen Subscribe