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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.

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Maya --> Lightwave

Hi, question : Is there a way to port models and their animations from Maya to Lightwave?

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by kennez

28-05-2005|09:27 AM

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Sin City

holy moly this movie looks friggin awesome! I cant wait for it. :) http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/sin_city.html

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by G-Man

28-05-2005|06:34 AM

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Photoshop Problem

Ok, I have just started photoshop and need to find a way to have several pictures on the interface at once. I know it is a really basic problem and...

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by mhcannon

27-05-2005|11:20 PM

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X file check

X file check I have a plugin for exporting .x files on Maya 5. would you tell me after I have exported the file into .X format, how can I check...

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by alienscience

27-05-2005|09:47 PM

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help with render

how can i make a clay render?

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by sspikedudley

27-05-2005|08:43 PM

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Another school thing

Hi everyone out there. I might be better off posting this on some sound editing site, but oh well, I like SM alot. Hope the mods keep their undies...

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by MattTheMan

27-05-2005|08:33 PM

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MY IMAGE PLANE DIMNISHES!!! STRANGE.

Hello everyone. Well am modelling a pistol. And i have applied its texture to a simple polygon plane so that it can act as an image plane. But my...

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by alienscience

27-05-2005|06:50 PM

Replies: 5

Star Wars: Recovery of the Crazy (Yea I know, it doesn't roll off the tongue)

Read this article about these 2 Knuckleheads. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/4575291.stm Don't try this at home!!

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by Bum

27-05-2005|06:47 PM

Replies: 3

Chain problem

Hi, I want to make a GI type chain and dog tag, but am stuck trying to think how to repeatedly duplicate a ball and cylinder round my C.V....

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by Scraggy_dog

27-05-2005|06:43 PM

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Maya 6 PLE

Ok, so I got Mya PLE 6, like you guys have been telling me. WHats the advantages of it? What makes it so much better then maya PLE 5? Cheers,...

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by NextDesign

27-05-2005|06:35 PM

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GUITARS | Page: 1 2 3

Ok, I have done some research and have come to realise that guitar and maya seem to go hand and hand. So I have created this post for everyone to...

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by Bum

27-05-2005|06:32 PM

Replies: 38

Booleans

Does anybody have any general advice on using Polygon Booleans correctly. I have found them quite tempermental, and I don't know why, which means...

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by Alan

27-05-2005|03:42 PM

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UV Texture Map in PhotoShop

Hello all, Once you create a model in Maya, how do you get a 'Map' of the model into photoshop where you can edit the textures and save as a .TGA?...

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by Bum

27-05-2005|02:09 PM

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rendering problem

When I try and render my model the curved cylinders come out all choppy and crooked. Even when i render it in production. The curves arent choppy in...

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by Alan

27-05-2005|08:06 AM

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Kings Of Europe!

Yeeehaaa! Liverpool once more are the kings of europe!!! What a fantastic game! Well done to the Lads, I am ever so happy that they won it!! It's...

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by MainlineX

27-05-2005|07:50 AM

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help with tutorial

im following this tutorial in 3DM3 here's the link http://www.3dm3.com/tutorials/maya/car3/index3.php I need help in steps 15 through 16.This...

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by mhcannon

27-05-2005|05:13 AM

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Help a Newbie

I'm an ABSOLUTE NOOBIE!!!! I need some help here... I want to know wether I should first learn mostly how to model in polygons, NURBS, or...

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by Bum

26-05-2005|07:29 PM

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am i missing the obvious

Ok, here is my problem. I want to create a half an elbow macaroni. I wanted it to be a single surface w normals on both sides. This is not...

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by Bum

26-05-2005|07:20 PM

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Error -- I believe in smoothing

I'll swallow my pride -- I do all of my modelling in Rhino -- and lately it seems that a bunch of my models have bad faces when they show up in Maya....

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by Phopojijo

26-05-2005|07:12 PM

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hi evrery body

hi every body i am completly new in maya and in this forum. iwould like to learn the basic of maya. i use zbrush but want to learn mmore about...

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by Bum

26-05-2005|07:10 PM

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Maya 6 converts to Maya 5

Hi, I am looking for a plug in that allows me to convert Maya 6 files to Maya 5. Also, will I lose anything after I convert it to Maya 5? Many...

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by nancylai

26-05-2005|07:08 PM

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texturing

Does anyone know of any good, detailed UV mapping texture tutorials?

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by Bum

26-05-2005|07:03 PM

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Tutorial Videos Won't Open

I dowloaded the simple dog tutorial videos but the video won't play, only the audio will. Windows Media Player says error loading codec. What should...

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