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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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nurbs problem...cartoon dog

i have this problem with my cartoon dog. There is a dimple like thing in the chin and im not sure how it got there and i cant get it out because...

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by stickdude

25-03-2005|10:12 PM

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Is there any place here where you could post tutorials??

Hey, I was just wondering if I made a text tutorial and wanted to post it, is there any section here on this board where you could post tutorials...

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by stickdude

25-03-2005|10:09 PM

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great forum....but....

I just joined this forum and i think its great. Just downloaded the cartoon dog tutorial and i love it. I want to download other tutorials but i...

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by Kevin

25-03-2005|08:24 AM

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Poly--How do you fill in a gap after deleting faces???

How do you fill in the gap after you delete two faces, kind of like filling in a surface between 2 edges. here's a pic cuz i can't explain it very...

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by stickdude

25-03-2005|01:30 AM

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Reverse Kinematics

Hey, I'm an animator (mostly of solid objects using keyframes and path animations) and I was wondering if there was a function to switch the...

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by Eelco

25-03-2005|01:03 AM

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Texturing question.

Hello, I'm trying to put texture onto the head. So I just unwrapped it using "cylinder unwrap thingie", then i took snapshot, then messed it...

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by Eelco

24-03-2005|11:57 PM

Replies: 7

plzzzz.....help

if anyone could example this to me, I would be forever grateful. This is killing me.....I have now tried the tut 3 times, and I keep getting the same...

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by mhcannon

24-03-2005|05:28 PM

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how to get my workspace back

I am extremly new to maya, and I accidently hit something that made made those numbers appear (the green & white) and I can't figure out how to turn...

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by mhcannon

24-03-2005|05:26 PM

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MR renders differently using tif file type

I have a simple scene. three objects on a table. One has a glass shader assigned. None of the others do. If I set the output file type to .iff the...

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by jdunn

24-03-2005|04:16 PM

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connection editor problem

I am trying to make a curve and when I rotate it the whole joint rotates also. It works for the left hand but not for the right.

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by Eelco

24-03-2005|09:32 AM

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transferring objects from maya to Photoshop

i was watching the texture tutorial by Michael Mckinley, near the start of that video he mentions texture coordinates (UV coordinates.) how do you...

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by mhcannon

24-03-2005|06:20 AM

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laying out uv's for nurbs

is there a way to layout the uv's for nurbs or do u just convert to poly

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by gohan1842

23-03-2005|11:48 PM

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Dude... Poly vertices just wont merge!?!?!?!?!

I want to merge 2 vertices, and I click the merge button and nothing happes, the history sais it did, but there is absolutely no change. I played...

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by stickdude

23-03-2005|10:07 PM

Replies: 3

Quality

Hey Everyone Thought Id pop in and just make a quick comment. Although I dont post as much as I did a while back, but when I sneak in and have a...

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by Jay

23-03-2005|08:05 PM

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problem with texturing/material of polygon object

Hello everyone, as some of you know, I built a X-Wing Starfighter. It's finished now (or I don't know what I should add) and now I want to...

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by mhcannon

23-03-2005|07:34 PM

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problem....why is this happening?

could someone please explain why the 'Birail' tool is not working properly? I've been following a video tut on modeling and for some reason this...

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by kbrown

23-03-2005|10:57 AM

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modeling a logo from Illustrator

Hi there I trying to model a logo of "the glitterati" (http://www.theglitterati.com/) I've got a Illustrator vector file of the logo and have...

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by Shayder

22-03-2005|08:46 PM

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Mirroring?

Having seen how several of you model your 'heads' by the half, then copy mirror it to create an exact opposite side of the face, what is the command...

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