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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2

This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.

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GlowShader question

Dear People, I am trying to create a planet with a thin layer of atmosphere on the horizon of the planet, and only on the part that is...

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by Hanuman

07-02-2004|02:41 PM

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Commercial 3D model bank ??

What happened to Viewpoint modelbank ?.. I am in a dire need of a baby elephant 3D model in highres, and for the first time I was thinking -...

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by Pony

07-02-2004|10:07 AM

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Lions In Kenya

Lions In Kenya...cute :)

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by R-Tillery

07-02-2004|07:59 AM

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Where do people get perfect reference pics of dogs?

Hi, Just wondering, if anyone own a yellow lab, pug or a rotweiler? If so...can you send me a perfect side picture? I can't get get my ex's...

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by dave_baer

07-02-2004|07:05 AM

Replies: 2

New to drawing

As you all know I havent done much Maya work latley:( Well what I have been doing is learning drawing:) . I always lacked the basic art skills but...

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by dave_baer

07-02-2004|06:45 AM

Replies: 9

hot display unit for a carvery

hi guys, I need is a hot display unit for a carvery with bain maries inserted Just trying to help a mate out who is looking for one of these,...

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by dave_baer

07-02-2004|05:56 AM

Replies: 2

Post-a-holic

I have 1000 posts... pretty pathetic considering ive only had maya for a failry short amount of time. I think i registered early april last year....

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by PonysGirl

07-02-2004|04:54 AM

Replies: 11

*NEEDS REFERENCES*

i have been looking for references for cars planes ex. for quite some time now but i cant seem to. dose anyone know of any good sights for...

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by fire_master

07-02-2004|04:17 AM

Replies: 5

dv camera

first of all hi SM its been a long time ..a lot happen for me the last year and 90% was not good i had no time with maya at all but it a new...

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by kbrown

07-02-2004|12:08 AM

Replies: 2

gratitude!

I just wanted to say thank you to everybody who sent advice... it WAS the history, which was turned off -- now everything I need is right there, and...

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by Pony

07-02-2004|12:05 AM

Replies: 1

bones

I am making a square person since it is all i can do at the time:) that is the skeleton i gave him tell me if anything is wrong with it. Thanks,...

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by NNY Design

06-02-2004|11:19 PM

Replies: 8

Do Maya skills transfer to 3ds max skills?

They're similar programs, right? I'm thinking of maybe working in the games industry, and max is kind of the "standard" in the games industry, so I...

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by twesterhof

06-02-2004|09:20 PM

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new to the board (pic)

Hello guys... im new to this board. Id thought Id start with placing a current project im working on... rip it apart...

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by dm_ralph

06-02-2004|08:39 PM

Replies: 10

Poll: Nationality | Page: 1 2 3 4

I am curious about the Nationalities of the all the people on the SM Forum. So for fun I thought I'd start a poll. Apologies if anyone finds I...

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by dragonfx

06-02-2004|08:32 PM

Replies: 50

Chrome shader

Does anyone have a chrome shader, or know how to create a good one? :bgreen:

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by twisteddragon33

06-02-2004|08:12 PM

Replies: 1

Hey, I'm RKD and i am a Maya addict!

I don't need a 10 Step programme, but i've been using Maya for about 5 Months now after stepping over from Cinema 4D. I mostly make Arenas,...

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by twisteddragon33

06-02-2004|07:43 PM

Replies: 1

normalmapping

anyone know of a way to do normalmapping in maya? i'm looking to try out modding the far cry demo, which utilizes normalmaps, but i don't know how...

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by soulcialism

06-02-2004|05:42 PM

Replies: 3

Round cornerned rectangular curve

Erm... this is probably blindingly obvious to the enlighten, but I cannot seem to find a simple way to create a NURBS curve with rounded corners. ...

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by roach105

06-02-2004|05:10 PM

Replies: 2

Maya 5 PLE -- Help me!!!

I have the book, Introducing Maya 5, 3D for Beginners, and have been working my into the lessons. The first main assignment is creating the planets...

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by -<{ JB }>-

06-02-2004|09:23 AM

Replies: 9

Tutorial for animated ocean

I'm looking for a tutorial on animating a surface to mimic an ocean surface. :bgreen:

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by maya4todd

06-02-2004|08:39 AM

Replies: 14

How to render Animation

yea i was wondering if any one could tell me how to render an entire sence. i did the starters ring of fire tutorial and instead of rendering only 1...

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by mtmckinley

06-02-2004|04:54 AM

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1st assignment using MAYA

http://student.mmu.edu.my/~v3110634/sunset1.jpg http://student.mmu.edu.my/~v3110634/sunset2.jpg This is my 1st assignment of using MAYA. Please...

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by grabFIX

06-02-2004|04:00 AM

Replies: 11

Tutorial Links

The tutorial database links will be fixed soon, untill then please do not post tutorial links on this site. This site cost money to keep up and...

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by Pony

06-02-2004|03:18 AM

Replies: 12

Weird view of objects

In the attatched image. For some reason it just atarted that i can see the edged behind the object im working on. It should be set to smoothshade. I...

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by twisteddragon33

06-02-2004|01:12 AM

Replies: 2

Stuck on lambert

Some parts of my scene seem to be suck on the lambert shader. It seems to be parts that i've converted to subdevisions. :banghead:

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