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Connecting to "distance from camera"

I want to link the focus distance on a camera to a locator's "distance from camera" attribute. I can't seem to find that in the Connection Editor....

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by johnnyboycage

15-01-2020|07:07 PM

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Character's eyelids not keying properly

Hi, dear fellows! I'm having strange things going on when I try to animate eye blinking. When I key the eye controller value, it first acts like...

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by Forsunka

12-01-2020|08:26 AM

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Maya takes EXTREMELY long time or FREEZES on saving the file.

Hello, dear fellows! I'm asking you for help with my cartoon scene. My file has started behaving bizarre: it takes much more time to load now and...

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by Forsunka

05-01-2020|10:22 AM

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How can I randomize mesh colors?

Hi, I have been searching a lot but since I'm new to Maya and I don't know the keywords of what I want to find I'll just ask you guys for help. So...

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by FerGr30

28-12-2019|11:08 AM

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please help ! after animation suddenly mesh stopped following the bones .

after animation when i started to make props the animation stopped working . now the mesh isn't following the bones.:(

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by max24

08-12-2019|07:29 AM

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Skin Weight tool only paintint one polygon at a time

So, I'm trying to paint skin weight in Maya 2019, however the brush seems to only select one polygon at a time, for which it takes arround 2-3...

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by Zoykz

07-12-2019|05:18 AM

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Stick objects together vs extruding

Hi people, I'm still new to Maya but getting the hang of the basics and really enjoying it. I'm having to teach some beginner sessions and I've...

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by christrom

04-12-2019|05:33 PM

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Maya uv question.

Hi. I have a question on uv's, layouts and seams. I'm not new to Maya but fairly new to uving. I'm attempting a tire (a slick to be exact) and I'm...

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by cj74

07-10-2019|01:59 PM

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Rendering polymesh from fluids for a newbie : such challenge

Hello (sorry if any english mistakes i m french speaking) I am using Maya 2018 with both Arnold and Iray renderer and just starting learning basic...

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by tiza

22-09-2019|11:11 PM

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How to render out a movie in Maya - Video Tutorial

Mike did this a long time ago but somewhere along the line it seems to have been misplaced so here is another one, as it seems to crop up on the...

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by barrysingh101

20-09-2019|08:52 PM

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Killing unused vertex points

Hi! Is there a scrip or something to kill all the vertex points which have no "function"?

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by Fynmorph

28-08-2019|09:52 PM

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MY TIMELINE IS GONE!!!! | Page: 1 2

AHHHHHHHHH! NOOOBY HERE! I dunno what I did, but I have a demo version of Maya 7 PLE and my timeline disappeared, so I can't animate anything!!!...

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by Jack55555

15-08-2019|11:10 AM

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Ironman Helmet 3D maya Model Project

https://i.imgur.com/Z43Mefu.png https://i.imgur.com/okt6SL1.png https://i.imgur.com/v9bG17P.png have any suggestion?

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by Jack55555

15-08-2019|11:07 AM

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Beveling Edge Ideas

Hello all, I used EP curves to create this spider and witch ornaments and then used Bevel Plus to shape it right. Problem is I'm having a difficult...

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by acclamator777

13-08-2019|02:51 AM

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Can someone tell me how I can setup a direct x 11 shader over an object that was

Can someone tell me how I can setup a direct x 11 shader inside Maya over an object that was imported in as an fbx file with a texture map, disp....

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by TheMuffinMan9

29-07-2019|02:20 AM

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Project texture from existing image plane

Hi! I made a simple animated character by copying a sprite sheet. I created an orthographic camera as in the old 3/4-view JRPGs (actually used it...

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by Nodrama

28-07-2019|06:15 AM

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Maya 2019: Cant render lightning effects, why?

Hi, i selected 2 meshes and added a lightning effet (effects/ lightning) as i always did in Maya 2016, but i canot even se the lightning in Maya´s...

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by roccofx

26-07-2019|02:24 AM

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Lightwave Import to Maya

Does anyone know of any importers to get LWO files into Maya without having to buy PolyTrans or somthing like that?

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by chipuli

16-07-2019|12:45 AM

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Download Question

Hi there, I'm looking to download a basic human rig and experiment with poses. When I go into the Resources section and try to download something I...

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by runsky

18-06-2019|06:33 AM

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Lock or Read-only children when using Reference Editor

Hi all, I am required to import assets via Reference Editor but am unable to delete objects once I import the asset, any idea what is wrong? ...

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by Edward Sin

14-06-2019|09:56 AM

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Recurring issue with edge loops

I am having a recurring issue where loops skip certain faces or have strange results for reasons beyond me. The mesh seems clean and I often remake...

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by dena285

29-05-2019|07:03 AM

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Using glow and bump maps with Arnold

Hello. I really like to use the Arnold renderer in Maya 2018 but for some reason, I can get bump map and glow effects with the Maya renderer but not...

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by chuckbutler

23-05-2019|08:44 PM

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text question

how can i create e red text with metal outline?

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by sifidis

12-05-2019|03:53 PM