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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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animating a skeleton

hi there, i'm new to 3d and i'm having a problem trying to animate the skeleton.. i set the keyframes, and when i move up the timeline they...

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by Paul Mashimba

06-08-2014|09:47 AM

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Cloth Bind problems

Hello, I have a WIP character with clothing that I'm trying to get prepared for animation. The character has shoes, pants, sweater and a vest....

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by Starcrack

03-08-2014|10:26 PM

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IK groups in Maya

I use mostly groups (with IK-handles inside it) rather than curve controls. When I group some of the IK handles (Ctrl+G) the local rotation axes of...

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by zzz7net

30-07-2014|09:50 AM

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Parenting joints to controls problem

Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone knows why when I try and parent joints to controls (usually just circular curves or cubes) the bone disappears and...

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by uniqlady

26-07-2014|06:57 PM

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rand. motion ontop of keyframes.

I'm not sure if this should be posted here or in scripting, because im guessing that's the easiest solution, but anyway... I have an eye texture...

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by C onnor

18-07-2014|05:27 AM

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Trouble parenting a Locator to a Sine Deformer

Hello all, this is my first post here: So I've got a cylinder that is being affected by a Sine Deformer and I wanted to parent a locator to the...

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by proximo4444

12-07-2014|12:21 AM

Replies: 2

Underwater clothing effect

Hey there! So I'm rigging a character for a friend, and said character has baggy clothing. During the film she will be producing, that character...

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by thebooface

26-06-2014|03:32 AM

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How can I bake keyframed sculpting changes for fbx export?

Hello, I have a very basic model, on which I have animated some movements by keyframing sculpting changes, as described on this page I now need...

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by lizzie

23-06-2014|10:35 AM

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Animating

With all four tires at zero rotation, I set the first key at zero in the timeline. Then I put the rotation on all the tires to 360 and placed the key...

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by stwert

20-06-2014|03:43 PM

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Charisma Animations| Looking for decent for animators.

Hello, we are a small group of growing media workers looking to begin our first project, an anime. We currently have several skilled voice actors,...

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by NextDesign

09-06-2014|03:50 AM

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Rigging spine problems

Trouble with my first time rigging for a college class. http://imgur.com/a/mPlHX I used the Edit Membership Tool (as instructed by the...

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by bzzbz

08-06-2014|12:49 PM

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Looping animation inside another, at different speed

Hello guys! I'm in trouble... i'm a good modeler but I'm a noob in animation. The problem is this: I'm modeling a tornado for a videogame... this:...

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by Edoartworks

03-06-2014|04:33 PM

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Rigging Bottled Water in maya 3d

hi Rigging Bottled Water in maya 3d https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUIdIY7Goqg&list=PL4-hoex4-CiCdN8QZ_NlJ3fQTXO1PLdQ5&index=8 :):)

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by mohammedzorob

31-05-2014|12:20 PM

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Dino Neck Rig moving weird

Hey Guys So I have been trying to get this dino rigged ( followed the digital tutors rigging tutorial for maya) but Im getting strange problems...

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by Greenbullet

24-05-2014|12:06 PM

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Detection of interpenetration

hi all I'm a french PhD student in palaeontology. I'm studying movement capacities of some fossil vertebrates. The basic method is to take 2 bones...

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by Palaeogeek

16-05-2014|07:55 AM

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Key-framing question

Hello, I was wondering if it is possible to save a key-frame pose then refer back to it later. For example I have created 9 key frame poses for...

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by DiezelCloud

06-05-2014|10:43 AM

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Water Drop Modelling and Animation !

i need to create a wator drop falling on a character's face ! how can i do that in maya in a realistic way ?! or if there is another program to...

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by Skalman

29-04-2014|11:02 AM

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Rigging

Hi, Im relatively new to maya and im having a problem with a rig. Ive modelled a claw machine and rigged it so that when I rotate the swivel at the...

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by rachym95

23-04-2014|07:47 PM

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How do i duplicate the effect of a softmod?

I've created a simple ripple effect using the Soft Modification Tool as you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BlS7ledwmo Can you...

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by 3Devin

04-04-2014|08:09 AM