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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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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

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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