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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.

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BlendShapes stopped working!

So I have rigged up a face with blenshapes, and after animating amount of frames, When I move around the controller, theres no deifference from...

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by daverave

21-04-2012|09:25 PM

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Few questions from a beginner

Hi all, First, apologies if these questions have been asked before. I'm not really sure how to describe them, or if there are any technical terms...

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by animationspot

19-04-2012|11:02 AM

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Maya rigging please help

Hey guys, i have stuck on this for 3 days, and no idea how to do it. I am following a tutorial, that was given from studio here where i live, need to...

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by NextDesign

02-04-2012|06:47 PM

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animating an ncloth moving thru space

I want to control the animation of multiple vertical ncloth planes moving horisontally in space that sticks and wraps around a miltiple passive...

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by honestdom

29-03-2012|03:51 PM

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Dynamics & Rigging

Hi Id like to be able to 1.Use dynamics on a puppet character, so dynamic objects would affect the parts and they would 'Spring' back into place...

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by Sircharles

14-03-2012|01:37 PM

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Exporting .OBJ Animation for AR

Hi. I’m working with Augmented Reality (AR) and am reading the Prototyping Augmented Reality book from Sybex. The book only relates its 3D modelling...

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by NextDesign

28-02-2012|01:45 PM

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Mesh Rigging + Weights Issue

Hello, After managing to figure out how to rig a basic bone structure in Maya 2010/11 or 12 to a mesh model. I did a SKIN > BIND > SMOOTH BIND...

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by jsprogg

03-02-2012|09:29 PM

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rigging eyes

I wonder how to attach eyes to my character so they wouldn't move independently of the body

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by jsprogg

21-01-2012|04:41 AM

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Motion Trail flips skelleton

Hi, hope someone could help me. I create a spline IK for the spine and enable "Advanced Twist Controls" with Object Rotation Up (Start/End). By...

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by Ataraxy

14-01-2012|07:06 PM

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Character Rigging Problem

Hi, I'm trying to do an animated short for my animation class, due next week. I've been trying to fix this problem for weeks but I can't fix this and...

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by NextDesign

11-12-2011|06:14 PM

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Paint weight tool

Hi Im trying to animate a piece of cardboard opening. I have a few joints on a polygon surface opening above and below - a kind of book. The...

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by Sircharles

24-11-2011|04:02 PM

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One quick question about joint orientation

Okay, I have been studying how to do joint orientation. One quick question. Is there a different between these two picture? I mean as a joint...

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by NextDesign

21-09-2011|04:14 AM

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Why does this happen?!

I made a model to practice maya muscles. Yesterday made the skeleton, convert to capsules etc added muscles, all good, forgot to add finger joints,...

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by mimihigurashi

03-09-2011|04:06 PM

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Clothing Animation Help Needed!

Hi all! ----------------- Specs ----------------- Maya 2011 x64 ----------------- Goal

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by daverave

08-08-2011|09:38 PM

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ik handle not moving anything

i dont kno what i did but now when i move my ik handle the mesh doesnt deform and just see a line connecting the joing and my move tool...what can do...

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by mimihigurashi

03-09-2011|11:59 AM

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can you kindly break this animation for me?

Hi ‪Crazy Alarm Clock Animation‬&rlm; - YouTube it is an animation ivdeo in which the main character has polygon hair. i cant...

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by NextDesign

17-08-2011|05:34 PM

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Animsets

Hi all, Bit of a noob question now but I've rigged a character in Maya for use in UDK and would like to begin animating him. What I'm wondering is...

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by catch52

29-09-2011|12:10 PM

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Help with squash and stretch

Can someone make a simple bouncing ball with squash and stretch in maya ?? and upload that file ? Thankss :D

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by stwert

25-10-2013|01:25 AM

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Short Film Animation

I'm attempting a short film in Maya 2016. I'm unsure the best way to animate a walk/run sequence. Would it be better to animate the walk/run from...

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by lauris47

12-12-2015|07:36 PM

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Wrong axis rotation of the foot/Ankle effectors or controls of Human Ik

After creating Control Rig with the joints that aligned with the preferences that i want, I checked all the controls to see if they have any problems...

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by lauris47

12-12-2015|07:23 PM

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I am programmer,also my writing good, but my drawing extremely bad. Do I learn maya?

down vote favorite Is maya used for cgi and visual effects, too? Or premiere? I write film or animation, but have no help, can't make them...

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by lauris47

12-12-2015|07:17 PM

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Cannot permanently set the pivot of my group!

Hey guys, I have only been using Maya for about a year and I've run into a nuisance. I have modelled a robotic 'iron-man' hand and I wish to...

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by AtaurRaziq

25-01-2016|12:06 AM

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Maya muscles

Hello ! I'm creating a dog model in order to be able to animate it like in this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YncZtLaZ6kQ (first the...

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by Bonoski

28-04-2016|03:49 PM

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Light/Shadow that follows object

Hello there! I hope this is in the right forum. I have an animated object which moves from a side to another. I created two spot lights and...

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by Gen

20-08-2016|08:52 PM

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Rigging Problem - Mirror Skin Weights

Okay so I'm new to rigging but I'm faced with a problem - I can't get Maya to mirror my skin weights correctly. Thing is, I weighted the skin on the...

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by Ysvetti

12-09-2016|01:59 PM

Replies: 1