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Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold

This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble it i

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Rigging Mermaid Tail

So I have a mermaid that's all modeled and stuff, but I'm having a problem with rigging her tail. I'm not exactly sure to use Spline Ik handles and...

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by Nikkitsune

06-11-2012|08:32 PM

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flow path object - HELP

I'm having difficulty trying to successfully set up a flow path object. In a nutshell, I have a simple piece of geometry (an arrow) that I need to...

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by mcbain

21-10-2003|05:23 AM

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Skinning seperate meshes

Hey everbody, i have a problem skinning a character! I started off with having the head and the body as two seperate meshes to make rigging the...

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by fbra

10-05-2017|01:30 PM

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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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Rigging cape

Hi everyone So I'm working on a character who has a cape. Not sure which route to take....rig vs ncloth? Which one works better for animation and...

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by ahmedfawaz

09-09-2015|08:38 AM

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Rigging Issues

Alright this is the first time I've attempted to model and rig a character ever and I'm having a few issues. First, modeling from a single polygon...

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by smurfinlennon

04-02-2012|03:27 PM

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Animation not rendering

Hi, I'm new to Maya and am doing some work for my degree. Can someone please tell me why when exporting these frames the animation doesn't work....

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by migsy

30-03-2015|08:58 PM

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Rigging Missouri

I never liked rigging, but now I am really starting to hate it, during the past few days I must have read a couple of books and seen a dozen ( starts...

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by mastone

01-01-2011|10:15 PM

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Animated Powder (like potassium)

I am a beginner in Maya and I need to know how can I create a potassium drops from a chemistry tube. The powder or dust effect is the problem + its...

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by dalem

30-03-2012|12:16 PM

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Paint weights affecting verts EXTREMELY

Hi guys, Im paint weighting a character for animation...following a tut from here for this. Now I have read elswhere and did what Laurie suggested...

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by bullet1968

15-12-2011|04:55 AM

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machine gun fire

Hi , does anyone know the best way to put machine gun fire on any weapon of choice ( mine is a minigun and m-16) and also the rounds being expended...

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by lilbird

27-01-2003|11:30 PM

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Run cycle

Hey, i am having troubles looping a run cycle for an animation, the current character moves forward in the cycle. Ive tried everything that I can...

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by stwert

18-03-2012|10:08 PM

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maya muscle system

has anyone used this yet? I'm thinking that I might want to start playing around with it and was wondering if anyone here has any experience with it...

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by II Neko II

21-03-2012|01:17 AM

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Knee locator problems

Hi everyone, I've been practising rigging characters using the rigging video tutorial but there's one thing that isn't covered that I can't work...

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by arran

28-06-2006|03:08 PM

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Picking up objects

O.K. So I rigged my character using the rig out of the 'Character Rigging & Animation' book. Now I want to get my character to pick up a glass from a...

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by polymer

24-08-2003|07:08 PM

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Weight Painting Issue - Multi-color feedback all one color?

Hi all. I've used the multi-color feedback option/tool before, but I'm still relatively new to rigging. Typically, with multi-color feedback on, the...

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by artbun

30-03-2017|08:52 PM

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Animating a train on a path

Hello Typically my work revolves around modeling but I'm trying out a new project just for fun and I wanted to toss this question out to...

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by lauris47

01-01-2015|02:54 PM

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attaching to an animation object

Hi, I have a polygonal object that is animation in may scene. I want to attach a cylinder to it and have it animate along with the first object. ...

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by mtmckinley

24-02-2003|07:10 PM

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creating whole animation in one big scene file

Hello, i have a 1.45 minute long animation, with just one character dancing around a room. There are many shot changes in the final video, but i...

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by Gen

01-12-2016|11:41 AM

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Maya overwriting keys

I am animating a simple ball with a locator in Maya. If I set a keyframe at frame one and then go forward and keyframe it again in a different...

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by stwert

03-11-2016|12:49 AM

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Looping animation?

Hi people, I am animating a character at the moment doing afew walk's and run's, i'm animating the characters walk on 12's and have set the first...

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by DukerX

03-12-2002|06:49 PM

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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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Walk Cycle | Page: 1 2

This is my first go a skeletons and animation and i'm stuck/ I'm trying to make a walk cycle and i have trouble animating it. I've made the legs...

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by dannyngan

24-01-2003|08:09 PM

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Animation Sliders

In Max you have the capability to create a slider for you animation, .. You move the slider and the joint and the character in the scene moves also !...

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by Protheus

25-09-2002|09:11 AM

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Attach foots to a rigged character

Hello, I'm starting with rigging and I've a rigged character without feet. I've modeled a foot and I want to attach them with this character and move...

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by stwert

08-01-2016|01:04 AM

Replies: 1