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Adding another gig help my workflow?

Hi folks, got an aging amd athlon 3200+, a 6800 128 mb and a gig of ram. When I've got a really busy scene, and have photoshop open, my system...

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by gubar

20-11-2007|06:22 PM

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Texturing eyebrows on top of an sss fast skin

Hi all, problem I have is that I can't layer my eyebrow texture top of my sss shader to good result. I've got a separate uv set just for the...

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by gubar

20-11-2007|06:20 PM

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Texturing problems, please help

Hi everyone, Recently I have been reading ‘The Game Artist’s Guide to Maya’ in order to refresh my skills in modelling characters. So far I have...

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by THX1138

20-11-2007|10:36 AM

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hmmm...

Look up tutorials in you tube! I have found some that are great. A lot of teachers post them up there for students so you can learn on your own. ...

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by djknucklez1

20-11-2007|08:46 AM

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Newbie, Need some help with tutorials

Hi, my names Larry, and I've decided to start working with Maya. I've learned to use Photoshop, Flash and 3DS Max to a point where I consider myself...

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by Ayenima

20-11-2007|02:09 AM

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Mirror and instance

Hey, I have a model and it is in half along the x axis. I want to mirror the geometry and smooth the mirrored geometry and have it update when I...

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by blinn_shade

19-11-2007|07:59 PM

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Time consuming renders questions

Hey guys, Well as some of you may know, i am going to get my new computer sometime this week, so i wanna compare it to my older computer. Anyone...

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by THX1138

19-11-2007|03:39 PM

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strange requests | Page: 1 2

Hi all, I have finally decided to ask.., I reckon at least 5-8 times a year i get requests, which are odd in their contents, wanting help..?? they...

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by mirek03

18-11-2007|03:21 PM

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is there a trick to painting weights?

I'm having the hardest time painting weights on my character, even following the rigging low poly man tutorial. His character is broken into pieces,...

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by Rhetoric Camel

18-11-2007|01:09 PM

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Highlight selected objects in viewport

I clicked some buttons by accident, and now when i select an object to push and pull the vertices, they arent highlighted in bright green. Even when...

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by marlonjohn

18-11-2007|12:55 PM

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No clue what to do

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8121/hmmmfd3.jpg I want to keep the edges sharp around the hole when I smooth it, but as you can see, inserting and...

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by mirek03

18-11-2007|09:21 AM

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Maya object picking issue

Hi friends, Can anyone help me out to solve my issue with maya. thats really very strange. i wanna pick up a prop to my character hand on...

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by jack43d

18-11-2007|04:48 AM

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Edge dissapearing

Ok here whats goin on I have a simple plan 4x4 in my perspective view I switch to face selection and I see all the faces and edges(in both wireframe...

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by AikoWorld

16-11-2007|11:26 PM

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transparency issue

Hi, as you can see in the image, my transparency is not working correctly (I've upped the bump so you can see what I mean). What is behind is...

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by gubar

16-11-2007|01:26 PM

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growing curves

Hi, I am currently trying to grow, something like tentacles out of an object. The approach I took was to extrude along a curve, unfortunately I...

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by farbtopf

16-11-2007|03:20 AM

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duplicate problem

I'm suddenly having something odd happen when I duplicate an object. I push duplicate and pull the duplicate away from the original but the...

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by bendingiscool

15-11-2007|02:59 PM

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Getting absloute co-ordinates in maya

hi, is there any way in maya to display absolute co-ordinates? I've got a couple of vertices that have moved out of symmetry on my modes and I...

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by gubar

15-11-2007|08:42 AM

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Hmm This Is Odd.. | Page: 1 2

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/9104/sasgsgwg8.jpg I'm looking for Window > Rendering Editors > Render Globals I don't see it anywhere...

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by gster123

15-11-2007|08:28 AM

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Could UV unwrapping possibly suck anymore! | Page: 1 2

God UV unwarpping is such a pain in the bloody ass! I spent 15 hours today trying to unwrap the cabin of the mech I am working on and in the end...

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by AikoWorld

15-11-2007|06:19 AM

Replies: 22

Movement constraint?

Hey I was just wondering if anyone could explain to me if it is possible to constrain a polygon mesh or Nurbs surface to a selected region. eg,...

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by edaw22

15-11-2007|01:16 AM

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create a soccer ball?

Hi, im using Maya 8.5 and want to create a reasonably high res soccer ball. You'd think this would be the easiest thing in the world and probably...

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by mr pix.

14-11-2007|03:13 PM

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SM IM Chat system

Hey i was wondering if there was any way for you guys to add a IM build system into the site, so we can like maybe chat in real time :) just an...

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by Jr.Who

14-11-2007|08:28 AM

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motion builder maya

i make automatic lipsync in motion builder and i key it manually idont know how to make keyframing automatic with voice however when i make keyframy...

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by 3dmayaworld

14-11-2007|07:48 AM

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A Site Redevelopment

Hey All, I am currently redesigning by website from a mix of static html and Coldfusion to completely Flash based. Cotent will be shown through...

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by publicFunction

14-11-2007|05:34 AM

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Texturing without Photoshop?

Hey, I recently downloaded mayaPLE and checked out some of the tutorials for modeling and texturing. I checked the "door texturing" tutorial, where...

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by Classical

14-11-2007|04:35 AM

Replies: 2