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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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HDR lighting

Please can someone tell me if you can achieve hdri lighting on apple mac, ive tried but maya on mac doesn't seem to read hdr format images...

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by sspikedudley

05-04-2005|10:03 AM

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Copying 2 UV sets into 1

I have a character for which I made 2 separate uv maps. One for the head and one for the face. But now I need to export them as one so I can load it...

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by Pony

05-04-2005|06:19 AM

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Image References

Anyone no where I can get good frontal and side references of the human anatomy. any help would be great Mato.

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by Pony

05-04-2005|01:07 AM

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orienting manipulatortool to object

Hai there!! probably a simple question with a simple answer, but I can't find the tool to do it. I want to orientate the manipulator tool, for...

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by mhcannon

05-04-2005|12:50 AM

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Is this an April fool or for real ?

http://discreet.alteea.com/press.php?id=1106 If it's for real there will be a lot of sick users out there .

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by SuperTrooper

04-04-2005|09:57 PM

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Emit Geometry from a Point Emitter

Has anyone tried this tutorial? http://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/emitgeometry.3d I can't get the object to vanish as suggested in step...

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by Hubbard

04-04-2005|06:17 PM

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Points?!

I think the idea with the points are silly. Free Turorials are better or if you can earn points with Forum posts! And if the admin needs money he...

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by blomkaal

04-04-2005|01:56 PM

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Environment Map/Soft Shadows

This is kind of a combined question, not sure if it belongs in basics but whatever ^^; I've been working with modeling for a while now and so I've...

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by Alan

04-04-2005|01:48 PM

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Flexing a cable?

I've created a simple telephone spiralled cord, and don't have the first clue on how to get it 'flexing' so that it is not looking so rigid. At the...

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by j5ive

04-04-2005|01:37 PM

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A question about Ray Tracing

Hi! I have a character which I want to put glasses on. But I don't want to use ray trace on the whole figure when I render it, only the glasses. ...

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by Alan

04-04-2005|11:30 AM

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High Resolution Tutorial - Very large screen shots.

http://www.simplymaya.com/movie_pages/tutorial.mhtml?tut_id=105 Decided to release a high resolution version of the tree frog tutorial. The high...

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by ferrari

04-04-2005|09:19 AM

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Thank you

tank you for creating these great tutorials they really halp out.

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by Kevin

04-04-2005|08:00 AM

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Render View Window

Hi, im not sure what i fussed with.. but my render view does not seem to capture what is on the perspective window exactly in size. It renders...

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by bubbleme80

04-04-2005|06:16 AM

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Aligning the Move tool

For some reason my Move/ scale etc manipulator is not at the centre of the desired object but at/around the origin. How do I move it so I can scale...

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by Noradul

04-04-2005|12:27 AM

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need help with paint weight skin ...

is there any trick that could help me to control ..when i do paint weight skin

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by NextDesign

03-04-2005|08:51 PM

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strange things happening to maya...

Hi, something wierd is happening to maya.. im not very good at explaining things but here we go. Imagine two squares stretched (two rectangles) :)...

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by matt4068

03-04-2005|05:01 PM

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Assigning materials

Hello everyone - first time poster as I just decided that Maya is the CG program of choice for me. Anyway i was wondering if the is a way to...

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by mhcannon

03-04-2005|04:23 PM

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getting started: modelling cars

hi! im quite a noob when it comes to maya but we have all got to start somewhere right?!? for my first project i intend to model an audi tt and i...

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by acute

03-04-2005|01:24 PM

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look what saw

kurts frog Dae

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by BMS

02-04-2005|10:44 PM

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birailing

I have some problems with the birail2-tool. I'm trying to birail some surfaces in the eylid area of a human head model. The eylid area consist of to...

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by beritsmerit2

02-04-2005|08:27 PM

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Character Design?

I have a number of characters in my mind for a script that I am writing, and I know exactly what I want them to look like, however, I am having a...

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by kennez

02-04-2005|08:09 PM

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UV Unwrapping.

i've been trying to model celebrities instead of just a random person. I think if UV unwrapping is done well, then i think getting the likeness...

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by vladimirjp

02-04-2005|06:48 PM

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I NEED HELP. I DONT KNOW HOW TO MAKE A DEMO REEL.

Actually i want to make a demo reel so that i can approach companies for a job. Can anyone tell me how to make it from scratch? (plz gimme the link)....

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by Pony

02-04-2005|05:45 PM

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Maya on linux and Fonts

How can I get other fonts added to the selector in Maya for linux? I have a specific font I want to add, but I don't know how I go about adding it.

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by Guitarman

02-04-2005|05:00 PM