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Displacement map question

Hello everyone, I was playing with Mudbox a bit to make sculpted hair for my human male/COH character. I've sculpted the mesh and managed to make...

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by Vroon

14-02-2013|06:31 PM

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importing obj files, renaming issues

Hey Guy, I'm quite new here and quite experienced with blender (+vray) but recently i've started to use Maya and i've come across some small...

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by ktynn

14-02-2013|10:50 AM

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Fine-tuning of image planes - how?

I got a problem with some slight height differences between the three image planes I’m using to model after. I need to adjust this somehow, but...

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by bullet1968

14-02-2013|10:47 AM

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camera not showing spotlight decay

hi, I've created a new camera in a scene. Pressing 7 gives me the 'all light' display just fine, but when I switch on the decay of a spotlight it...

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by se7enhedd

14-02-2013|10:10 AM

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Amaszing Short film by 22 year old

http://mashable.com/2013/01/14/rha-sci-fi-short/ Very good quality short. Sorry if its been posted here before. George

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by murambi

13-02-2013|05:12 AM

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Brainstorming animated, flickering contours?

Is there a practical way to create flickering contours? I saw this video on vimeo with cartoon style sketched contours. I don't think they flicker in...

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by stwert

12-02-2013|03:10 PM

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mia x + misss fast

Hello, i am trying to add some 'skin element' to my mia material with misss fast shader. But after i plugged the fast shader into the additonal...

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by CollinBishop

09-02-2013|01:29 PM

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dust in the air effect

hello. i'm trying to make a scene with the dust in the air. i followed these instructions: "make a spot light, then attach fog to it. In the fog's...

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by mickhah

08-02-2013|10:01 PM

Replies: 2

Missing modelling menu?

I can not seem to find modelling in the drop down menu that consists of polygons, surfaces, rendering, animation, etc. Can anybody explain why? I...

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by stwert

08-02-2013|03:16 PM

Replies: 5

10 things you dont get taught at Uni

Oh so true.... for you peeps that want to get a foot in the VFX door, read on.... ...

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by CollinBishop

08-02-2013|02:21 PM

Replies: 5

Inserting Isoparms

Hello all, I'm going through the "Puppy dog" tutorial by Kurt to learn Maya and he makes reference to the "Edit Nurbs" on his menu to insert...

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by ctbram

08-02-2013|02:00 PM

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Abrams to direct.... | Page: 1 2 3

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni45651448 could do a good job...hopefully Jay

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by bullet1968

08-02-2013|11:18 AM

Replies: 33

Quick Question

Hey everybody, I have a question on What is a N-sided face or a lamina face?? and how do I know if have one.

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by Chirone

08-02-2013|03:27 AM

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Does anyone know of a way to restrict skinning from going over a value of 1?

Hello, I am jumping from using maya 2010 to using 2013, and I have run into an issue with skinning. (It seems to be a new added feature somewhere...

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by 0motnahp0

07-02-2013|07:59 PM

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Help!!! I dont understand what my ik is doing

:help: Im almost done rigging a robotic character for class, again. But this time when i try to put ikSC on his fingures a large box formed around...

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by DJWright90

07-02-2013|06:30 PM

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Extrude surface along curve Orientation

Hello, I'm following along a tutorial where the instructor is able to simply select a NURBS circle, shift -select the curve, and then extrude from...

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by ctbram

05-02-2013|01:49 AM

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script or command to hide certain geo for playblasts

Hey guys, I have a bendy arm / leg control object that is a polygon object. They're set to non renderable and has visible controls on the legs and...

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by mr pix.

04-02-2013|09:31 AM

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Make motion path have linear speed?

Whenever you use a motion path the object accelerates at the beginning and end. I tried fixing it with the hyper graph but it was way more stubborn...

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by thetastefulbarbarian

03-02-2013|07:03 PM

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Paint Skin Weights Always Adds

I'm trying to remove some of the influence of joints on certain areas on my skin which I did a Smooth Bind on. I thought that choosing replace and...

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by darksushi89

02-02-2013|10:27 PM

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nDynamics emission direction

hello. i have created an emitter, set the direction of emission x 0, y -1, z 0, but it emits in both y 1/-1. how can i configure it to emit only in y...

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by mickhah

02-02-2013|10:51 AM

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Adding Polygon Bones to Skeleton

See the attached picture for info. I would like to know how to attach polygons to a skeleton like they are in this file. Is this just a smooth bind?...

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by featherlight53

02-02-2013|01:16 AM

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How do you use the "bridge" function ?

I'm working on a Simply Maya tutorial, I need to use the "bridge" function by bridging between a series of faces on two adjacent polygons. I...

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by Greg in LA

31-01-2013|08:24 PM