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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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Isoparm to Curve

I'm absolutly sure Maya can do this, but I can't find it. I want to select an isoparm, and then get a new curve that is not part of the original...

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by ragecgi

27-06-2003|09:45 PM

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Fog Lights Revisited

OK, so a few days ago I sought help amking a fog light. I ended up with some good results except that I only was looking at the light from the side....

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by Dann

30-06-2003|03:53 AM

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Weighting vertices

So I'm learning how to rig in Maya, and I've figured out the painting wieghts feature, but a while back someone showed me a way to open a spread...

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by Dann

30-06-2003|07:24 AM

Replies: 6

Alpha Decal | Page: 1 2

Hey Folks. Anyone who has been following my posts can see how I'm working my way through Maya. I'm now on mapping and am looking to figure out how...

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by ragecgi

01-07-2003|03:27 PM

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Is it possible to bake maps

I've rigged and mapped a character. However, when it deforms it deforms through the mapping coordinates. How do I bake the UVs into the model so...

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by BabyDuck

01-07-2003|02:40 PM

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Moved: Particle Hiccup

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UV Editor

I'm trying to setup my UVs, but I can't figure out how to. I'm in the UV editor, and I've got faces or vertices selected. The docs says to moce,...

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by Dann

05-07-2003|11:24 PM

Replies: 4

Selective Lighting

Hey gang, Does anyone know how to do exlude/ include lights? If this term is unfamiliar tp any of you... in 3DS Max each light has an attribute...

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by Dann

05-07-2003|10:25 PM

Replies: 3

Mental Ray vs. Renderman

So ideally I'd like to learn both Mental Ray and Renderman, but one thing at a time. Can I hear from you crazy kids out there which you prefer, and...

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by Kevin

16-07-2003|12:31 PM

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Motion Path

So I'm animating an aboject following a motion path. When I open the Graph Editor it has 2 keys: one at the beginning, and another at the end. Is...

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by Dann

13-07-2003|10:22 PM

Replies: 2

Ocean Tutorials?

I know the Maya fluid effects has some presets for dropping in an ocean, but I want to make some tweaks. There are several objects with many many...

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by Dann

18-07-2003|07:18 AM

Replies: 3

Random vertex jiggling

Does anyone know how to deform vertices randomly? Basically I have a nice smooth object, and I want all of the verts to be moved randomly based on...

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by adldesigner

18-07-2003|07:36 AM

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Mirror reflection

Does anyone know a simple way to set up a mirror reflection. I can't find it in any docs. Thanks.

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by Dann

15-08-2003|11:30 PM

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Depth field

I'd like to render out my scene as separate passes using the render layers. However, the shot has a spaceship flying through a cloud and I'd like to...

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by fredriksson

10-08-2003|07:52 PM

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Ocean shader

Does nayone know of any good tutorials for the ocean shader for Maya 4.5? I've tried just monkeying around with it, but I get crappy results, and I...

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by Dann

12-08-2003|05:26 PM

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Displacement

I'm trying to understand how to do displacement in Maya, but cannot get it to do anything. I've made sure I have mesh to be displaced, and made a...

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by strarup

15-08-2003|11:41 PM

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Motion Blur settings

Hi all. It's that damned Max guy again. Another crossover question. In Max you can set the amount of motion blur per object, can you do...

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by Dann

13-08-2003|11:19 PM

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Animated Maps

Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to use an animated sequence on a plane. The first file in my sequence is called "ShotU_001.tga", and it goes up...

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by Dann

26-08-2003|07:06 PM

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Displacement

I can't figure out how to do displacement in Maya. I've got everything set up with a displacement map attached to the shader in the Displacement...

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by dragonfx

14-09-2003|10:01 AM

Replies: 10

Shadow Masking

I'm trying to render an object out that is going to be comp'ed into a live action plate. Does anyone know of a way to mark an object as a shadow...

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by Dann

17-09-2003|02:23 AM

Replies: 0

Lightwave Import to Maya

Does anyone know of any importers to get LWO files into Maya without having to buy PolyTrans or somthing like that?

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by chipuli

16-07-2019|12:45 AM

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batch render broken

Hey all, I have this one project file that when I click batch render, it goes through the motions of starting, but then says it's complete without...

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by Dann

08-10-2003|09:35 PM

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Path extrude

I'm trying to do an extrude along a path (what I used to refer to as a sweep before Maya). I've gotten it to work as a tube extrude, but what I want...

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by Dann

09-10-2003|12:20 AM

Replies: 6

prefix or extension

Does anyone know of a tool in Maya where you can select many objects, and give them all a new prefix or extension?

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by dannyngan

15-10-2003|03:41 AM

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Hypershader material icons

I've seen a trick where you can replace the shere icon in the hypershader with a render of the object with that material. However I cannot remember...

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by Dann

30-10-2003|06:44 AM

Replies: 2

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