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NURBS Modelling

Hi, I only started maya a few days ago and I want to know how to create an object that has an unusual shape like a hand or an animal. Do you make...

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by NeoStrider

28-11-2006|07:57 PM

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NURBS AND POLYGONS

Hi, I have just started using maya and I want to know what people use polygon modelling for and what things they use nurbs modelling for. Thanks...

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by gster123

01-12-2006|03:45 PM

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HELP!!!

Hi, I am quite new to maya and I am having a problem with 3d paint tool. When I create a cube or a shape like it when I try and paint on it, it...

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by Joopson

07-12-2006|07:33 PM

Replies: 1

Backgrounds in Maya

Hi, I am trying to add a background colour but I made a mistake and now I can't get it away. It says in the corner 'Error: Non-deletable node...

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by happymat27

08-12-2006|05:10 AM

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using textures

Do you know how to add textures to an object? I am very new to maya. Thanks

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by NeoStrider

11-12-2006|05:40 AM

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easy question ???

Hi, I'm very new to maya and this may be quite obvious. But I'm trying to teach myself with tutorials and I was just wondering what the difference is...

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by Husam

07-01-2007|12:26 PM

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Nurbs

Ok, so I used 3ds Max for years, but never got very good with it. I absolutely did NOT learn anything about nurbs and my poly skills were so-so at...

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by petersrin

04-06-2008|10:44 PM

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Random poly freezing

I began mentioning this problem in a thread I posted about nurbs but it doesn't really fit with the subject matter, and at first I thought it was a...

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by jsprogg

05-06-2008|02:56 PM

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Mac PLE crashes

While I'm modeling, maya will crash randomly. By crash, it isn't a freeze but just a total shutdown of the program. Is it because I only have 1 GB of...

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by flatpacmac

10-06-2008|09:34 AM

Replies: 14

Funny Splitter

I've modeled a headphone splitter, for use as a character... yes, a character. The female ports are the feet, the male jack is the head... and that's...

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by petersrin

10-07-2008|04:00 AM

Replies: 5

Penguin beak glitch

This I'm sure has a simple fix, since there is a very obvious pattern to the glitch, but I don't know what it is. My intention: create the beak of a...

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by petersrin

17-07-2008|06:59 AM

Replies: 3

Characters | Page: 1 2

It seems that CG characters all end up having a whole lot of musculature definition, more than the average person. In fact, I think I've only seen...

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by Jay

07-09-2008|03:44 AM

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Transparency in Viewport 2.0 & High Quality

I still can't find a definitive solution or "don't even try" conclusion, so let's see if one can be generated. The issue is this. In both High...

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by petersrin

04-09-2012|04:29 AM

Replies: 2

Rendering environments quickly

I've got a project coming down the pipeline that will probably have only one week from finalized animation to rendering... the project will consist...

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by daverave

24-08-2012|09:36 AM

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Rendering AND playing Mass Effect

Totally happened. I learned about Windows Setting Affinity (in the task manager>Processes>Right Click where I can determine which threads any...

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by Chirone

09-10-2012|08:49 PM

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Passing alpha to Render Target

Anyone else experience 100% predictable crashes when you try to pipe a render pass into a Render Target's alpha value? I can set the value manually...

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by honestdom

13-08-2012|07:01 AM

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Batch Render Camera Sequencer

There are a number of scripts available out there, but none of them seem to accept time effects because they simply try to create a new camera (a lot...

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by enzym

18-05-2013|03:06 AM

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Seeking environment artist

I'm not sure if I'm aloud to post this here; I seem to remember there used to be a forum specifically for this kind of query, but I can't find it....

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by petersrin

09-08-2012|10:59 PM

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lattice deformation issue

I have a 3x3x3 lattice encompassing a cube. There are 2 clusters: TopClus has 1.0 weight for all lattice verts on top, and .5 for center verts....

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by petersrin

04-08-2012|04:52 PM

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To use Character Sets or not...

http://simplymaya.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=51867&stc=1&d=1341818834...

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by petersrin

22-07-2012|05:07 PM

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File Referencing losing texture

Okay, this was working yesterday, but today my tetris block (titled "tallGuy") is purple in the viewport, rendering implies it has no texture, but as...

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by petersrin

23-07-2012|02:33 AM

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Lattice extreme deform issues

as you see attached, my eyeball's lattice is creating some interesting artifacts: the the eyeball hierarchy works fine, but the eyelid (the red stuff...

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by petersrin

09-07-2012|04:15 AM

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Scaling geo hole around a sphere

I've modeled an eyeball as attached. I want to use blendshapes to scale the iris (yes, the iris, not just the pupil). The issue is, I can't figure...

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by petersrin

08-07-2012|09:44 PM

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What inspires you?

Strangely, I find that despite the mediocrity of the plot and some of the voice acting, despite the age of the visuals, Watching "Final Fantasy: The...

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by petersrin

25-06-2012|04:34 PM

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Camera clipping issue? or not...

http://youtu.be/jj0I_TPsHao (how do you embed youtubes here?) basically I have a ring of cylinders mapped with bg plates of different parts of the...

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