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Beer glass scene creation

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Planet lighting and shadows

I am trying to make an Earth scence (I know it has been done a thousand times before) but im having a few problems. 1) Creating a night side, I...

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by Tim_LIVID

17-02-2004|03:15 PM

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help with bones

i am building a cannon type thing and i cant get the barrel to work right. this is what happens when i move it how can i get it to move with the...

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by dirack

15-02-2004|10:55 AM

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Points at absolute X for mirroring...

While I may still be pretty new to maya, I have spent a decently long time up and perfecting a model. Foolishly, after smoothing my model once, I...

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by Pony

20-02-2004|03:42 PM

Replies: 6

Very New to Maya

Hai all... I am very new to Maya. i dont know anything about 3d things. But i want to learn maya. Actually i am flash&photoshop guy. I dont...

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by drizzt

20-02-2004|08:23 AM

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new toy

Got a new toy this weekend. I only wish it was red to match my car. http://www.dannyngan.com/temp/transformer1.jpg ...

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by Ankalagon

22-02-2004|10:33 PM

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How do i change pole vector direction

Hi Im trying to make a skeleton for an animation. This is my first time and im following a tut. But im stuck, I have to change the direction of...

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by stavs82

19-02-2004|04:02 PM

Replies: 6

personal important maya question

I don't know how I can explain this but my problem is that in my maya animations, I want to put some compositing effects behind front objects but in...

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by danotronXX

26-01-2007|08:32 AM

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demo reel need advice

I am nearing the end of my demo reel and I need some advice. I have a funny alien character, female model, highly detailed m2 bradley fight vehicle,...

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by soulcialism

26-02-2004|10:17 PM

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Dust

How can i make it look like dust is falliing when i have the door move open? Thanks chris

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by dragonsfire

23-02-2004|05:46 PM

Replies: 6

creating an iris

Hi, I don't think this is exactly a newbie question, but I don't know if I should put this under modeling, animation or dinamics, because it's a bit...

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by NightPhantom

26-02-2004|04:22 AM

Replies: 6

Expression HELP

I am trying to have a ball follow a motion path (which I have set and working). However, I would also like the ball to rotate on its Z axis as it...

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by InvaZimm

25-02-2004|09:06 PM

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nurbs/polygon

which is easier to model with ?? for a car/bike.... with blueprints..

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by dragonsfire

27-02-2004|03:12 AM

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Maya 6.5 full

I know that the guy's at alias have been hard at work on a beta version,but i've just checked out there homepage and they've released a full version...

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by metallicjet66

09-03-2005|10:48 AM

Replies: 6

Cast shadows but no lumination

Hi there, Im making a simple seen with a desk lamp just to fidle with Maya. Is there a way to make a point light ( or any other light) cast...

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by Razzie

24-01-2007|03:24 AM

Replies: 6

Get Maya

hello all, i would like to know where i can get the maya software(either online vendor or a URL of a site which is offering to download it). is maya...

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by bharath144

08-01-2006|02:18 PM

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animation question

is it possible to create a nurbs circle then have a camera foloow that path? if so could someone tell me how??:blush:

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by magicsy

23-01-2006|10:39 PM

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Uv Transfer Problem

I don't know why this happens: First, I select object 2, which is the origional object, and I duplicate it. Then I average the duplicated mesh's...

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by MattTheMan

23-01-2006|12:56 AM

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Using History

I know this, is either a very amature question, or impossible..one of the two..But How woudl one use history to say for instance.... go back to the...

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by enhzflep

21-01-2007|04:39 PM

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selecting only one object?

Hi, Is there anybody that can help me? I am working through the spitfire tutorial and I can see that it is possible to work on one particular...

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by mirek03

10-06-2008|04:03 AM

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how to import .max in maya 2008

is there any way to import .max to maya 2008? i can import .3ds and have installed the bonus plug-in for maya 2008. any other plug-ins used? i...

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by mezdez

24-05-2011|06:20 AM

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can't see my texture

hello everyone, currently i'am doing a product visualization tutorial. after the modeling of that headset i put some materials on it. now i wanted...

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by ssd160

01-08-2011|11:51 PM

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batch rendering

Hi all!:happy: I´m having some trouble with batch render. When I clic batch render command the images don´t render. It says "Rendering completed"...

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by macay

23-07-2011|04:45 PM

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Tileable UV Tutorial?

I need a tutorial for tile-able UV'ing in Maya, I want to create a road system and don't quite get how to get it all to link together. The best I've...

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by Acid44

28-06-2011|05:51 AM

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Using Birail 2

Hi to all. I've drawn some curves for make a bike saddle, when i click "Birail 2" nothing happens.... there is the image...

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by iJim

20-06-2011|10:07 AM