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Converting Paint Effects to Poly looses leaves and grass

I'm working with Maya to learn to create realistic environments, and have been digging into the subtleties of PaintEffects for creating various...

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by Stephen

09-12-2013|09:42 AM

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scaling image texture

I'm sure this is a very dumb question but i'll ask it anyway. I'm trying to add a file as a 2d texture on the face of a cube. All is well until I...

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by momimage

07-05-2013|08:18 AM

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Expression for the Masses | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Over the last month the issue of politics and other such subjects have seeped into other threads causing a few problems. To solve this I have made...

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by Tim_LIVID

07-06-2009|10:16 AM

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Problems with Mirror Geometry tool | Page: 1 2

Hi. I'm new on this forum and i have a question which i didn't find the answer to using the search tool. So thought i post i here maybe some of you...

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by yio

11-03-2014|08:42 PM

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are you still single? | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Are you single because of being a maya adict? And if not, does it effect your relationship with your wife (girlfriend) ? And how many hours a day...

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by madguppy

15-03-2006|04:16 AM

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Animated Texture - How do I loop it?

I've got a simple animated texture, just 5 frames. I've got them working--meaning the object I want the texture to appear on recognizes...

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by SuperDope

03-12-2020|05:08 AM

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Import obj file into maya, Remove Triangle faces | Page: 1 2

I download free 3d model, when I import into maya its shows all faces as triangle, How can I convert this faces to quad ? I need your help. ...

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by NDASKY

01-02-2016|05:38 PM

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Applying image texture

Hello First of all, I'm a total n00b.... But! I have a question. part of my model is a simple cube. I have a picture, made in Photoshop,...

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by husbyhogan

03-09-2014|02:46 PM

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The Yellow Red and Orange Gradiant??

Hello Guys- Another question to the forum. Ok I am making a simple selection with the move tool. So the mesh has turned "Yellow Red and Orange...

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by stwert

18-11-2011|08:30 PM

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Creating a reflective mirror

Are there any tutorials on how to create a reflective glass mirror in maya? Been searching on line but can only find how to mirror geometry. ...

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by Nilla

29-09-2010|08:19 PM

Replies: 9

model appears transparent

hi, i'm brand new to maya and struggling thru a few tutorials. whilst I am following most of them and making slow progress, i've noticed that my...

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by G-Man

14-11-2010|06:00 PM

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How to change axis of rotate tool?

I'm using Maya 2011. Does anyone know how to change the axis of the rotate tool or in other words rotate the rotate tool itself?

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by bullet1968

23-07-2010|12:34 PM

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How do I Smooth Edges

So i've been building a Mesh and am hit a problem. I want to creat a circular shelf but i can not seem to smooth out the polygon mesh. The Edges...

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by Joopson

21-04-2008|11:06 PM

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joining two objects

ok I made a cune and duplicated it making an instance to make this chest im making symetrical.I did the same thing for the legs. now i dont know how...

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by FrenZy

12-09-2004|11:30 PM

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Warcraft 3 extra stuff | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

1. is the collectors edition of warcraft 3 worht the extra £10? 2. does anyone have the extra stuff that came with warcraft 3 collectors and are...

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by Nem

23-09-2002|02:34 PM

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Simple animation between keyframes not working

Anyone run into this problem? When trying to create a simple animation - 2 keyframes, a sphere translating x from point a to point b, I get no...

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by stwert

07-10-2012|10:23 PM

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Indigo Unbiased Renderer | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

I don't know if any of you have ever seen this renderer- http://www.homepages.paradise.net.nz/nickamy/indigo.html Its unbiased, leave it on...

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by gster123

07-06-2006|09:44 PM

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From were are You? | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

I was just wondering... from werer are you all? To start : I'm from Belgium, and I'm living in Ghent

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by Acid44

26-03-2007|09:52 AM

Replies: 154

Word Association!!! | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

As I was surfing the internet, I saw an interesting forum game. It was called Word Association. If you have never heard of it or don't know how it...

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by undseth

15-01-2003|09:20 PM

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photo profiles | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

hey watsup, For the past 2 years I've been using simplymaya I kinda got this idea of everyone's different personalities but I thought it'd be kinda...

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by Joopson

08-02-2009|05:10 AM

Replies: 127

Playblast problem

Hello all, Whenever I create a .avi file using Maya's "Playblast" feature, the animation never appears on the file when I play it. Instead, I just...

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by Nilla

03-07-2014|10:21 AM

Replies: 9

Can someone explain the difference?

Would some kindly soul give a brief (one line description) of some the different Maya surfaces (Lambert, Blinn, Phong, Phong E, Ramp Shader etc) and...

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