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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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ahhhh!!!!!.............doing my nut in im writing a mel gui to animate a character and so far its goin ok, using floatSlider2 commands to animate...

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by pbman

03-09-2008|09:51 AM

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Making hair for a female character

Does anybody has experience with modelling or making hair for a female character? Is there any tutorials for this Item? I am kinda finished with the...

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by BennyK

05-09-2008|02:13 PM

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how i should light this jail | Page: 1 2

Hey can you guys tell me the best way to light this sence? btw the area lights were just a test,

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by starjsjswars

08-09-2008|08:17 AM

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where does it say games should be low poly? | Page: 1 2

i made the mistake of not keeping track of where i find information if anyone knows a place where it says that models in games should be low poly...

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by Chirone

03-09-2008|09:18 AM

Replies: 29

Comuter Fast enough? | Page: 1 2

Hi i have been learning maya on a mac, as i am a digital media designer and that is primarilly the platform we use...But I finally ran out of...

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by Soulrider911

08-09-2008|05:38 PM

Replies: 20

No Help at Simply Lightwave

Hey all I purchased M4 Sherman tutorial four days ago and have not been able to download it , i keep getting a internal server error page when...

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by Goatfish

04-09-2008|08:32 PM

Replies: 9

Happy Birthday and FREE MONEY | Page: 1 2

weeeee happy new years to me! *sniff* i wish i was 16 again... then i could be as cool as the rest of you

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by Chirone

05-09-2008|06:31 AM

Replies: 25

Can I really make it?

Hi, Firstly I would just like to thank eveyone with there help so far.:beer: Secondly?? If you have read my previous thread some of you...

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by Perfecto

06-09-2008|09:17 PM

Replies: 13

Maya and The Elder Scrolls | Page: 1 2 3

Hi guys, long time no see :) Not sure this is the right forum, So, i was wondering if anyone had any previous experience with merging 3D from...

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by starjsjswars

08-09-2008|12:58 PM

Replies: 30

lost panels

How do you retrieve the tools panels and other menu bars when you get rid of them? i accidentally clicked on something that took my tool bar away,...

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by silverspawn

06-09-2008|11:30 AM

Replies: 5

Norton Symantec Antivirus, any good?

Hello there, anyone know if this anti-virus is any good? got a legit version from my IT teacher from school for free today and just sus'ing out...

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by The Architect

06-09-2008|11:34 PM

Replies: 9

Groups and pivots

I used to do this using the "Imagine 3D" ray-tracing package on the Amiga last century (lol!), but have just got into Maya ... In Imagine3D I used...

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by Mayaniac

06-09-2008|10:29 AM

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Maya 2009 | Page: 1 2

videos to download http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=11804202 Jay

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by mirek03

06-09-2008|05:29 PM

Replies: 17

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

Replies: 17

Wow I'm old. GOOGLE 10 years old today.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5742422&page=1 I remember when Yahoo was the $hit as far as searching went back in 98, hehe.... Ah, and...

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by The Architect

08-09-2008|07:53 PM

Replies: 14

Bump mapping program?

So I saw this program,smart bump it takes a photo and somehow makes a nice bump map form it anyways I can't find it and would like to turn a tile...

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by jm82792

07-09-2008|03:33 PM

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how would I go about making this?

I'm in the middle of modeling a 1gb flash drive and I'm wondering how I'm going to make the M. I've already made the circle area it is in but I don't...

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by elephantinc

09-09-2008|06:22 AM

Replies: 13

maya question about modeling

hey,i just started a tutorial and i just saw that his maya was having modeling section(animation,polygone,surface are exemple of section that im...

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by punk_111

09-09-2008|07:07 AM

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maya lagging

When I go to select verts and drag the mouse maya seems to be lagging pretty badly now more than it ever has before, a fresh reboot didn't make any...

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by Rhetoric Camel

07-09-2008|02:59 PM

Replies: 3

Viewing projects

Hey, After finishing your projects how do you view them in the rendered form(Is that the right technical term) without the grey background and...

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by ragecgi

08-09-2008|07:48 AM

Replies: 2

thats a hard one???

WITH TOTAL RESPECT TO ALL SM PATRONS, Im amazed at some of the questions i see here. dudes are asking NOT for advice or C and C.., but for hours of...

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by Archania

09-09-2008|09:24 PM

Replies: 10

ITV movie awards

Did anyone watch them? Did Wall-E win anything? I saw the last 5 minutes where pixar got something, what was it? BTW i find it ironic that...

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by happymat27

08-09-2008|11:55 AM

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faces rendering strangely (one side is blacked out)

hi guys, im using maya for uni so i have switched from 3ds max (huzzah) Anyway, It's kinda hard to explain what the problem is, so i have upload...

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by goronpie

09-09-2008|09:07 PM

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Water monster worm thing from 'the abyss'

I am in the process of making a uni project in maya and the movie is basically going to be a sandbox of lots of different visual ideas. What i...

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by goronpie

09-09-2008|11:29 AM

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snapping to origon

How can I snap an object to the grids origon? Im continuing to practice my modelling, and I'm trying to place my current model across the origon so I...

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