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making streaks behind moving objects

say i wanted to animate a sphere and as it moved a blue streak would appear behind it in the path that it travelled. but would only appear when the...

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by paki

20-08-2003|07:30 AM

Replies: 8

Spray from a spray can

Hey! I've modelled a spray can and now i want the can to spray ijn the air and i need to maike the spray that comes out of the can. I think that...

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by ZueB

05-02-2014|12:56 PM

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Instancing lights

I'm trying to instance a light onto some particles, the light has an opticalfx thing on it but it won't render at all, just a flare in the middle of...

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by Calvin

17-02-2005|02:34 AM

Replies: 1

Add Contrast to Vertex Colors

I hope I am posting this in the correct area. This deals with the vertex colors or vertex lighting in Maya 5.0. Didn't see an area dedicated to...

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by misterdimension

10-03-2007|10:44 AM

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Bullet trail....

where can i get bullet trail texture or shade?

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by ragecgi

04-05-2004|04:20 AM

Replies: 7

Fluid Effects within an Object

I am trying to work out how to apply say a blue ink being dropped into a glass tube that has water in it, but the tube is not straight, and is more...

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by ragecgi

21-09-2003|07:21 PM

Replies: 2

Liquid in a bowl

I'm trying to create a liquid in a bowl and have an object fall into the bowl with splash out. I've used the pond tool and the wake tool. My first...

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by meshue

27-11-2004|05:56 AM

Replies: 2

Fur problem when attached to Toon Outline

dear people, herewith a question.... thank you for you kindness to help others..... as you see below i want to create an electrical outline to a...

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by ieoie

08-04-2012|07:21 PM

Replies: 0

Dynamic problem

I am currently in the process of creating my first short animation, I have ran into a few problems some I have managed to sort by trial and error,...

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by Dante78

28-08-2013|10:25 AM

Replies: 2

growing vine leaves?

Hi there! I have a problem where i need to grow leaves on a grape vine. I have animated a leaf growing in size, unfurling etc. then i chose...

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by dirack

04-09-2004|07:40 PM

Replies: 2

shatter effect

I am having a problem creating a shatter effect on a sphere. I am having the sphere bounce off of a surface first, before it hits the floor, so I...

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by Calvin

07-04-2005|02:28 AM

Replies: 1

3D fluid problem?

hello all- I'm in quite a bind. I have created a 3D fluid effect smokering. and it looks so pretty. However, now i can't get any of my fields to...

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by gster123

26-07-2006|04:47 PM

Replies: 3

Particles in Mental RAy

Hi, about to start some minor particle work for the first time for uni. After a bit of googling I've discovered that there were issues rendering...

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by ragecgi

13-06-2008|06:10 PM

Replies: 4

rolling cloud effect

hi guys, i need to make a rolling cloud effect very similar to the ones in the background in this animation. not the actual tornado. although come...

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by Alan

01-07-2004|12:04 PM

Replies: 2

interpenetration??

Hey people, I've run into a few problems with a simulation i'm running, I have a couple of active Sphere's constrained using springs which in turn...

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by mtmckinley

12-11-2004|03:04 PM

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problem with 2d fluid container

hello I have created a 2d fluid container and after typing a script I could manage to simulate a rain effect on it. but I can not put it as a...

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by Velusion

08-04-2006|05:14 PM

Replies: 8

need a transparent bg for my particles

Hi, I have created a scene with point particles (instanced with geometry) and I hardware render them with full image resolution, as tiff, and...

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by ragecgi

09-03-2004|08:24 PM

Replies: 4

Textures slides with ncloth simulation

Hello, I hope you can help me. I did an ncloth simulation of a landslide. But in some polygons the texture slides, generating a flicker in real time....

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by rebolledocg

16-07-2023|12:46 AM

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I get a problem with particle collision.

I get a problem of particle collision. I created a emitter(emitter type=direction,direction y=1)and the particle named "hubble-bubble"(the...

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by ragecgi

08-04-2003|02:49 PM

Replies: 1

resting particles

If I wanted to make particles that stayed in place until they were disturbed, (think a pile of sand being kicked) would I make the ground collide...

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by ragecgi

08-04-2008|11:47 AM

Replies: 7

Oceanshader bumpy

How do I increase the subdivisions in my ocean shader? i’m getting these strange triangular reflections and bumpy surfaces (see below) that seem to...

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by ragecgi

07-08-2008|11:07 PM

Replies: 5

invalid bounding box

:banghead: hi there, so here is my case, we have a character with an animation, the animator put some emitter for the effcets, then we tried...

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