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Shatter Effect

How many have used Shatter extensively? It kind of sucks.(IMHO) Anybody had any luck getting higher-res cracks and breaks? Anyone know if...

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by ragecgi

22-10-2002|03:47 AM

Replies: 4

Animation with fire

I've been trying to animate fire, but can only seem to get still images of it with the regular rendering stuff. As most of you know, when you take an...

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by mtmckinley

07-10-2002|10:23 PM

Replies: 7

nParticles Output Mesh Problem

Hi, I'm trying to simulate water with nParticles, I have cached the simulation to disk but the output mesh changes in appearance during the...

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by LauriePriest

16-09-2013|01:12 PM

Replies: 1

Blobby Fire render

I am pretty new to Maya fluids and currently I am having some problems with the settings? Basically, I have an animated snake, and I am trying to...

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by stwert

09-10-2014|02:49 AM

Replies: 3

changing shape of pond in maya 5?

i cant seem to figure out how to make pond with other shape other than the default box shape anyone??

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by bytes

12-11-2003|12:22 PM

Replies: 10

Afterburner flame

Hi there, Can someone help me make an afterburner or propane torch flame similar to this one? I can't seem to get it quite right. If...

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by satch

16-03-2004|03:54 PM

Replies: 2

a growing plant animation

I'm working on a growing plant animation. I would like not to use Paint FX as I have a custom plant. what is the standard way of creating one? ...

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by NextDesign

27-05-2009|02:31 AM

Replies: 1

Importing Renders to AE

So I have all my renders from Maya ready to go into After Effects so I can start my composite, only problem is, when I try to import the sequences I...

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by Ozgalis

08-12-2010|09:56 PM

Replies: 1

how to optimize quadro for bifrost in maya

Hello how can I optimize a Quadro K2200 for Bifrost in Maya? My hardware specs: CPU: Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9550 (12M Cache, 2.83 GHz,...

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by mortezarel

03-02-2016|11:56 AM

Replies: 0

Particle Fire - Instance

Hello All! I was hoping for abit of help on this one, but I may be reaching outside of the basic limits. I have modeled a mailbox and an envelope....

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by hexalot

03-01-2012|07:58 AM

Replies: 2

friction burn

So I am trying to make a friction burn effect as a meteor enters the atmosphere but I can't figure out quite how to approach it. I have tried...

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by _afro_man_

17-10-2010|05:31 AM

Replies: 3

fluid texture and incandescence settings!!1

ok so i'm about to go a little crazy here... but it seems to me that the texture color and incandescence checkmarks are having NO EFFECT. It uses...

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by dre4mer

08-02-2016|08:33 PM

Replies: 0

How Do I Animate A Lava Lamp?

Okay, I'm basically in curious mode right now... I'm interested in finding out how to make a lava lamp... for future reference. ;) Anybody...

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by ragecgi

09-11-2002|09:00 PM

Replies: 2

Geometry disappears when I try to cache

I'm working on a simple animation of a bunch of objects falling into a container. However, when I try to cache the geometry, almost all of the...

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by xgabrielx

12-12-2014|05:27 PM

Replies: 0

Setting IK Ragdoll

Hi! I've got a fun one here. I've made a nice simple basic stickfigure that I'd like to collapse after a bit of running. Now for the structure of...

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by Edward256

27-08-2008|06:59 AM

Replies: 2

particles follow on texture

Hey, I am after a way to have particles flow along a surface via a texture map, for instance if I had a strip of black down the centre of a...

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by ragecgi

07-03-2009|01:55 PM

Replies: 1

how to let the fluid follow the mesh doing animation?please help me~

hi, anybody can help~i am using maya2012 now i want to doing a fluid cloud character~ but can't let the fluid follow the mesh to doing the animation...

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by yoruneko

26-04-2012|04:57 PM

Replies: 1

shaderGlow quality ?

ahoi! is there any chance to boost up the shaderGlows quality? I´ve already risen the quality from 1 to 100, still no improvement to see in my...

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by honestdom

28-03-2012|11:43 AM

Replies: 8

Passable Cloud | Page: 1 2

hi guys. i'm a newbie here at the forum. a friend of mine led me here and told me maybe you guys could help me in my little problem. i haven't...

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by ragecgi

27-06-2003|02:53 AM

Replies: 15

Water Falls

How do i make a water fall i know how to make emmiter but it flows right over the edge then down like it has to much speed...but it has little...

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by ragecgi

21-09-2002|02:45 PM

Replies: 8

Rendering dynamics......

Hi, Is there a special way tpo render dynamics? here's why. I have a scene with dynamics, when i batch render the iff sequence and play it...

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by grunze

10-11-2002|07:23 AM

Replies: 4

jitter

Does anyone know of a good way to add some random jitter to a poly object. I'm not talking about the whole object, but rather the vertices. I...

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by Dann

26-08-2004|01:45 PM

Replies: 4

Maya Cloth Help

I've been trying to figure out Maya Cloth and I am have trouble doing it. What I want it to do is hang a long verticle banner off a cylinder. I make...

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