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This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.

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How long is one frame in real time

Sorry for such a noob question guys, but, I was wondering, how long is one frame of animation in real time, or how many frames are in a five second...

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by alienscience

13-12-2006|02:49 AM

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Converting Maya file into an MP4 file

hey, can anybody please help me by telling from the scratch how can i convert maya file (.mb) file into an mp4 video file? Would i be needing to...

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by wilson109

19-02-2019|12:05 PM

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How to make step the default tangent?

Hi everyone, When I'm animating I prefer at the beginning to just see my key poses as opposed to the spline interpolation between them. I can do...

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by scraigpetty

12-04-2019|01:06 AM

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How to un-parent two objects?

How do i unparent my objects? I am done with the parenting but they are always together.

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by honestdom

08-08-2012|09:31 AM

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Parenting joints to controls problem

Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone knows why when I try and parent joints to controls (usually just circular curves or cubes) the bone disappears and...

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by uniqlady

26-07-2014|06:57 PM

Replies: 13

Constant Rotation | Page: 1 2

Hey I been using Maya for a while now, but have never really gone into the animation side of it, not to keen on rigging, setting up weights and all...

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by mirek03

15-08-2007|08:03 PM

Replies: 16

Help with bending/flexing a basic model | Page: 1 2

Hi all, Can I first say that i'm very new to the world of Maya so please forgive me if I come across stupid as i'm still learning. Ive been...

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by xeagle

17-04-2015|08:03 PM

Replies: 15

Controlling Rig from Channel Box

Hello, I have a rigged character that is able to be controlled correctly if manipulating the Ctrl Effector directly in the viewport. Doing this...

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by Bcurless

10-01-2020|08:38 PM

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hiding skeleton

Hi, I want hide a skeleton without hiding the objects parented to it. basically is it possible to hide an object without hiding its child?

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by redcore

25-10-2004|01:30 PM

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Add frames to start of animation

I suddenly found out that I need a few more frames at the very beginning of my animation. How can I add some frames before frame? Indeed, how can I...

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by petanque

09-01-2003|03:58 PM

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no tangent handles?

Having an odd problem with my tangent handles in the graph editor. I'm trying to animate the shoulders on that character thats in my walk cycle post,...

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by dannyngan

14-01-2003|02:21 AM

Replies: 11

FBX export animation issues

Hi there! I'm trying to export an animation from maya for use in Unity. I have a skinned mesh that also utilizes blend shapes. I bake the animation...

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by ziggie

03-03-2017|03:24 PM

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Car Rig Motion Path wheels slow down and rotate too fast in curves??

Hello everyone, I need some help with my motion path animation. When a car is following a motion path and at the beggining the car wheels...

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by zoran111

12-07-2020|04:23 PM

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Twist parts of a Motion Path | Page: 1 2

Hi all ! I'm trying to create my animated logo. In it, the film tape is going from the first "a" to the second drawing the "K" of the name AKA. ...

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by daverave

24-08-2012|03:05 PM

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Animating Blend Shapes - How-to?

I've created a blend shape and would like to animate it in a timeline Problem is I can't key (animate) the position of the slider in the blend...

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by heaversm

20-08-2012|08:24 PM

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Animating character forward ???

Hello I just made my first walk cycle and now I want to animate my character walking forward.How do I do that.When I animate global control for...

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by jsprogg

02-02-2012|07:40 AM

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Masking out an object with another object.

Hey guys, I was wondering if there was a way to "mask" out (parts of) a mesh with another mesh. For instance we have a green mesh and a red...

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by metalmustaine

27-04-2013|10:25 AM

Replies: 9

IK Rigging handle foot toe problem

I've added IK handle to my ankle, ball and toe and then I created a curve for the controller, I parented ik handle to my curve(curve as a parent) and...

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by Ffah1521

16-09-2019|08:59 AM

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Quick and Easy Camera Shake in Maya Tutorial

Adding imperfections to your camera movement helps with realism. So in this video, I'm going to show you have to add subtle imperfections to your...

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by joshoantonio

12-05-2019|08:09 PM

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Quad Hind leg rigging = grr for beginners

Hey guys, I'm gonna give a little backdrop to my issue to get the best response possible, so I apologize in advance if I seem a little long-winded. ...

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by Jay

23-09-2011|05:04 PM

Replies: 7

Save animation as avi or something

Okay, i made a simply animation for a task, one of the vfx studio here, to get an internship. I made a animation, ball jumping onto circle. Now, how...

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by stwert

26-03-2012|04:38 PM

Replies: 4

Exporting rig and animation

Hey all. So im having a few troubles trying to export rigs/animations as an FBX from Maya and was hoping someone would be able to help please. So...

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by wilson109

19-02-2019|12:41 PM

Replies: 1

Animation graph editor not showing curves

Hi, im trying to animate a foot and i want to manipulate the movment curve in the graph editor but its not showing a curve like it should. The...

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by Sprinkle

09-02-2018|09:46 AM

Replies: 1

Motion Path Start Finish weird jump

Making tank threads and have looked at many posts and tutorials but cant get motion path to work right. Used a nurb circle to create the motion path...

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by Mr Roboto

12-05-2011|12:27 AM

Replies: 12

Problems moving joints

Hey guys! So I have been rigging a character and I noticed when I'm moving my parent joint the rest of the joints keep the original orientation,...

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