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CLouds???

Hello Everyone. I am using Maya 4.5 and on a mac, so no fluid effects. I was wondering how can I make fairly good looking clouds, (Ie: aSupercell...

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by ragecgi

15-05-2004|06:30 AM

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Here is Full Review On NIGHT CRAWLER EFFECT from Xmen-2

hope u find this information usefull ...

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by mind_raper

22-05-2004|08:11 AM

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Softbody collision

Hi there need some help about soft bodies collision. I have a SOFTBODY plane, I've made also a polygonal bee that falls in the softbody and...

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by powernemo

20-05-2004|03:49 PM

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how to compose the particles into the film?

en,I use Hardware rendered the particles ,from fire.001.iff to fire.200.iff,(the alpha source choice hardware alpha) and I use vegas4.0 compose...

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by flyman

27-05-2004|02:02 AM

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Lightning Effects

Does any one have suggestions to get a fairly real looking lightning effect. I am currently using Paint Effects and I have the lightning looking...

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by Shayder

27-05-2004|06:12 PM

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Hologram Effect!

I would like to know if someone can explain or direct me to a tutorial on creating a hologram effects like the one used in Final Fantasy and Minority...

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by NextDesign

16-06-2004|10:24 PM

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how to let the sprites get more light?

I made a animation image sequence,and use sprite wizard pasted them to the sprites,but when I hadrware render the sprites, the image looks so...

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by flyman

08-06-2004|12:41 AM

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Lots of stuttering during Caching

Ok, I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but every time I try to cache a simulation the playback always invariably ends up having frames where all the...

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by Gun-Kata

13-06-2004|09:57 PM

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Galaxy Collision simulation

Hi! http://www.realitydiluted.com/mirrors/reality.sgi.com/mwatt_tor/galaxies.html Upon this article (not really a tutorial) I want to create a...

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by Markuz

10-06-2004|02:35 PM

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Position Attribute in Expression Question (from Learning Maya Dynamics 5)

float $nz = 3* noise (nurbsPlane1ParticleShape.position*.1 + time); nurbsPlane1ParticleShape.position = nurbsPlane1ParticleShape.position0 +...

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by mind_raper

21-06-2004|07:06 AM

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Slow Motion Like Effect with fire?

Hi At first: i´m not from England/USA so please excuse my bad english. Here´s what i want to do:: the scene: the bad guy comes, takes his pistol...

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by Dann

22-06-2004|04:08 PM

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Simply Rain ?

Hi, Is there an easy way to make 'rain' and puddles, (and the rings) caused by them,in Maya 6 ? I'm not that good yet with Maya but...

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by Scraggy_dog

29-06-2004|12:37 PM

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Candle flame.

Hi again, OK I am looking at making a candle flame to put on the table in that Graveyard scene I did (It's in the WIP Forum)...

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by Scraggy_dog

07-07-2004|10:03 PM

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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

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rain splotches

OK, this is a tricky one. (at least for me it is). I have this rain falling in a canyon and the camera is a crane shot. Now the canyon is...

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by Alan

19-07-2004|12:52 PM

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Squibs

Has anyone tried/done squibs before on organic and non-organic surfaces/substances.

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by Vampus

15-07-2004|06:11 AM

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my animation...

hi, I'm newcomer here. I have some problme regarding my recent character animation. My subject is cactus with thorns. Now i wan to animate the...

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by Alan

26-07-2004|09:03 AM

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how can I make this spark ?

http://www.philsky.net/home/fly/snap2.jpg create a emitter,set particle render type to multstreak.create a ramp in rgbpp. but the color, I...

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by Dann

26-07-2004|07:23 PM

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smashing down brick wall

I am trying to figure out how to break down a brick wall. So far I have been using maya's shatter, in conjuction with rigid body collisions. I have...

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by andrehines

13-07-2004|09:10 PM

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Tidal Wave

Hello, I'm hoping some one can help me with this project. I am currently working on building a wave that will continue to grow, heading toward the...

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by Dann

26-07-2004|07:22 PM

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spring constraint wont bake

I have a rigid body simulation and I've managed to bake all simulations except for the spring constraint simulation. I keep getting an error...

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by andrehines

26-07-2004|05:50 PM

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sprite orientation?

I've got a question for once. :) Is there a way to control the orientation of sprite particles so that they are not just camera-facing? ...

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by mtmckinley

07-08-2004|02:57 PM

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cloudy sky -> clear sky ?!

Hi @ll! Well, I never used fluiddynamics before and now I hav a problem: I wanna have a cloudy sky (no big deal. THX for the examples :cool: )...

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by mickna

04-08-2004|07:13 PM

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How to have waves hit stuff?

Hi, I have an island, and I have an ocean around it. I made the ocean with that ocean shader thing. I'm now trying to make waves that hit the...

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by NextDesign

19-08-2004|07:38 PM

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active and passive bodies

hi everyone, i'm looking for some help with regards to active and passive bodies. the sequence goes as such, i wanted a ball falling every 48 frames...

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by conceptual

10-08-2004|07:13 PM

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