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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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Am I doing this Sceleton right?

Alright, I'm trying to make a sceleton for the Luxo Jr WIP I posted in yesterday... this is what I have so far... and since it's my first...

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by Emo

10-02-2003|03:27 PM

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Sound Files

Working on my first lip-sync animation with a wav file. I dragged a wav file and dropped it into my view panel (like the documents said to do) to...

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by tgx

07-02-2003|04:09 AM

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Nobby Returns!

O.K. gang I have done little more to Mr Nobs walkies. I have attached if for you to view, you will need QuickTime 5 to view it. It still needs some...

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by gazzamataz

05-02-2003|02:56 PM

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Facial Animation

Hi, I just made this polygon head and now I want to go ahead and give facial animation a shot. What is the easiest way to go about this?...

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by Jim

02-02-2003|01:21 PM

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Hydrolics-like system...help?

I need help animating a hydrolics-like system. I have these two "bars" that open and close vertically and i'l like the cylinders to act as if...

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by mtmckinley

31-01-2003|06:05 PM

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Automating JawSync to Audio file...

Greetings - an expression question... how would you tie the up & down motion of a ventriloquists dummy jaw to the loudness of an audio file...

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by dkouts

31-01-2003|03:46 AM

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Fantastic book!

Ive just recieved a book i ordered today called "The Animators Survival Kit" by Richard Williams and it has to be said that it is by far and away the...

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by kbrown

30-01-2003|12:32 PM

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Real Time Redraws - Tortoise Speeds

O.K. I have an Athlon 1.2 ghz box with a GeForce4 Ti200 with 128mb RAM in it. I have modelled the creature from the Maya 4 Fundamentals book and have...

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by M

30-01-2003|02:40 AM

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Slow motion

Hi I'm working on an animation where I need a slow motion effect somewhere half through. Is there any easy way of slowing down everything in the...

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by ragecgi

29-01-2003|07:49 PM

Replies: 3

quadraped walk cycle

Hello. I spent about 10 min on a walk cycle. Its actually more of a trot. THought I would as for your sugestions. This is the first time I have done...

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by brian_ellebracht

29-01-2003|03:40 PM

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machine gun fire

Hi , does anyone know the best way to put machine gun fire on any weapon of choice ( mine is a minigun and m-16) and also the rounds being expended...

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by lilbird

27-01-2003|11:30 PM

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Simple Walk Cycle

Just wanted to do a small walk to get me away from modeling for a hour or so, just rember to loop the animation =)

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by dannyngan

26-01-2003|09:07 PM

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set driven Key help

I am animating this soda can I made I seperated the vertices so the can can open. But here is my problem I want to use set driven key linked to a...

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by 3djoe

24-01-2003|10:55 PM

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Walk Cycle | Page: 1 2

This is my first go a skeletons and animation and i'm stuck/ I'm trying to make a walk cycle and i have trouble animating it. I've made the legs...

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by dannyngan

24-01-2003|08:09 PM

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animated particle mixer

Hi to you all, I´m to animate some kind of mixer. But now it seems I´m stuck up. I´ve got a scene with the mixer (image) and 2 emitters...

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by tommi

23-01-2003|05:13 PM

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Nobby comes to life! | Page: 1 2

Ha couldn't resist it... I haven't finished this character fully just wanted to test out my new animation controls... Still gotta get my mind around...

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by gazzamataz

22-01-2003|09:29 AM

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animating a rotating light

Iam new to maya and only been playing with it for a couple of months. I have been trying to animate a rotating light like on emergency vechicles. Any...

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by kbrown

21-01-2003|12:29 PM

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Blend Shapes

Quickie question really, if you have created a blend shape and you find you have moved points erroneously in the morph target can you use component...

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by gazzamataz

21-01-2003|11:46 AM

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Need Help - Shark animation

Hi guys, i'm doing a shark project at uni and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions to my dilema. Basically i have finished my shark model. I...

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