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Sticky: Free/Cheap Quality Matchmoving Software

Ok, it has been asked about enough to warrant me posting this so others interested in 3D Matchmoving may learn and benefit:) NOTE: This thread is...

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by honestdom

05-10-2011|02:32 PM

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Sticky: Visual Effects/Compositing/Dynamics and you.

I've been asked a number of times for reference, tips, tricks, and even how to make it in the industry, but if your looking for the holy grail of...

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by Cyan Tarek

05-10-2011|02:59 AM

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Sticky: EXPRESSIONS FOR ALL! (knowledge tidbits) | Page: 1 2 3 4 5

Sorry to break-in mind-raper, but I'm making this thread STICKY so it will always be at the top for everyone to learn from! Post your...

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by sherinnazar5

03-08-2021|09:29 PM

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Fur collision

if one object has a fur map and the surface is completely covered in fur, is there any way to take another object, run it through the hair and have...

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by Nem

23-01-2003|11:14 PM

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|| Instancers ||

this is a really great feature in maya... ..........you can create instances of object and that instance is always identical to the original...

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by mind_raper

25-01-2003|11:22 AM

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Alex A. of Gnomon talks Gravity and Uniform fields...good to know!

Here's a small quote from the article released recently at his site: It's a good read for those confused about the difference between these 2...

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by ragecgi

13-04-2003|01:33 AM

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closed thread

This link is already in our tutorial database

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by ezysk

12-08-2003|01:46 PM

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Flames?

Hi people, I'm just following the Gnomon tutorial on making a candle flame, for some reason the effect of either my soft body or my springs seem...

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by ade90054

13-11-2003|01:41 PM

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Paint fur tool vs. Attribute editor

Hi Guys When i work with fur, i like to use both the 'Attibute Editor' and the 'Paint Fur' tool. However, every time i have used the 'Paint...

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by Uglynakedguy

15-01-2004|09:08 AM

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Blobby Blur

Does anyone know how to motion blur blobby particles? The docs say they have to be cached, but mine are cached and still no motion blur. Maya or...

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by Dann

16-01-2004|01:12 AM

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Moved: Auto dirting

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Fluids Cache

Hi Anyone knows the dirctory where the 'fluids cache' file is after u have run the caching within Maya? U see - my prob. is that i want to...

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by Uglynakedguy

30-01-2004|09:11 AM

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soft bodies and muscles

ok, I've been busy building real muscles for my T. rex based on JP3 and several dinosaur books featuring muscle diagrams, but once I've finished...

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by PilotLtKettch

13-02-2004|09:24 AM

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Fluid Effects Cycle Wake

Hi again - another Fluid Effects question.... Anyone knows how to cycle a wake in fluid effect. The fluid effects wake emitter has a 'cycle'...

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by Uglynakedguy

10-02-2004|12:54 PM

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Fire and water...

2 Effects that are easy on concept but f***** hard to make look right on practice.... I´ve been toying with particles, paint effects and fluids...

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by dragonfx

23-03-2004|05:27 PM

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MEL within expression

Hi I am working on particles with curve flow. In the runtime expr, I need to query the information about the curve 's tangent at the project point...

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by lovefailer

03-03-2004|09:12 AM

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imported image res for fluid is poor

This is what I've done... 1) FluidEffects>Create2DContainer (NOT the emitor type) 2) set scale to a 3/4 ratio since the image I will use for this...

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by Darkware

23-03-2004|04:52 AM

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Scope of Dynamics in Maya 6.0

well i have heard.....alot of rumors ...abt this new...release but dont u think the process is getting too fast... plus there is no .5 version........

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by mind_raper

03-04-2004|06:10 PM

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Underwater Fog

Hi, I've been trying to apply the water physical environment fog to a scene of mine and am getting nowhere fast. I can bare;y make heads or tales of...

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by dberry

06-04-2004|06:00 AM

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Completely Different Bicycle Problem...

This got killed, and I am not sure why, but tenacity will win the day. Okay, here's the problem. I need to have a bicycle chain interact with...

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by posthumust

23-04-2004|11:39 PM

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custom paint effects? DNA???

Hey all, I would like to try and make my own paint effects. specifically, I would like to try to make DNA using paint effects (like they did in the...

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by scopa

04-05-2004|08:44 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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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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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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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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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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Xgen alembic export comes through as multiple groups

Hi, I would imagine this is a fairly common issue however I haven't been able to find any discussion about it online. Whenever I export a dense...

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by JWhite3D

06-02-2024|11:40 AM