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Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

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(Kari Brown) Apache texturing - dannyUvTools questions.

Hi, I am going through the Apache helicopter tutorial and I'm looking to find out if dannyUvTools work in Maya 8.5 for Mac OSX and also to see if...

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by Jr.Who

07-12-2007|10:11 AM

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Help linking up the ocean shader, and a blin/dielectric material ?

Hi 2 all I have a question regarding the ocean shader and a dielectric shader ? Well I have a scene which will be underwater, Now I am...

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by Andy Gee

07-12-2007|06:15 AM

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Character gets deformed

Hey guys! i´ve got another problem with my animation. I created a character out of polygons and added a skeleton to him. Now I tried to animate...

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by Tobsen

05-12-2007|06:36 PM

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Greetings all...

New to forum.. Formerly a windows movie maker. Looking forward to trying my hand at Maya. Now, where to begin? This software is completely alien...

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by Damien's List

04-12-2007|04:00 AM

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audio cutting in and out | Page: 1 2

i got the video playing om my imac but the audio cuts out then cuts in again through out. anyone know why? is it something to do with audio...

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by Jr.Who

05-12-2007|04:29 PM

Replies: 28

driving me mental ray

Hi, everyone. Cool site. Haven't had a proper look around, but will soon. I recently finished modelling a fairly large scene and rendered it....

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by xgabrielx

05-12-2007|02:43 PM

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z-depth

I'm trying to render a scene in several passes, but After effects doesn't display a z channel. I've tried rendering as softimage, but no joy. (I...

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by Falott

06-12-2007|11:13 AM

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Binding help

Hello Im fairly new to maya been using it for about 2months, my problem is binding. Iv made a simple cartoon style guy and a great rig I made a...

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by djknucklez1

04-12-2007|08:23 AM

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lattice probs

anyone got the apache modeling tutorial? the instructor uses smoth proxy a lot, anyway, when i run a smooth operation and then add a lattice on my...

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by vallaha

04-12-2007|04:25 PM

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Making a fur texture

I have been working with maya for nearly a month now and I am currently making an anteater. i have got the basic shape, but i dont know how to go...

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by elephantinc

04-12-2007|03:00 PM

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Mirror Problem......

Hi People, i'm a very newby in maya land downloaded a traing dvd on how to make a digital human somewhere in this tutorial they mirror the...

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by Jr.Who

07-12-2007|11:52 AM

Replies: 5

lock object

Hi, I'm starting to get familiar with maya, although I have one problem that I cannot find in the documentation or by googling: how do I lock an...

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by jsprogg

04-12-2007|10:03 PM

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Hey guys!

Hi Guys, Ive just found the site and signed up. Im 20 from the UK and currently learning how to use Maya, i really want to get into 3D art for...

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by Altadena

05-12-2007|02:33 AM

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Problems that arise from lack of absolute co-ordinates

Hi, I've moaned about this before but in my current model it's a real pain. I'm making a square hole, and adding edge loops around it so it...

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by gubar

06-12-2007|09:43 AM

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Maya fur

Am I right in thinking that with maya fur you cant have a pattern on the fur, IE it all has to be one colour?

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by jsprogg

04-12-2007|09:54 PM

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HELP! PLS !

Hey !! Im new with Maya . and i seem to be doing well i think lol. but i was watching some tutorials and i see that when ppl model a character...

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by jsprogg

05-12-2007|04:17 AM

Replies: 5

Squiggly Lines

OK, I'm already having trouble. When I try to paint, I see the image I am drawing while I'm drawing it, but once I release the mouse it turns into a...

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by Damien's List

07-12-2007|10:02 PM

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Photoshop help, copying many layers to create alpha?

Hi, posted this already in a couple of photoshop forums without luck... thought I'd give it a shot here; here's the post: Hi all, I'm...

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by wokendreams

05-12-2007|08:02 PM

Replies: 5

L_Glass Shader

Does anybody know where to download the l_glass shader? I can't find it anywhere.

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by Grev_Mivlos

06-12-2007|07:28 AM

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How to save a screenshot?

Hi, I need to take a screenshot of an object at the origin, save that screenshot as a .jpg or .bmp, so that I can use it on a symbolButton. ...

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by Mayaniac

05-12-2007|07:42 PM

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Making light come out of a polygon

ive seen this done before but dont know how to do it, its basically making like a cube produce light only on one side of it. Anyone know how to do...

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by Weyu

06-12-2007|08:36 AM

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Changing interface colors?

how would you do this? i saw it done before. Also if u can do it, how would u restore defaults? thanks

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by AnthonyCg

06-12-2007|01:33 PM

Replies: 5

Mudbox

How do i open a maya project in Mudbox?

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by Lunnep

06-12-2007|06:15 PM

Replies: 12

problem with sprites

im looking at a tut on sprites.., and when laying a texture onto the lambert.., onto the sprite.., the texture on the sprite (in the view port) looks...

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