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Substance Painter

In this start to finish texturing project within Substance Painter we cover all the techniques you need to texture the robot character.

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Hi, I tried to follow the instructions in a tutorial about the making of a tail which uses a mel needed to delay the movement of joints, but when...

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by skywola

15-02-2006|03:18 AM

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MEL command for toonline

I'm working on a project using the toon shader and toon lines. Its a pretty big project with about 50 scenes, and multiple shots per scene, but...

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by bendingiscool

14-08-2009|10:56 PM

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Anyone using C++ API?

Is there anyone here who is working in C++ with the Maya API? I've just started looking into it (over the weekend), and would be interested to...

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by Hugh

22-05-2003|02:04 AM

Replies: 2

API issues - node attributes & accessing images

I posted this on the maya-dev list, but haven't had a reply yet, so I thought I'd try it on here too.... I've only just started using the Maya...

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by Hugh

22-05-2003|11:23 PM

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Trying to get my pinball-MELscript to work

Hi, I'm tryng to get pinball to run with Maya by using this MELO-script: It doesn't give me any errors, but it's not giving me anything else...

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by kbrown

21-01-2007|11:24 AM

Replies: 8

Expression Problems - Rotating Wheels

I have an expression, so whenever I move a wheel on my car, it rotates depending on how far I move it. I assigned it to all 4 wheels (independently)...

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by I-Iybrid

31-03-2004|03:51 PM

Replies: 3

Exporting SWF Using MEL Script

Someone showed me how to create a 3D model, render, and animate and then export to SWF format all within a MEL script without getting into the Maya...

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by ichua

26-12-2006|07:36 AM

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[Project] Maya Skinning Tool MEL

Hi, I'm new with maya programming. I decided to make a project, a mel project. This will consist of creating a new tool wrote in Mel to help peoples...

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by Ideacraft

29-05-2016|01:44 PM

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Random smooth flickering

am creating a close up of a star, and zoom out showing a star field..... for these stars i use a optical FX me is pretty pretty new to...

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by ieoie

03-02-2013|07:55 PM

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procedure within procedure.???

hi People..... please know this is my second script and am also trying to understand MEL a bit better....... i'm trying to capture the...

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by ieoie

07-10-2013|09:20 PM

Replies: 12

Add rename between 2 characters in original name

Hi People, am trying to construct a script that creates a pentagon with many options, like add locators, clusters, circles at vtx coördinates,...

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by ieoie

17-03-2015|09:43 AM

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Execute After Batchrender

Im wondering if its possible to execute the rest of a mel script after the batchrender is completed. Any ideas on how I could do that?

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by Alan

21-06-2004|08:46 AM

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Reading keystrokes with MEL

ive seen people making MEL scripts that read game controllors. How do you read keystrokes with MEL?

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by Immortal1490

26-04-2005|04:52 PM

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Mel Shuts Down Maya | Page: 1 2

Hi guys, I'm currently working on a script and have come to an unexpected road block. While my main for loop runs, Maya suddenly dissappears and...

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by InvaZimm

09-02-2005|05:51 PM

Replies: 20

skinPercent Output Issue

Would anyone happen to know why when querying the weight value of a joint at a specified vert it is returning to me only a 1 or a 0, no decimal...

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by InvaZimm

02-04-2005|08:18 PM

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Replacing referenced file part way through script

Hi all, I'm trying to put together a script which has several steps in it, and mid way through I want to have a referenced file (which is already...

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by Iotrez

09-12-2013|10:34 AM

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Color Switching

Hello, I'm trying to write an expression that exchanges a red light with a blue light shader. I would like it to be random. Problem is I'm very...

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by NextDesign

06-08-2012|02:10 AM

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Popular MEL scripts?

What MEL scripts do you use on a regular basis and what do they perfom? Also, what is the mjpoly script?

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by BMS

29-03-2006|07:02 AM

Replies: 8

photoshop - maya 5

Is there a plug-in in wich I can edit textures in photoshop and emidiately see the results in maya? I have seen one for maya 4.0 but none for maya...

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by jam_ed

25-02-2004|11:43 PM

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systematic scene/image plane setup with MEL

I am working on a project with someone and I need a mel script to set up image planes with certain positions and size attributes. I have tried...

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by Jasonnator

29-09-2006|10:56 AM

Replies: 2

Greeble

Guys This may have been asked before but is there a Greeble plugin for Maya or something similar? I have been gagging for this plugin for years...

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by ckyuk

10-07-2005|02:26 PM

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Open File dialog and assign texture

Hi, I created a Blinn material and it has 2d texture node now what I want is that when the user runs this script it should ask which texture he wants...

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by jayantbhatt1997

15-02-2020|10:30 AM

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How to Remove Extra space between layouts #MEL

Hi can anyone tell me how can I remove the extra space between these two layouts ( Check screenshot) if ( `window -exists...

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by jayantbhatt1997

16-02-2020|10:08 AM

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Joint orientation Script | Page: 1 2

Hey guys I found a great script, some of you may have heard of it. jsOrientJointUI It is for joint orientation and I hear it is very helpful. ...

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by Falott

09-03-2006|02:28 PM

Replies: 17

Strobe light

I'm guessing the best way to go about making a strobe would be by using an expression. Problem is, i cant come up with what the "if" statement should...

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by Jeremy2112

01-11-2009|08:21 PM

Replies: 5