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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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Very Sad Weekend in Kenya

Most chilling video of the Westgate attack - YouTube Was a sad weekend lost a relative in all that chaos. What would make human beings so violent...

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by ZingZong707

22-11-2013|06:56 AM

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Cartoonic exterior lighting

Hi guys , I'm fairly new to lighting and i wanted to light a cartoonic exterior scene . I was wondering whether to use Physical sun & sky or just...

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by Cruelways

21-11-2013|03:36 AM

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Bench not casting Shadows

Hi All, I've modeled a bench seat for a friend to help work out what sizes for certain pieces. Now I'd like to take a simple render to show him. I'm...

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by Gen

19-11-2013|10:05 PM

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Allow Referenced Animation Curves Maya 2014

Is it just me or has this feature disappeared? I wanted to edit the curves on a referenced object! The help doc state: To edit referenced...

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by Stephen

19-11-2013|04:10 PM

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Distorted planar mapping

I'm having a strange issue with a project I'm working on and would appreciate any advice from the SimplyMaya community. I'm trying to create a...

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by BuzzinFly

19-11-2013|11:51 AM

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Saving Mudbox files as older versions

Thanks to Autodesk's generous student program I was recently able to upgrade my version of mudbox to 2014 on my desktop but it doesn't run on my...

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by LeonardoDiCaprio

18-11-2013|10:21 AM

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Floating object pulling another with wire

Hi For a school assignment i need to create a simulation where a boat is floating in a ocean. Fishing rod is firmly attached tothe boat and there...

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by Kladimir

15-11-2013|11:18 PM

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Tips for a Newbie, and help with this 3d addiction

Hi Fellow Mayans ;), I know im possibly going to inflame some folks seeing as this is not a welcome lounge, but i'd just like to say hi and what a...

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by Mazzink

15-11-2013|10:51 PM

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Separate Materials on Single Mesh

After hours of googling for information, I have succumbed to needing a helping hand! Bear with me... Despite the information I was able to find, I...

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by ffflyaway

14-11-2013|11:15 AM

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How do I go about modeling this head?

Hi everyone, I've new to modeling organic stuff & was wondering how can I model the figure's head in the image. ...

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by Skalman

12-11-2013|08:22 AM

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Rigging and or modeling problem I need help with

I have an assignment due in a few days. I have a rigged and modeled fish. However when I select the fish to move him, the rig and the fish...

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by Skalman

12-11-2013|08:18 AM

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Displacement Banding

I have a poly plane that I am dispacing using a 16bit tiff, but it leaves me with what I can only describe as banding accross the terrain. I have...

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by Skalman

12-11-2013|08:16 AM

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selecting objects based on their display mode...

Okay folks, I feel like a real retard because I asked this question a long time ago and actually figured out the mel to resolve it but I have not...

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by ctbram

12-11-2013|03:16 AM

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Grass Error

Hi All, I've been working my way through the Realistic Outdoor Environments tutorial and had reached part ten without a problem. I've just created a...

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by MrYeti

11-11-2013|10:50 PM

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tree plugin

hello. i need a dead tree model. something which will fit into spooky cemetery ambient. couldn't find free and good models on the web. could someone...

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by David

10-11-2013|12:38 PM

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Survey for Bachelor work - Please help

Hello everyone. I'm working on my Bachelor thesis and would kindly ask you to help me out with a lil survey. My Bachelor Thesis is about the...

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by black H

09-11-2013|07:32 PM

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types of IK skeleton joints

Thanks i figured it out

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by LauriePriest

08-11-2013|04:47 PM

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Film Project

Hey boyz n girls.... I would like everyone to at least check these pages out:http://www.facebook.com/strangers.shortfilm/ and also this page...

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by Jay

08-11-2013|07:17 AM

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Trouble rendering with mental ray

Hi all! So I'm trying to render out a character that I made in maya using Mental Ray, but I'm having some problems- there are weird shadows around...

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by elephantinc

07-11-2013|10:39 PM

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How to create a Helix along path

Hello, I'am doing an old dial phone.How can i create a Helix along a curve path? I've tried to bend the Helix,which was created with polygon...

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by ctbram

06-11-2013|08:51 PM

Replies: 7

Maya 2014 Viewcube dark in High Quality Rendering

Hi all, I noticed that in Maya 2014, if I switch the render panels to High Quality Rendering, my Viewcube is going on a dark color and the text...

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by lecra

04-11-2013|07:31 AM

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Question about changing a fish model to a different texture color

Ok, So. I am attempting to use this cool fish I bought from Turbosquid. We were allowed to do this by our teacher as our FIRST! Maya project, but we...

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by WestSideHK

03-11-2013|11:36 PM

Replies: 4

Extra Life

Hey guys, just wanted to toss this out there. I'm gearing up for the Extra Life Event at Wargaming West HQ this Saturday. We'll be playing our game...

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by Ozgalis

03-11-2013|06:34 PM

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Hard Edges/ Edge Loops

I've been making a cylinder and inserting edge loops, extruding the faces to make something like this ...

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by Kaleidoscope

02-11-2013|04:11 AM

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Rendering to a tiff

I am new at rendering and am trying to get familiar with it. I wanted to save the compression quality so I wanted to save my render as a Tif image. ...

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by fbimage

01-11-2013|03:31 AM

Replies: 6