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Trax Editor Problem! Playing clips...

Hi! I am Oscar Sanchez and I'm really new to 3D and Maya. I have created a head and I have made some clips of it for facial animation. Also I have...

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by oscar

08-09-2002|11:14 AM

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animate pivot points????????

Hi all, Maybe one for Dimitris!!!!!!!! I have a bird character that I wish to be able to animate the pivot point on the 'Top' node of the...

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by Jim

09-09-2002|10:56 PM

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Animating a character???

Hi! I want to animate a character ( a robot) he should: - walk - shoot - stand up - lay...

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by .:morpher:.

10-09-2002|07:45 AM

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Export, import smooth bind maps ...

I have a problem with exporting bind maps from a character. I ussually bind geometry to skeleton, paint skin weights and then I want to export these...

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by Bimbo

10-09-2002|10:54 AM

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AM Rigging vs Maya Rigging

As some people on the list might already know I come from an Animation Master Background, I have spent the last two years using the program to...

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by boomji

22-09-2002|09:14 AM

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Animation Sliders

In Max you have the capability to create a slider for you animation, .. You move the slider and the joint and the character in the scene moves also !...

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by Protheus

25-09-2002|09:11 AM

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Building a bulging bicep

Hi there well I'm still trying to make the "simple" man. Project 4 > learning maya 3 for osX. I have been able to bulge the muscle (half sphere)...

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by adldesigner

25-09-2002|11:52 PM

Replies: 5

Swimming fish

As I was making my fishy scene for the mini competition I got the idea of animating the fish too. I already have the fish moving forward as I shooted...

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by kbrown

29-09-2002|01:24 PM

Replies: 5

Camera movement and cloth solver

Couple of quick questions: How can I edit the motion of a camera using the Graph Editor? Even though I have keyframes saved, the motion...

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by aeroillini

30-09-2002|11:49 PM

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mirroring polygon blend shapes

I am setting up my character for facial animation and I am having trouble solving what I think ought to be a simple problem. The head is modelled...

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by patrickm

03-10-2002|09:52 PM

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Bird Rig ! - By Jim

Hi Guys! Jim has been kind enough to send me this Bird Rig so you guys can download and play around with. So many thanks. As soon as the site...

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by David

03-10-2002|09:54 PM

Replies: 2

Face animation

Hello, I'm quite new for Maya, but have quite a lot of knowledge of modeling in 3Dmax. And i'm curently switching to maya, because i think it's...

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by Jim

09-10-2002|12:39 PM

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Trax question

im using the trax editor and it seems to be very good, why do a lot of people keep saying its a load of bollox? anyway, question :) when u insert...

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by Jim

17-10-2002|02:12 AM

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Turn and rise Zip file in divX 5.02.....

Hi all, sorry didn't post the ''zip'' file Just an animation test (turn and rise) of a character (Birdy) for current project. in DivX 5.02...

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by Jim

19-10-2002|02:51 PM

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Animation for you all | Page: 1 2

this is a playblast of my characters run cycle (run, not walk :)) theres sumthing wrong with it, but i have no idea what it is, anyone know? any...

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by Nem

19-10-2002|05:50 PM

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'Download' for 'Bruno Head' re facial animation example!

Hi all, Here is the file 'Bruno Head' (Zip 'Bruno'and Rar as well inside to make smaller download size) re previous thread entitled: 'facial...

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by Jim

20-10-2002|05:38 AM

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Weighted CV's in OSX

Maya 3.5 OSX I've created a Spline IK handle on a jointed model and thereafter created a cluster to limit the effect of the Spline IK. However,...

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by gazzamataz

22-10-2002|10:13 AM

Replies: 2

add axis

i need a way to make a ring spin in a circle while at the same time spin on its Y axis. when i try it the ring spins all crazy because as the x axis...

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by undseth

22-10-2002|08:20 PM

Replies: 3

Bird walk cycle

Hi all, Just a little walk cycle. I wanted to create a bird like 'Creep', but it looks more like he's walking rather painfully on Hot coals. ...

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by kbrown

23-10-2002|04:24 PM

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Is it possible to loop animation?

Is it possible to loop animation made with keys or expressions? I was having my mech warrior shoot red lasers at something, .:mingun: but got tired...

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by mtmckinley

27-10-2002|12:40 AM

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Simply walk test

Just trying to get the weight and look of a simple walk. Comments, suggestions welcomed. Kurt

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by Kurt

30-10-2002|04:52 PM

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Trax problems fixed somewhat now (just plain ignorance)WITH IMAGES

Sorry forgot to upload image...... Hi all, Just an amendment to the earlier speel about problems related to the Trax editor and NLA in Maya. ...

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by Jim

04-11-2002|12:28 PM

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Trax problems fixed somewhat now (just plain ignorance)

Hi all, Just an amendment to the earlier speel about problems related to the Trax editor and NLA in Maya. I previously outlined why Trax was...

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by Kurt

04-11-2002|02:23 PM

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Orthographic camera

Hi, I need to make an animation with orthographic camera and need to zoom in/out. I tried to use the orthographic width but I found is not a...

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by BabyDuck

04-11-2002|04:35 PM

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theliviu

I did try but it doesnt effect ... in perspective camera all it's ok, I can obtain the zooming ! but I need to use the orthographic width and it is...

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by BabyDuck

04-11-2002|04:43 PM

Replies: 3