Just felt like shouting about my suckfest.. Just when I start to master maya 7.. 8 has to come around with its new terminology and interface :angery: :angery:

Well thanks for the input.. It appears my material will not properly support the reflection. When i enabled it even with some tweaking the eyes all turned a bright white.. Blah!

Ill just continue...

Its been said my level of maya mastery so ill just skip to the point..

Here is a video clip of my wip rendered (low quality)

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When I start to work on this character ill create a limb(cylinder) .. line it up and then start moving vertices. If I add isoparms afterwards I can no longer move vertices. Maya registers the move...

Hey man that works for me! Once again I appreciate your knowledge:)

SWEET! Thanks dude! Any idea what caused this? my maya.env file was empty for both maya 7 and 8.5. Maybe a conflict between the two?

Deetz r teh 00ber artist! Justa suggestion but alittle smoke from one of the spitfire engines for battle wear would add a nice touch..

I looked up interactive creation in the internal maya help to get a better understanding of it and it doesnt list anything.. (or its not obvious) Other than the term itself what exactly is...

Any image I place as a texture gets skewed in the preview. However when I actually render it looks fine so the placement is dead on. I have tried different drivers but Ive got a feeling its an...

Awesome! Thanks for the input.. Your ideas will help me in other projects as well. BTW There are some awesome new features in 8.5 that I do like but I hate having to get used to the new menus (IE -...