Thank you - the clusters did the trick!

I just looked blendshapes up and it seems like that would absolutely work for what I need. There are a lot of examples of it for facial animation but I see why the concept could apply. I'll try back...

The subject is really wordy and I apologize. Basically I have this object you can (hopefully) see here:

http://i1.creativecow.net/u/232254/alien_doorpic1.jpg

A higher-res sub proxy is right...

Hey everyone,

Here is a video I found for the file texture manager in maya 2011:

File Texture Manager Video Tutorial for Maya 2011 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bSkVoo6glU)

You may be thinking of the File Texture Manager. Here is a video on how to get it to work in Maya 2011:

File Texture Manager Video Tutorial for Maya 2011 - YouTube...

I have waited too long in hope. :playfull: I am tired of throwing money on subscription. Lack of time and familiarity with Maya is what forces me to stick with it. Although I love Maya's UI. I doubt...

Another Maya guy here who does hard surface modeling, texturing and rendering only. I looked at Max and Modo in the past but came running back to Maya with my tail between the legs.

Max looks so...

Hey,

I'm using maya 2011 to try and render a character rig that I downloaded. It's called Blake 1.6, here:

http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/blake

I'm using the...