Well in the end I recieved 83% for the whole exercise.

The things that my teacher commented on were things I already knew weren't working or that I had run out of time on.

So in the end I was...

One other thing, how do you get rid of the reflections on the "Use Background" shader, yet keep the shadow cast as blue? When i reduced the reflection amount in the "Use Background" shader, the...

well this will be my last report,

since the guy is done and due this monday

so here's a few more views and then i send him on his merry way

thanks for you're comments
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thanks Joopson!

that worked a treat!!!

thanks,

but it looks like what i'm after is using the Background shader.

thanks for you're help

Hi there I'm coming to the end of my first character done in Maya for my course and was wondering if there was a way that i can render out the ground only showing the shadow and not the blue diffuse...

Well here he is finally done.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/pancreasboy/misc/final_001_cameraShape1_tmp.jpg

This is a pretty dorky pose, so if i get time before the due date, i'll...

thanks

i did this course every 2 weeknights for a year.

It was at Enmore TAFE in Sydney (Silicon Graphics Dept) and I recommend it highly (my learning curve has shot through the roof)

dunno...

ok so i stuffed up trying to do the important things first (ie Model then Skeleton/Binding Setup then Texture) just in case I ran out of time (the order should be Model then Texture then...

hi there,

i've struck a problem

for some reason my characters fingers on the left side have moved from the bind pose (beats me how), and i am at the final stage of setting my character up (i've...