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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2

This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.

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# 1 04-01-2011 , 09:09 PM

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so im totally in on this and im determined to finish user added image

dont know what to use though maybe a character on a table or something

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# 2 04-01-2011 , 10:05 PM

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Cool go for it!

Jay

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# 3 26-01-2011 , 10:59 PM

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Hey all i kinda changed my mind and decided to do a chase scene where an f22 will be hunting down the nissan skyline gtr Firing missiles. I dont exactly have a very good camera so i got a backplate and hdri image from hdri locations so here are the images .

The f22 still needs alot of work so ill spend the night refining the model

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# 4 26-01-2011 , 11:12 PM

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Cool I did wonder what you were up to. You better hurry up, the challenge finishes next week

Also can you send me a link for that HDRI, thats one I havent got

cheers
J

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# 5 27-01-2011 , 12:07 AM

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murambi, you sure your going to be able to fit a F-22 and a nissan skyline in that scene?

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# 6 27-01-2011 , 04:19 AM

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i realize i dont have alot of vertical real estate but the focus is going to be more on the car than anything else

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# 7 28-01-2011 , 11:03 PM

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I highly recommend using a different photo background, one with alot more scope and better lighting to show off the action your going to give us.

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# 8 31-01-2011 , 06:51 PM

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hey all so this is my final entry for the challenge

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# 9 31-01-2011 , 07:07 PM

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Dude you have until tomorrow to tweak then I'll post up a finals thread. The missiles could do with a color correction I think

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# 10 31-01-2011 , 07:15 PM

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oh my just read that you gave an extra day ill make afew chanes

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# 11 31-01-2011 , 07:23 PM

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Cool! That's not going to end well (the scene, I mean). The missiles look pretty plasticky at the moment. Webster reassures me that plasticky is really a word. This is just personal preference, but I think it would make more sense to have the blur in the background more of a motion blur (so in line with the car?) rather than extending radially, if that makes sense.