Forum: Maya

hi, i had some image sequences as black and white, is there a way to emit particle from his brightess?

So ive been messing with maya dynamics, 3d containers and emitters and I cant seem to get a good flame similar to this Im not sure what program was used but it looks kinda like maya or maybe 3dmax. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!

Hey all - I'm the technical director at a small agency with big aspirations. We're currently a C4D shop, and while cinema has some great features (mograph, xpresso) I find it wanting in a lot of areas, and I often feel like I'm part of their QA department with the number of bugs I discover and...

is there any site where i can find character modeling tut only in maya tut male and female tut plz

HI, I've imported a Camera Solve from Nukes 3D tracker into my MAYA scene, I've put the camera into a Group so i can position the camera correctly in my scene without altering its embedded animation. Which all works fine. but after Rendering my scene, I've been trying to export the camera...

Sounds like idiotic question but how can I turn bevel off when I have turned it on? :)

Ncloth is a very powerful tool for creating some nice rigid body effect also.Visit the following tutorial and you can get an idea about using ncloth as rigid bodies http://www.fermicg.com/2012/01/shattering-glass-using-ncloth-tutorial.html

proc RenderingBatchRenderMissingFrames ( ) { int $r = {31,32}; for ($i=0; $i < `size $r`; $i++) { currentTime -edit $r ; renderWindowRenderCamera render renderView camera_render; renderWindowMenuCommand keepImageInRenderView renderView;...

Hi All, Iknow that if I want to capture " CG shadows" on an image , I would use the shader "USED BACKGROUND SHADER" But how do you capture "CG Lighting" in Maya? For example, I Have a spot light panning around in a 360 degree. I also have an image of a house set up in the camera image plane....

Hi I am currently trying out the Bullet plugin for maya 2012 Apologies for the noobiness of this post but there are some fundamental points about the solver that are not very clear from the docs firstly it would seem that bullet is more stable when working with the scene scale set to cm....

Hello, I'm working on a project where I have a Fire Torch inside a castle. Everything within the scene is CG, the walls, the torch and of course the fire fluid. My problem is lighting the scene, I did some research and asked around on how to illuminate the fire. Some people said to use Final...

I am super new to python. I am trying to convert the following mel to python : editRenderLayerAdjustment "For_Color_ChangeSG3.vrayColorId"; disconnectAttr test_surfaceShader6.outColor For_Color_ChangeSG3.vrayColorId; what i came up with for python is: ...

Hi friends this is a quick tutorial.I was searching for some dynamic effect such as animation of instanced objects according to the particle collision/lifespan.I have found a way to accomplish those effects very quickly with very basic expressions Here is the link to the tutorial ...

Hello, I'm fairly new to Maya Fluids and I'm working on a scene where I have two flame torches in a cave scene. The two flame torches use Maya Fluids to create the fire, one of the two torches was the original, where it has an object setted up as an emitter and a domain where it holds the fire....

I am using maya 2011 rendering with using normal pass from render Preset but normal pass is rendering with antialine.. jitter edges Anyone have this solution?

Hi all i want to create poly plane tree that always facing to the camera while camera moving how to do that?

hi allI am using maya 2011, and i am facing problem in Z depth Z depth pass is rendering properly on viewport but in batch render is coming blank with alfa if any one have this solution please share