Forum: Maya

Hi all! Have someone here bought any of the Gnomon or SimplyMaya DVD's? Can you recommand a DVD? Modeling, Texture, Lightning etc. It's the same if it's Maya, 3D Studio Max or XSI that's used. I will be able to translate what's been done.

where can i get maya??? and how much shuld i pay for it? i allready have animation master from hash but if maya is better show me the way :)

I am doing an animation in Maya. I need to hang some shirts and pants in a closet. What is the easiest way to model clothes that are just going to hang on a hanger. I tried using soft bodies but it just didnt look right. Any ideas?

Hello i was wondering if anyone could suggest a site with tutorials for Maya i think one thing i would like to learn is how to make a face and also how to use and create particles like explosions so any tutorial like that would be great...! Also any other kind of tutorial would be nice. Tanks

Hi, I need to animate the Royal Albert Hall, brick by brick! The bricks/windows etc can just appear i.e I can just keyframe the visibilty, however I would like it to be in sequence so its going to be alot of work if I have to key the whole building. My solution is to have an object (i.e a...

Hi all !!! this is my first post to VFXtalk.com And i am young boy but i like VFX and film... I work for 4 year´s in After effects and now i want to start with 3D - MAYA. I dont know how start ... Can enywhone tell me how make good start in learning ? THX for your´s answer and sorry for my...

Hello, I went to a school to learn 3d animation and I did. but I have a big interest in dynamics and mel scripting. I want to do a new reel with the main focus in water splash, fire, dust, cloth and hair. I didn't learn any dynamics in my school, for that reason I need to do it by myself. ...

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone has figured out exactly how to compensate for non-square pixel aspect ratios (for broadcast output) during the modelling process. (ie: realtime openGL viewport - which I assume does not compensate). I use a screen resolution of 1280x 960 (4:3) rather than...

Hi guys, I'm doing some initial research for an upcoming project where I will be doing allot of work with jet propulsion and reentry objects into the earths atmosphere. I don't have much experience with dynamics so wanting to get as much work in now before I start the project in a few months. I...

Hay guys :cheers: I am working as modeler organic and inorganic and specialising in facial expression and lyp sync ,I use morph target for lip sync and fascial ;I would like to know any one who is intrested in this section and able to share idea. Now i am able to create the real skin...

Hi There i really need some help with creating a thin rope or string. The project I'm working on contains two ropes. the first one needs to be flexible as it needs to go through loops almost like a shoelace does. the second rope will act like a handle tied to a loop, with knots on either...

How do I set up multipass rendering for MentalRay in Maya? Thanks!

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Hai, I need to create a cloth, which travels and forms a ring in the end. The cloth movement should be like a Satin cloth movement. Please click here http://www.prashanthvfx.com/my/Satin.jpg for a reference of Satin cloth. I am using Maya. Can anybody give me some ideas how to achieve this...

Hi Everyone, Does anyone have a good work-around for exporting a Maya cam into C4D? I can get one in using the FBX format, but the scale is way off and the geometry isn't seen in the camera. I am going to try and render out a pass and track it with Boujou to see if I can get a better camera......

does anyone know how or if you can do a refraction pass out of maya to do refraction in shake for instance...i have a macro that caculates lens refaction in a displaceX node, but I used it to fake it so I was wondering if there is a way to render out a pass that encodes refraction vector...

To start with, all of Maya's settings are at "Default". For some odd reason when I make a motion to create a marque selection with for example the move tool, I cannot see the marque box being drawn. The same holds true for the lasso tool and the marker in the timeline. I've tried adjusting the...

Here are some cool Gnomon training links: Image Planes for Head Modeling in Maya This free video tutorial, by Gnomon founder Alex Alvarez, covers tweaking default settings in Maya to get them to align correctly and not interfere with geometry views when importing orthographic image planes....

Hi, I thought i would open this forum with a request for cool Maya links! If you have any, please add them to this thread! I can start off with the 'new' Maya homepage: http://www.alias.com/maya Thanks,