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This tutorial will outline the basic steps to use this technique within Maya, and was written by Fernando Catta-Preta of Trace Digital Animation, Inc. ( www.traceholo.com) How to create a realistic looking eyeball Irina Carriger Breath Vapor Simulation Dariush Derakhshani Animator, Sight Effects, www.digitallab.com More and more, cold weather scenes are being shot in mild climates, or in enclosed studios for budgetary, temporal and comfort reasons. Since the climate on these shoots is not cold, we lose the little natural nuances of reality. Therefore, it becomes incumbent on the special effects department to add these little nuances to add to the scene’s overall believability. Making of a Dragon Mesh in Maya 3.0 Hi. My name is Craig Daughtrey, and this is my attempt at making a Dragon. The mesh is made up of many pieces, and it is possible to see seams if you look for them. My main interest was in animating a dragon, but since nobody offered to give me a fully textured, setup model, I had to make one. 3dude@sympatico.ca www3.sympatico.ca/sdaughtrey/ Modeling a Mechanical hand in Maya 3.0 Craig Daughtrey covers modeling a mechanical hand using basic poly primitives and poly tools. He uses a nurbs torus with the history left on to give the illusion of cable on the fingers, and aimConstraints to make a piston. He also uses a distanceDimension measure tool to drive the scale on the shoulder piston. 3dude@sympatico.ca www3.sympatico.ca/sdaughtrey/ How to create a moving Tentacle using Procedural animation written by Mark Hunter This is a tutorial on making a Matrix style Animating Tentacle, using Procedural Animation! dudernap@hotmail.com Modeling a Head with Subdivision Emulation in Maya Complete In this tutorial, I will explore the process of modeling a 3D character head through the use of subdivision emulation in Maya 3.0 Complete. by Jason Baskin Texturing a Head with Subdivision Emulation in Maya Complete The following is intended to supplement a tutorial I published previously entitled "Modeling a Head with Subdivision Emulation. by Jason Baskin Modeling Basics: Learn how to move your objects - Video Tutorial Basics: Learn all about the shelf - Video Tutorial Basics: Use the Revolve & Paint FX Tools - Video Tutorial Bone Setup for a Dragon Chord attached on both ends Completing the Human Figure Create a pumpkin face Creating Clothing Wrinkles in Maya using BlendShape Deformers create mechanical stairs Creating a cord attached to something on each end Creating Softbodies in CHARACTER ANIMATION Faked Polygonal Metaballs, Objects, polygonal, MetaBalls, Objects Female Modeling Fur Tips Head Surfacing How to build a spiral staircase How to Build a Polygonal Gear How to Create 3D Text from Vector Art How to model an o2 How to model a FLEXO with MAYA How to split a polyset into individual polys How to Use Animated Sweep and Snapshot How to Use NURBS Booleans How to Use skeletonWorks How to Create Square Surfaces Maya Fundementals - 30 Page PDF from A|W Maya Subdivision Surfaces Make text out of polygons Model a Chicken Model a Flexo Model an Alien Head Modeling a Bottle Modeling a Comic Bird Modeling a Head with Subdivision Emulation in Maya Modeling a human Figure (pt1) Modeling a human Figure (pt2) Modeling a human Head in Maya Modeling a Shampoo Bottle Modeling a Ship in Alias|Wavefront's Maya 2.0 Modeling an Asteroid With SOFT-BODY DYNAMICS Modeling a Polygon head Modeling a Nurbs head Modelling an SGI O2 chassis. NURBS Head Modeling Organic Modeling and Animation Organic Modeling Part 1 Organic Modeling Part 2 Organic Modeling Part 3 PointOnSurfaceInfo node trick Putting a label on a bottle Star Wars walker Tesselation The Structure of the Head and Features Using Wrap deformers, Blendshapes and SubD's to control joint deformations Animation Arm set-up with IK/FK Bone Setup for a Dragon Building Leg Skeletons in Maya Using the Detached Foot Method Character Animation - 20 Page PDF from A|W Character Rigging 54 Page PDF Changing frame rate without changing keyframes Cigarette Smokin’ Babies dreamLipSync Mel Script Tutorial Expressions - An introduction to the basics of using expressions in Maya. Expressing emotion through facial animation Expressing Emotion Facial Animation Expressing Emotion Flying baloon Using soft body dynamics in Maya to animate a flying baloon with a string attached to it. Get a Grip Arm Set-Up in Maya How to animate an accurate clock How to Animate a Chain Link How to animate a Gelatin cube How to animate a melting object How to Animate a Rolling Cube How to Animate the Aiming of a Spotlight How to animate an extrusion How to animate camera cuts How To Animate a Polygonal Tree with Maya How to Animate Texture Files How to Create a Newton's Pendulum How to Create a Waving Flag How to Pick up an object How to Blend Facial Poses How to build and animate an iris How to Animate with Flow (Object) How to Animate with Flow (Curve) HUMAN INDIRECT SKINNING WITH FREE-FORM DEFORMERS IN MAYA 2.5 Making an advanced leg skeleton Non-Linear Animation in Production (Case Study/Discussion) Skiing Cycle with DreamLab Database Turn auto exposure off for glows in animations Walk Cycle Walk with an expression Fx & Dynamics Candle Flame Colliding Softies with Rigids distanceBetween node Maya Expressions 2: The hidden distanceBetween node - and the more common clamp function - are explained using a simple example: making two spheres glow as they approach each other. Emit Geometry from a Point Emitter How to animate a polygonal tree with particle system How to use Particles to Drive Rigid Bodies How To Create an Exploding Fireball How to create an inflating balloon How to Create Footprints Maya for Games - 32 page PDF from A|W Particle Emission when Objects Collide Particle runtime rules, dynamics oversamples, and hardware motion blur Paint Effects: Brush Restore Tips Paint Effects: Brush Restore Tips (French Version) The Smoking Maya Tutorial Turn auto exposure off for glows in animations. Using Particle Speed Volume filled Uniformly with Particles Textures and Shaders Abstract Painting with Maya 2D Textures Bug Surfacing Camera/Light texture projection Dealing with Surface Parameterization How to Combine Bump and Displacement Maps How to Create a Ghost Shader How to Create a Realistic Sky with EnvSky How to Make a Cartoon Shader How to Make a Double-Sided Shader How to Make Natural Clouds How to share texture nodes Making Metallic Shaders Maya Fur FAQ Putting a label on a bottle Shader transparency from image file alpha channel Texture Resolution Texturing A Head Modeled with Subdivision Emulation Using the Hypershade Water Ripple Lighting and Rendering Controlling Fog Density IPR Rendering 24 - 24 page PDF from A|W How to Create a Ball Env Reflection Map How to create a soft spotlight How to Create a Light GOBO with Barn Doors How to create realistic glass How to Create Realistic Shadows with EnvSky How to Set up Reflections and Refractions How-to Set Up Depth of Field How to Use Center of Interest with Depth of Field Light Linking in Heavy Scenes Rendering in Passes and Layers Shader Glow Tips Simple Fog Slide projector Spotlight Fog Technical Overview on Aliasing Atrifacts Technical Overview of Maya Software Rendering Transparency Shadows Turning depth map auto focus off to improve shadow quality. MEL Introduction to MEL Scripting How to use 'relocateTexturesWin' Creating comments for MEL buttons Customize the Interface using MEL Getting started with MEL How to use attrCollection.mel Script How to use an Assistant Online MEL Script How to Use bevelCaps.mel Script Hot to use QTVR.mel Script MEL Scripting PLUGINS & MISC AliasWavefront PowerAnimator Bible Camera Projection a great way for integrating 3D with live action Display resolution or film gate? (What defines the edge of frame) EZTools Tutorial How to Create a Tree using PaintFX How to Comb Maya Fur How to show a node buried in the hypergraph How to Use Caustics Plugin for Maya 3 Maya Fur FAQ Maya Reference Guide 4.0 Power Animator Bible Rhondas Top 10 Maya Tips Top 10 Maya tips and tricks Understanding Continuity