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Stool-polygon texturing

This tutorial goes through in detail the UV texture mapping process in maya.

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Raytrace Shadows with Transparent Texture Files

Here is an temporary solution if you are trying to aytrace a scene that has file textures with transparency, casting shadows. Newer versions of Maya should solve this problem.

Rated: with 1455 hits  Added on: Feb 04, 2006

Expressing Emotion

This is tutorial for intermediate maya users which will teach you basics of expressing emotion on animated character.

Rated: with 3234 hits  Added on: Feb 04, 2006

Use of image sequences with alpha channel

This is a simple tutorial on how to make and use of image sequences with alpha channel in animation.

Rated: with 1971 hits  Added on: Feb 04, 2006

How to create a moving Tentacle using Procedural animation

It is very basic tutorial which shows you how to create a moving Tentacle using Procedural animation in Maya.

Rated: with 2787 hits  Added on: Feb 04, 2006

Rotating Wheels on a Car

The purpose of this tutorial is to show you how to rotate the wheels on a car so they follow the pace of the car as it move. By doing it this way, you will get a more accurate result without setting numerous keyframes. To do this, we will use the distance tool, set driven key, and infinity cycles in the graph editor.

Rated: with 6711 hits  Added on: Feb 04, 2006

Animating Facial Expressions using Blend Shape

This tutorial will take you over using blend shape for facial expressions. This is an extremely easy and effective way to enhance you animations.

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How to create a simple crowd

This tutorial teaches you how to create and animate simple crowd in Maya software. Requires CrowdMaker 0.5 (or higher) plugin.

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Rolling Ellipse Part II - Wacky Vehicle

While you have learned in the rolling ellipse tutorial how to roll an ellipse on the floor, we will now use this expression to build a funny moving vehicle. As I am no artist I won't focus on modelling issues, but on the math to make this little thingy move.

Rated: with 3956 hits  Added on: Jan 26, 2006

Rolling Ellipse Tutorial

This tutorial shows you how to roll an ellipse on the floor, using Maya expressions. Have no fear, I won't go too much into mathematical details here, but will provide you with ready to use expressions for copy and paste. If you really want to dive into the wonders of elliptical calculus, you'll find the links to sites I used to obtain the mathematical background information at the end of this tutorial. I'll assume you are familiar with basic Maya workflow (expression editing, geometry creation, etc.) and some basic math, your angular unit should be "degrees".

Rated: with 2235 hits  Added on: Jan 26, 2006

Building leg skeletons

Learn great technique of building and animating leg skeletons in maya using the detached foot method.

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Maya Arm set-up with IK/FK

This tutorial outlines a technique which is quite handy when setting up an arm in Maya software.

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Maya Introduction to 3D animation Tutorial

Welcome to the wonderful world of 3D animation! In this chapter you will read about the various steps of making an animation, you will get familiar with the general terms used, and see what possibilities there are.

Rated: with 1686 hits  Added on: Jan 26, 2006

Domino Effect

This tutorial will discuss on several issues, how to setup the geometry and how to apply passive to active key switch among dominos.

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Maya Pivot Point Basics

Understanding 3D Animation Using Maya is a self-study toolkit that will provide you with both the foundation for understanding 3D computer graphics and the specifics for learning the fundamentals of Maya: workspace, modeling, animation, shading, lighting, and rendering.

Rated: with 1367 hits  Added on: Jan 26, 2006

My First Expression

Expressions in Maya are mathematical equations. They can be used in very sophisticated ways just like in real programming. Or very simply, with amazing results.

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Attaching a Camera to a Motion Path

Learn how to attach a camera to a motion path.

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Cloth Effect

Learn how to create a cloth effect.

Rated: with 9193 hits  Added on: Oct 18, 2005

Introduction to Layered Textures

This tutorial shows you how to create layered textures.

Rated: with 4385 hits  Added on: Oct 18, 2005

HDRI for Mental Ray in Maya

Learn how to use HDRI with Mental Ray in Maya.

Rated: with 13469 hits  Added on: Oct 18, 2005