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[MAYA]Modeling/Texturing QuickTips

Just wanted to share with you guys some quick tips video that covers some modeling techniques along with some procedural workflow. Will be regularly updated. Thankshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ-…
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onionhead_o

Character Rigger/Animator

Hi,My Name Is Karim Ahmed I am A 3D Character Rigger With 10 Years Experience in Character Rigs With All of Its Types (Humanoid - Cartoon - Machines - Hybrid - Cars -Ani…
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Karim_Ahmed

Baking on a cylinder not working correctly?

Whats going on here? Shouldnt the averaged normals stop this? Or am I forgetting something.
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TannedBatman

Does the aiImage node in maya use the luminance as alpha by default?

It's in the title. Some textures with the maya image node would need to be RAW color space and alpha as luminance, Some do not need this. The aiImage node that I'd really like to start using doesn't …
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nomzod

1938 Packard Super 8 Sedan [Pics Added]

Finishing this was Phase I of a larger concept. Phase II is to turn it into a magic car, and really fuck some shit up. Think, like, the Delorean in Back to the Future III. Where you could see all the…
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nomzod

FBX importing from Maya into Zbrush but in a different position.

[{"insert":"The eyes for my character model need UVs which I do in Maya. I export the eye mesh as an FBX and import in maya. They appear in the proper location (in the eye sockets like they should be…
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Lamont

Maya Rigger and Animator

Just as it says I rig and animate in Maya. I have experience making stuff for both unreal and unity, I can also make rigs that can be used for cinematics. Facial rigging, offsets, deformations, etc. …
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MamoruK

Point normals at camera in maya?

I can control the vertext normals with 'Set vertext normal' and 'Vertext normal edit tool' but I want to specifically point the normals at a location in the world. The other options just point at the…
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BlueFlytrap

Technical Artist (Maya)

My team is a very small group of 3d animators making animated content for our youtube channel. We're in need of a technical artist that can handle the textures, hair and cloth simulation, environment…
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cmichel94

[Maya UV] Why does UV layout keep scaling smaller objects huge in my UV maps?

I'm trying to use the UV layout to set everything up but it keeps making smaller objects much bigger in the UV map. In the image you can see a small piece I point to with green is taking up most of t…
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noobsilvanelf

Adesola Mask

Hey everyone!It's been a while, but I finally finished up the Adesola mask project I've been working on. Feels good to have it all wrapped up!The process of designing the mask and experimenting with …
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Miladbahari

Changing direction of cage normals?

I heard it was possible to do this and Im wondering how, specifcally I want to bake the details of a high poly as viewed from a specific perspective, how would I go about making the normals of the ca…
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EarthQuake

Blender's future

Hello everyone, I searched over the forum to find Blender Vs Maya/max/4D but I wanted to ask your opinions on the current state of play. I teach at a college and I'd say half of my teaching revo…
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Neox

ZBRUSH UDIM WORKFLOW (IMPOTED FROM MAYA)

I have exported a model with 6 udim tiles from Maya but after sculpting in ZBrush all UV's are overlapping. How to fix it?
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pxgeek

Fire Armor Knight - Real Time

Hey!So here we are with this little knight. The idea was to make a belligerent but at the same time feminine knight. I hope you will enjoy!)More renders: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/BX9zaD
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AndreyEfimov

[WIP] Elf/Demon Character - Relearning Character Art (Critique Appreciated)

This is my first attempt at a character in almost 4 years and would really appreciate some feedback. I've spent about 2 months on this, the majority of which I spent relearning a lot of ZBrush and an…
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pxgeek

Maya doesn't utilize PC to the fullest.

Hello!I get pretty tired of Maya lagging when working with high density meshes decimated and exported from Zbrush.Here's an example:This is highpoly for baking. And whenever I select it, or if its ju…
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Alex_J

[FINISHED] Anthro Angel Bird - Character Art

Hey All! Long time no see （*゜ー゜*） Here I'll record the process of adapting this beautiful concept by @nelnalium_2 on Twitter into 3D for my portfolio. I debated a lot about what character to ada…
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BlueChaos

Suggestions on how to model

Hey world, I'm asking to see if anyone has any suggestions on how to model the underside of these mushrooms. I've thought of using Zbrush, but I don't want to model, then sculpt, then re-topo, then b…
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Jt7

May Mega Sale 30% off -- Tools/Brushes

30 % off entire storeWith Notable tools/resources like KT Modeling Toolset, Metal Damage MegaPack...https://www.artstation.com/kelvintam/storeSale till May 24thCheers!
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onionhead_o

example of using 'FBXProperties' mel command to query all properties?

[{"insert":"Hi! This feels like a really dumb question, sorry in advance, but i've not been able to figure it out.\nI'm a python user and mel noob trying to write a custom fbx export script in Maya. …
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foxagon

[PAID] Art Generalist Needed for Indie Studio Contract Work

[{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"We are PoodleShark Games! A brand-new indie studio out of Austin, Texas."}]},{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"We are looking for an Art Generalist with strong illust…
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R_poodle

How should I resolve this geometry?

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Kligan

Character Animator Looking for Paid Work

[{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"Hello!"}]},{"type":"p","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"My name is Tianna, I am a character animator I work specifically in maya although I…
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Tianna10

Camcorder - Game asset

[{"insert":"I made this camcorder for my upcoming character.\nArtstation link: www.artstation.com\/artwork\/lDDdwO\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/upl…
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EmanueleBotta

ZBrush to Substance FBX size problems

[{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"I may never know the answer to this, but I'm stubborn and can't step away from a mystery."}]},{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"I have a situation where I have a low …
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sprunghunt

3ds Max & Maya Updates to USD

[{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"Autodesk has released the 2024 line of products including 3ds Max and Maya. My role these days is pushing USD into both products and various workflows. Although USD …
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shawnolson

3D Env. Artist - 6 years experience in game development

[{"insert":"Hi everyone,\nI’m Giuseppe, nice to meet you all :D\nSpaghetti-eater searching for the next step in my career. \n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Priority: a great and cohesive te…
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Giuseppe_Quattrone

Watch - Game asset

[{"insert":"Another asset I made for my upcoming character.\nArtstation link: www.artstation.com\/artwork\/rJJzq6\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uplo…
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pixelpatron

Maya fbx export is not exporting blendshape animation.

[{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/JH3P3HZZP9VS\/blend.zip","name":"Blend.zip","type":"application\/x-zip-compressed","size":35139,"displaySize":"l…
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Alex_J

Issue with rotating tail for 3d model in Maya

[{"insert":"I've been stuck on this issue for a long time and it's been driving me crazy: I have this model of Jabba (see image 1) which I bought off of CG Trader several years back. I want the chara…
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manx30

MAYA BLACKENED MESH ERROR

[{"insert":"I've had this issue a few times now.\nI save out my project with it looking normal with no shading issues, but then when I reopen the project the meshes all have this shading\/UV error ma…
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Bulldog3dz

How to Retopologize IMM Brush from zBrush for texturing in Painter?

[{"insert":"How would you retopologize and texture this IMM rope made from zbrush to Painter? I'm planning to put it in one of my environments in UE5, thoughts?\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data…
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sprunghunt

Textures showing up black in maya (viewport and render)

[{"insert":"For reference, I exported textures from SP using the Arnold (standard surface) preset, then used the Substance to Maya plugin to import them to maya. The pants and teeth of my character a…
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Alex_J

Desert Gas Station [UE5]

[{"insert":"Hey there! Here is my new personal project Desert Gas Station: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artwork\/WBK9Vy"},"insert":"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artwork\/W…
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Fabi_G

How is Blender with Unreal (UE5) these days?

[{"insert":"I'm starting an indie project and I'm thinking about leveraging Blender in place of Maya. I'd be using it to model assets, animate characters, render concepts, and export into Unreal.\nI…
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Thomas1994

Looking for a bit of critique on my gravestone asset

[{"insert":"Hi there, \nThis year, I am really challenging myself to improve on as many of my skills as possible. Starting off, I wanted to get better at my texturing and high poly sculpting skills.…
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bipolarbear45

Looking for critiques or feedback on my 3d model

[{"insert":"Hello everyone, this is my first time posting here. I am hoping to get some feedback\/critique's on a 3d project that I plan to use in my portfolio. I recently graduated and I'm looking …
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nexussim

[full-time][on-site] Motion Capture Specialist / Technical Animator - The Netherlands

[{"insert":"Vacancy link: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.mpi.nl\/career-education\/vacancies\/vacancy\/motion-capture-specialist-technical-animator"},"insert":"https:\/\/www.mpi.nl\/career-e…
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Hupie

Half of my xgen description desapred from the outliner. Is there a way to...

[{"insert":"After finnisher my hair card texture set, I saved my scene and then closed it. but when I re openned it, half of the description shad vanished.... I HATTTEEEE this software (I had to say …
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Stensword

Rafflesia Arnoldii WIP Thread

[{"insert":"Here's an intermediate pass of a Rafflesia I've been working on. Current order of business is to break up the directional flow of the textures, adjust the lookdev setup and breakup the sm…
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Joel_Kida

Maya Key is pressed and the script is executed until the key is released???

[{"insert":"I am looking for a way to leave pressed a key assigned to a keyboard shortcut to trigger the script until the user stops pressing it, the script will continue to run until the user stops …
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dg3duy

Maya won't snap to points in a single axis?

[{"insert":"I can't get Maya to snap to a vertex point on just a single axis like the X axis.\nIt only works if I snap via the center gizmo (all axis) which is not what I want.\nI know i've always be…
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Asim7

How to unwrap a VERY HIGH-POLY ONLY model in Maya 2020? Help me please, I wanna die...

Hi, everyone! I hope you are doing well! I have an issue with my graduation project. So I decided to model a mech that is very high detailed and complex, so I modeled each piece of it separately and …
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poopipe

Inconsistent Symmetry in Maya?

[{"insert":"I'm making blend shapes on one half of a symmetrical model, and when I duplicate and flip it to the other side of the model, the flipped blend shape does not match perfectly; two to three…
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okidoki

Multiple High Poly to a Single Low Poly Baking?

Hi,I am practicing modelling/baking and I've been having this question that I cannot really find an answer.Is there any way that I can bake a single low poly from a high poly with multiple parts?I've…
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kanga

Any idea what could cause this with 3DCoat+Maya?

[{"insert":"I made the Mug in 3DCoat and used it's Shader\/Materials to texture everything.\nI exported the object and textures, imported them into maya and all metal-like textures are way too dark. …
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garciiia

Looking to Hire Maya, Substance Painter, Unreal Engine Tutor

[{"insert":"Hello, I am a game art student who is looking for a tutor. I am currently struggling in college with Maya, Unreal Engine, and Substance Painter. They really do not have tutors right now a…
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chien

Does anyone know how to fold or flip a mesh from the middle to create a Chinese roof corner in MAYA?

[{"insert":"I'm working on a Chinese roof, and the corner part stumped me. How can you make a perfect roof corner in Maya? \n\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/…
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KayHuang

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