Autodesk has released the trials for their 2012 crop of products; ie Max and Maya are the ones you probably care about most. They offer the free 30 day trails as you may or may not have seen before. Basic tutorials as well as all the various new features and bug fixes are listed at their respective spots below: Maya 2012 -…
@DynamoDavo Seems that the legacy Direct3D mode no longer works properly in both 2021 and 2022, anyone know if there was another method introduced recently?
Currently I'm working between 3ds max 2012 and 2012 versions at home and uni. The uni has 2010 installed so i find myself having to export 2012 files to .fbx's for backwards compatibility. This of course screws all my lighting, rigging and modifer stacks in the process. Does anyone know of a workaround that allows me to…
I gave up on it and decided to just roll with Maya/Vray 2022. There aren't any super phenomenal changes in 2023 anyways.. like, several years, and it seems they still haven't touched Xgen..
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Hey everyone! I'm finishing up my project from the November-December 2024 bi-monthly challenge and adding more details computers on the shelves, a keyboard on the desk, a screen on the monitor, and other elements to make the space feel richer and more visually engaging. I'm also planning to incorporate more story elements.…
working in windows 10 and maya 2022/2023 This is probably a stupid question but it is something that bugs me endlessly and I have not found an answer. If I copy a file from windows explorer and paste into maya, for example a filepath for a texture to use in a material, this bit is always added: file:/// for example…
I probably should have created a new thread. This one was top of search. Anyway, the last article shared in this discussion was from Jan 2022. Here is a good write up summarizing the current state of the deal, May 19th 2023.…
World VFX Day | 6th Dec 2024 | Live Stream with @WorldVFXDay Thought it might be of interest to some of you. Enjoy 😉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmsNVba85gc