Can anyone tell me how to set a material to additive transparency in Maya? I want to create a muzzle flash using a texture that has no alpha channel - just a white/yellow/red/black flame gradient. The black part of the material should render as transparent and the other colors should add to the colors behind them, just…
hi there, im trying to apply fur in maya using xgen but i get the following error (Cannot add the following items to the set since the set has restrictions on membership : groom_description4Shape) i get the error whenever i create a new XGen description using groomable splines (use for short hair, fur,grass etc) any ideas?…
I'm sure this has been asked a hundred times before but did we ever figure out how to make a shader render additive in maya like a game engine would. Thus far I've been doing it in post, hie render out your glow sprites and set that layer to additive in the composite. Anyone figured out how to do this directly in the…
Hi guys, I took the liberty to make a tutorial on how to write an autorig in Maya using Python. If you are into scripting or want to learn it this video might be something for you. http://blaabjergb.com/scripting/ https://vimeo.com/136596472 I am working on more tutorials, so stay tuned, I will updage my homepage with the…
So this is more of a question in regards to finding a faster workflow. So I'm wondering if there is a script or plugin out there that creates geometry in maya like Zsketching in zbrush. (I have seen a plugin for max that kinda does it) No big deal if there is nothing of this sort. But my random googeling has yet to yield…
so does anyone know a good place to hangout with some people working with maya/zbrush? Im one of very few (3) people in my uni group trying to focus on 3D Environmet Art. I just want to chat about the day's weather, my work, your work, that fish there. or anything you want, with great artists! I need FRIENDS!
In maya the envelope tool just does a simple push on the mesh and you get tons of overlap happening in the fingers and between the legs etc. Is there any scripts that add constraints to the cage tool so that it doesn't overlap things? Going through and tweaking verts between fingers is very frustrating, or is there any…
When I try to use the script, i have an error: # Error: line 1: NameError: file <maya console> line 1: name '__main__' is not defined #. Script is in the attachments. Who can help with this?
Short animation time lapse project i've finished in Maya. I felt that it could of been longer but I was happy with the results. Let me know what you think! https://youtu.be/zw4ry0ycpyY
Having a strange problem, and it might just be a setting. When I delete an edge in maya my mesh is not changing with the deletion. The quads are actually still acting like the edge is still there. Anyone know why?