Hey guys, I'm trying to export a biped rig from Max to Maya by exporting to .fbx from Max. I want to skin the model in Maya using the bones from biped that Maya creates for me upon importing my model into it. Is there a way to do this? I tried to select all the bones and the mesh and went to skin, bind skin, and it didn't…
Question it looks like a lot of Companies are using Maya now when I first started doing CG four years ago I started in Max then I used Maya for a year and a half then I went back to Max modeling. all this was because of the schools that I went to and then graduated from after I left school this December they stated using…
It seems like someone thought it made sense to make all the maya shortcuts which use ctrl on pc use cmd on mac...it wasnt this way on mac until maya 2015 and it sucks. I go between maya on pc and maya on mac and I want to use the same shortcuts for example in uv window holding down ctrl to go between edge,vert,uv, face…
Hey everyone so I have been using maya at home and at work, however been moved to a new room and the computer I have been provided should be fine works with unreal and 3DS max 2018. However maya when animating has an issue with the rotate gizmo not working at all and all the controls moving around at random. Tried…
I took a Semester of Maya, so like always a class will to teach you things, but not what you need to know. So I know how to navigate in Maya, but now I need practical information. Got any Maya UV mapping tutorials? That you typically see that are similiar to Max? Got any Maya Skinning tutorials that show you how to apply…
Hi, I have a couple of questions about Maya workflow for UE4 that I want to ask. I blocked out my entire level in UE4 to real world measurement so it is huge. Now I want to use Maya to model/uv assets then send them to UE4. However, I find it so hard to model to real world scale in Maya. Is there any way to change the…
I wanted to share with this group a live webinar we hosted where I gave a live demo of using USD in 3ds Max, Maya, Houdini and Unreal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSgl7A7QMSs I encourage anyone interested in USD for Maya or Max to reach out to me any time. We'd love to hear from anyone, regardless of where you are in…
Hello, I've been asking around and experimenting for some time but I've yet to get any satisfactory answers or results. I'm trying to replicate the toon explosions, gunfire, and bullet impacts seen in this video in Maya and Arnold. I previously tried using alpha cards but I keep getting stuck when it comes to the animating…