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News: Autodesk Reduces Pricing for Maya Unlimited and Announces Maya 2008 Extension 2
by Cow News Droid on Feb 18, 2008 at 4:38:34 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
(San Francisco, California--February 18, 2008) Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced reduced pricing for Autodesk Maya Unlimited 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software -- the tool of choice for designers and artists working in film, television and games. Autodesk also ...
News: Autodesk Maya Software Serves as Animation Platform for New Star Wars: The Clone Wars Animated Feature Film and TV Series
by Cow News Droid on Aug 26, 2008 at 4:01:17 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
(San Rafael, California--August 26, 2008) Lucasfilm Ltd. and Lucasfilm Animation are using Autodesk, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: ADSK) Autodesk Maya software to create the upcoming television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars , just as they did to create the feature-length animated ...
News: Autodesk Technology Helps Shape the Summer's Hottest Films
by Cow News Droid on Sep 12, 2008 at 4:42:16 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
from pre-visualization and virtual cinematography to mastering and final animation. The Happening The Third Floor, a Los Angeles-based digital studio, used Autodesk Maya 3D modeling software and Autodesk MotionBuilder character animation software to craft several of The Happening's signature moments. ...
Autodesk Maya 2008 UI Colors
by Jim Jones on Jul 22, 2008 at 9:50:23 pm
in the MAYA Forum
Thanks Alvaro, I'm now using a uxtheme dll patcher for XP SP3, and some msstyles (Visual Styles) from deviantART this way there is no extra load on memory or CPU, Seems to work great, I now have a great looking ...
Nucleo Pro 2 and Mental Ray
by Benji McDonald on Oct 8, 2008 at 7:09:46 pm
in the MAYA Forum
Hi everyone, A quick question for Nucleo Pro 2 users: Is it possible to render a Maya scene through Nucleo 2 using Mental Ray? When adding the job to the render queue it doesn't seem to work unless it is ...
Cinema 4D
Xfrog 4 for Maya 6 Xfrog 4 for Maya 6

Kino Gil, noted film effects artist and host team leader of Creative Cow's Maya forum, gives his impressions of one "the best kept secrets" in Computer Graphics Imagery. He gives an honest view of some of the strengths and weaknesses of the system and concludes that Xfrog 4 for Maya 6 ''..one of the best and most powerful 'plugins' for Maya I have found yet.''

Review
Author: Joaquin Gil

Creating Crystal Text In Maya
by quangthai nguyen on Sep 30, 2008 at 7:02:33 am
in the MAYA Forum
Can Maya creating a shading like crystal ? I want to make some Text look like crystal thank so much for any advices
how to smooth a polygon
by Matt Nielsen on Oct 7, 2008 at 3:09:39 am
in the MAYA Forum
your right mouse button on the object so it brings up the context menu. From this menu select edges. Now select the edges you want to "smooth" then depending what version of Maya you are working with you will want ...
News: Autodesk Introduces Maya Muscle Functionality for Autodesk Maya 2008
by Cow News Droid on Dec 10, 2007 at 9:44:19 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
(San Rafael, California--December 10, 2007) Autodesk, Inc. has launched Autodesk Maya 2008 Extension 1 software, which introduces Maya Muscle functionality into the 3D modeling, animation, visual effects and rendering solution. This comprehensive muscle and skin system, recently acquired from Comet ...
News: Escape Studios Expands with a New York State of Mind
by Cow News Droid on Oct 9, 2008 at 5:57:09 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
and CEO of Escape Studios. "We are delighted to be able to offer our CG expertise across America." Escape has inaugurated the online learning platform with the launch of Maya Core, a bundle of six courses that take students from ...
How to track wings in Maya
by Laura Jones on Sep 21, 2008 at 2:06:08 am
in the MAYA Forum
Hi everyone, I am a student working on a short fantasy film shot entirely on bluescreen about fairies. We built their wings in Maya and now are running into difficulties finding the right tracking information. We tried projecting the image ...
MAYA
Maya Logo part 2 Maya Logo part 2

In this Maya video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Alvaro Castaneda, we add shaders to our geometry to later light and render our final logo. This is part 2 of a 2 part series Creating a Logo in Maya.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Alvaro Castaneda

bevel plus and different fonts
by mike throck on Sep 28, 2008 at 12:47:55 am
in the MAYA Forum
I often try to create 3d text in maya and get the "error curve a isn't inside curve b" or somehinge to that effect. This happens with about half the fonts in my library and seems to be caused be ...
Maya to Jogl
by Marcus Vasques Osorio on Sep 12, 2008 at 4:21:44 pm
in the MAYA Forum
I am trying to get a maya rtg file into jogl... anyone got any ideas, I am new to all just experimeting with both? marcus
maya 2009
by jason leue on Sep 18, 2008 at 3:28:49 am
in the MAYA Forum
is maya 2009 out yet? if not when? thanks
ookie Question of the Day.
by Salima Nesbitt on Sep 18, 2008 at 10:50:59 pm
in the MAYA Forum
close together. This takes up to much time, so I import them from AI, but then I have to extrude each letter again individually. Is there a better way to deal with text in MAYA? Also is there a way ...
[Noob] Annoying bar, every time I start Maya.
by Wes Kraaij on Sep 1, 2008 at 8:51:06 am
in the MAYA Forum
First, my english is poor, 'cause I'm dutch.. My Problem: Everytime when I start Maya, this grey annoying bar appears. I'ts the same grey as the background, so it look likes a bar.. I already have installed Maya on many ...
MAYA
Learning Maya 6: Book Suite Learning Maya 6: Book Suite

Joaquin Kino Gil, noted film effects artist and host team leader of Creative Cow's Maya forum, reviews Learning Maya 6: Book Suite, by Alias Inc. [formerly Alias|Wavefront].

Review
Author: Joaquin Gil

scrubbing not activated
by Dan Stiglmayer on Sep 23, 2008 at 8:18:30 am
in the MAYA Forum
settings and preferences window but found no such thing. FYI, i am using the MMB and either the Ctrl. or alt button which i believed to be the way to do this. Im also using Maya 6 just in case ...
News: National Geographic Taps BIGSMACKtv For World’s Toughest Fixes [WTF]
by Cow News Droid on Oct 7, 2008 at 4:48:42 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
rolling dust and many custom models. Shot entirely on a greenscreen stage, fabricated camera moves added to the large-scale feel of the spot. All of the 3d work was done in Maya with the final composite completed in Shake.” says ...
Duplicating Geometry Cached Objects with Trax Editing
by George Webster on Sep 15, 2008 at 1:43:43 am
in the MAYA Forum
has no animation at all, no nodes in the HGraph or cache ref. I tried duplicating the original's nodes in the Hgraph but it plays back a warped mesh. I'm reletively new to maya (max convert) and these obscure nuances ...
News: Autodesk Technology Helps Unwrap Dozens of Holiday Blockbusters
by Cow News Droid on Dec 20, 2007 at 7:03:12 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
Lust Caution, In the Valley of Elah, The Seeker: The Dark is Rising, Across the Universe, The Brave One and Good Luck Chuck . London-based Framestore CFC used Autodesk Maya 3D modeling, animation and rendering software and the Autodesk Inferno ...
News: Escape Studios Launches New Online Learning Tool
by Cow News Droid on Oct 3, 2008 at 4:32:08 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
Maya Training with World-class Staff and Customizable Coursework (New York--October 3, 2008) Students now have access to world-class training in Autodesk Maya at the click of a mouse, with the launch of Escape Studios' revolutionary computer graphics (CG) online learning ...
Adobe After Effects basics
Pullback from Earth to Outer Space Pullback from Earth to Outer Space

Professional motion graphics artist, Greg Neumayer, shares his experience creating the zoom out from earth to outer space effect using Maya and After Effects. Greg walks you through how he solved the transition problems associated with this large scale effect where realism can be very difficult to achieve.

Tutorial
Author: Greg Neumayer

MAYA
Maya Logo part 1 Maya Logo part 1

In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW contributor Alvaro Castaneda, we begin by tracing the logo in a vector app, then use that to start building the logo, using Maya to bring it to life. This is part 1 of a 2 part series Creating a Logo in Maya.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Alvaro Castaneda

MAYA
Erwin Santacruz Reviews: Maya 4: Fundamentals Erwin Santacruz Reviews: Maya 4: Fundamentals

CreativeCOW leader, Erwin Santacruz examines a new book by New Riders called Maya 4: Fundamentals by Jim Lammers and Lee Gooding.

Review
Author: Erwin Santacruz

MAYA
Maya 4.5 Fundamentals Maya 4.5 Fundamentals

Always looking for good reference materials, Creativecow leader, Chad Briggs takes a look at Maya 4.5 Fundamentals by Jim Lammers with Lee Gooding published by New Riders Publishers. Read why Chad gives this book 4 1/2 COWs.

Review
Author: Chad Briggs

MAYA
Sean Fennell examines Maya 4.5 Savvy Sean Fennell examines Maya 4.5 Savvy

Maya COW leader, Sean Fennell examines Maya 4.5 Savvy by John Kundert-Gibbs, Peter Lee, John L. Kundert-Gibbs and published by Sybex Books. Sean concludes with, '' Maya 4.5 Savvy will aid beginner through intermediate artist work more comfortably in Maya 4.5.''

Review
Author: Sean Fennell

MAYA
Learning Maya 5: MEL Fundamentals Learning Maya 5: MEL Fundamentals

Joaquin Kino Gil, noted film effects artist and host team leader of Creative Cow's Maya and Film FX forums, reviews Learning Maya 5: MEL Fundamentals, by Alias [formerly Alias|Wavefront].

Review
Author: Joaquin Gil

MAYA
Learning Maya 7 Book Bundle Learning Maya 7 Book Bundle

CreativeCOW leader John David Hutton takes a thorough look at the Learning Maya 7 Book Bundle and concludes with ''...I give this 3 book bundle a solid 5 cows for a clean, organized, thoughtful layout and instruction set. They contain an awe-inspiring bundle of textures and materials, programs, videos and tutorials. You won't want to miss them.''

Review
Author: John David Hutton


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