XGEN on Redshift Pipeline

September 7, 2018, 3:03 am

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Posted By: jonghankim
Post Time: 09 September 2018 at 10:03 AM
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Hi Guys!
Does anybody let me know the concrete pipeline when I use Maya XGEN over redshift?
I want to cache out all fur and hair stuffs to alembic or redshift proxy for efficient rendering.

And, I am wondering if there are any solutions to make the density of fur dynamically while mesh is being animated.
Because we have an extremely exaggerating animal model.
If we make his mouth extremely bigger, the density of fur on its face should be lower enough to expose its skin.
So, I need a solution to adjust the density of fur automatically as its mesh stretches.

Thanks in advance!

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just one object in wireframe on shaded mode

September 10, 2018, 7:40 am

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Posted By: blurgh
Post Time: 09 September 2018 at 02:40 PM
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Hey everyone
I'm looking for a way to present some work. I have a scene with multiple objects. and I need one object to be displayed as wireframe on shaded and the rest just shaded normally.

Is there a little script I can do to force it just on one object? I tried trick of just selecting the object but my publishing tool automatically deselects things :(

thanks!

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Are Plugins worth it?

September 10, 2018, 3:52 pm

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Posted By: glasseyevfx
Post Time: 09 September 2018 at 10:52 PM
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So here it is - your starting a new project and in the down time you've been looking to enhance your suite of software with some groovy plugins that sport some impressive reels and slick advertising.

- Does the money you spend on the plugin warrant its value?
- Will it make the end product better?
- What plugins have you found to be invaluable?
- What plugins have become dated?

I've been looking at several plugins over the last few weeks.
Fumefx - has a hefty price tag and I'm not sure it brings much to the table (does not have a demo lic for maya 2018 yet). nParticles, Fluids and Bifrost seem to have a lot of coverage and are 'knowns' for rendering programs such as renderman, redshift.
Fracture - I think has value - the price tag is high-ish but it fills what I think is a gap in mayas poor shatter feature. The rigid dynamics in maya I've never had a problem with so its value is focused.
Shave - I think has outlived itself. Its interface and workflow is cleaner than maya but maya covers everything it does - also rendering isn't so much an issue.

Also once you have them do they play well with the other kids? Often a plugin will say it is compatible but when it comes to it you have to download a plugin and jump through hoops only to find it doesn't work with second plugin; version x.

For a freelancer and a small studio, plugins can be a godsend but its an open market and it is easy to put a new, cleaner face on processes that are already there bedded down in skewed evolution.

What are your thoughts?

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Possible to un-Bake an animation?

September 10, 2018, 7:52 pm

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Posted By: VegaO3
Post Time: 09 September 2018 at 02:52 AM
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Hello,

I'm working with some old motion capture animation (10 years old) and I've run into an issue, I brought the animation from Motionbuilder over to Maya.

I need to re-attach a visor piece to a character's helmet because the group that originally worked on the project separated it for some reason and it seems like the visor has an animation. However, the visor piece is not attached to any bones and has no keyframes on the timeline or on the animation graph, almost like it's baked? Is there any way I can un-bake the animation data from the object?

Anyone have any other ideas?

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Maya 2017 Skin weights problem

September 11, 2018, 4:40 am

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Posted By: clariceane
Post Time: 09 September 2018 at 11:40 AM
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Hello,

I'm having problem with the skin weights in maya, currently I work as a freelance rigger, the problem is whenever I forward the maya file (.ascii) to my team lead there would be some skinweights appearing in some parts of the body. For example, a weight would appear on the hips whenever the arm would move. However, everything works perfectly fine before I would forward the file. I locked the skinweights, I even checked the component editor.

Has anybody encountered this problem as well? I want to hear how you guys solved this issue.

Thanks in advance.

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