Maya 2016.5 - Spotlight fog effect doesn´t work with mental ray, why?
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: RoccoFx Post Time: 05-01-2017 at 12:27 AM Text: If i render spot light effecs "light fog" with maya software it renders perfectly, but if i change to mental...
View ArticleAre there any disadvantages to using pymel versions of maya.cmds and maya.mel?
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: DizzyD Post Time: 05-01-2017 at 01:02 AM Text: I am pretty new to scripting in Maya and I basically want to write some scripts to automate some repetitive tasks I find...
View ArticleIK/morphing just doesn't want to work.
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: JugheadJ Post Time: 04-30-2017 at 06:09 PM Text: So, I'm trying to rig something, and the IK i put on the bones, then smooth bound to the object doesn't seem to morph...
View Articlescript to automate a run time before dynamics expression
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: KAJSafrica Post Time: 05-01-2017 at 08:11 AM Text: so basically i exported particles from Houdini to Maya using Houdini engine plugin. then i cached out the particles in...
View ArticleFinding and selecting fliiped (red-colored) UVs
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: salik89 Post Time: 05-01-2017 at 07:25 PM Text: I have several models in my scene that contains flipped uvs (those colored in red when opening in UV editor) and each...
View ArticleRealtime displacement in Maya viewport
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: ranjith17 Post Time: 05-02-2017 at 05:32 AM Text: I'm trying to get disp maps to display in maya viewport like in real time not when i render so i can use it for...
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Back to basics. This can't be!
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: 2xbo Post Time: 05-03-2017 at 01:39 AM Text: Hi guys! I have a lot of problems to set up the align tool how I like it and where I like it. Do you have any Idea how to...
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Orient constrain problem.
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: 2xbo Post Time: 05-03-2017 at 01:45 AM Text: Hi guys! After trying to lock the align tool for any peace of part I wanted to add a follicle for every single object. The...
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Multiverse | Studio with Alembic, USD and MaterialX. Pushing the limits of Maya
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: pbd Post Time: 05-03-2017 at 01:14 AM Text: Hello there, looong time no post in this Maya community! We just released a trial of Multiverse | Studio (v4) with Alembic,...
View ArticleMaya 2016.5 - Glow causes animated noise dots, why?
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: RoccoFx Post Time: 05-03-2017 at 06:13 AM Text: I rendered an scene with mental ray without transforms (raw) for post at Nuke, this Maya scene has lots of shadows and...
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Lights turned into empty group nodes
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: cemreesen Post Time: 05-03-2017 at 09:14 AM Text: Hey guys, Somehow my lights turned into empty group nodes, I was wondering if anyone has any idea what might have been...
View ArticleMaya joints grey in paint skin weight
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: Quinux Post Time: 05-03-2017 at 10:09 AM Text: Please!! Sometimes, like now, when I get into paint skin weight, my joints or bones are grey and I dont know what joint...
View ArticleEyes out of the sockets
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: farenhai Post Time: 05-03-2017 at 12:42 PM Text: Eyes out of the sockets Hello! I have succesfully made my IK rig and everything seems to be working OK. However the eyes...
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How do i make this kind of hair ?
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: nier008 Post Time: 05-03-2017 at 11:59 PM Text: Hey guys ! I'm planing to make a video game with cell shading graphics. I made some research about some technique and...
View ArticleMaya 2017 bug - No light radius at ray trace shadows - image attached
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: Bloops Post Time: 05-04-2017 at 08:51 PM Text: I tried to smooth ray trace shadows at maya 2017´s area lights, just to find out that maya 2017 doesnt have light radius,...
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Lambert - Arnold vs. Maxwell
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: mverta Post Time: 05-04-2017 at 10:43 PM Text: New to Arnold - the shader is 0 roughness diffuse only, which the manual says is Lambertian. Both scenes lit by a single...
View ArticleMaya 2016.5 - How to make glow without glow shaders and flickering?
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: RoccoFx Post Time: 05-05-2017 at 04:00 AM Text: I cant add glow to my animation scene, wich is rendered with mental ray because of a problem called "flickering",...
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Batch Render with Arnold Mix Shaders problem
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: duveil Post Time: 05-05-2017 at 03:48 PM Text: Hi I have been testing arnold 5 and I get an error when I use the mix shader. I put simple checker .Everything looks ok at...
View Article[MEL] Reference node is not associated with a reference file.
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: Juzwa Post Time: 05-05-2017 at 03:58 PM Text: Hi, So I get a lot of errors like that. And Im not sure what to do with that when scripting. Reference node is not...
View ArticleBeginner Here, how to UV Map a full body properly
Forum: Autodesk Maya Posted By: hyperwavedrifter Post Time: 05-04-2017 at 12:25 PM Text: I have modeled a full character. Now I'm trying to unwrap starting from the arms, but in the UV editor the whole...
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