Tutorial “Painting Blend Weights”
In this tutorial, I demonstrate how to create an assortment of blendshapes using a small number of shapes and weight painting to distinguish between mesh parts 15min
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UVing a Hand with Maya (Part 2)
This video looks at how to use the new (to maya 2009) UV unwrap tools in Maya to cut apart a hand by UV edges. Perfect for very fast organic UV unwraps is the smooth UV tool, also demonstrated.
3D Character Rigging – The Leg:Intro & Joints (Part 1-6)
In these tutorials we look at how to rig a character from scratch, and we do it proper.
Head Modelling (Part 4: Nose)
This tutorial diggs deep into the unknown land of head modelling.
Active Key Frame Tutorial By Aziz Khan
Hello every buddy, in this tutorial I will show you the most important part of (Active Rigid Body) and (Passive Rigid Body) called (Set Active Key) and ?(Set Passive Key) these 2 options some time very necessary to work with, allot of people asked me to help them or to write a tutorial about (Active […]
How create a simple crowd
INTRODUCTION To execute this tutorial you must download and install CrowdMaker 0.5 (or higher). You can download the file at this link: web.tiscali.it/maya_tutorial . The “CrowdMaker 0.5.rar” contains some scripts, a text file with an installation guide and sample scenes. On the next pages you can see the procedure to create a scene and the […]
3D Character Rigging – The Spine: Constraining(Part 3-4)
In this tutorial we look at how to setup the spine for a character.
Maya Modeling Basics: NURBS Bishop, pt. 5
In the final video of the series, Andrew Klein (www.andrewklein.net) examines how to intersect surfaces and how to use the trim tool to cut out the notch of the bishop’s “hat”.
Making Of ‘Ganesha – God Of Wisdom’
In this tutorial Hemant Dangare shows us how he was making “ Ganesha” , the god with the face of an elephant.
Modeling Meat Grinder in Maya
Introduction In this tutorial I will explane you how to make meat grinder. Step 1 First make the Polygon Cylinder. Step 2 Reduce Subdivision Axes from 20 to 10. Step 3 Rotate and Scale. Step 4 By holding shift on keyboard use “Cut Faces Toll” like on picture. Step 5 Buttom face extrude. Step 6 […]
Maya: Basic Polygon Editing Tools
This video looks at several polygon editing tools in Maya
Maya Modeling Basics:Toy (Part 2)
Part 2 of 6, this video from Andrew Klein covers editing NURBS geomenty using control verticies, detaching surfaces along isoparms, and creating a mirrored Instance using Duplicate Special.
3D Character Rigging- The Hand ( Part 2/3)
In this tutorial we look into have to make the hand. We will be making: – The controllers – Custom Attributes – +/- Average Node This is a part of a tutorial series. See all the tutorials at: http://poly-face.com/tutorials.php
3D Character Rigging – The Leg: IK Handles (Part 2-6)
In these tutorials we look at how to rig a character from scratch, and we do it proper.
UVing a Hand with Maya (Part 1)
This video looks at how to use UV unwrap tools in Maya to cut apart a hand by UV edges.
VIDEO TUTORIAL: Photorealistic Anisotropy with mental ray for Maya
In this video, from “Introduction to the Hypershade in Maya 2009”, learn how to properly use the anisotropic features of the mental ray architectural material. By taking full advantage of this powerful feature, you can create incredibly realistic metallic surfaces that can mimic rough, brushed metals commonly seen across many real world objects. Download video […]
Maya Cloth tutorial
In this tutorial we will learn how to simulate Maya cloth effect with uniform field to react the forces. dynamics are widely use in Maya before going to start this tutorial you should have basic knowledge of Maya i am using Maya version 7.0 you can use any version regardless. Lets start open Maya or […]
Making Of “Close up portaits”
In This “Making OF” article I wil try to explain the techniques that I used to create this image.
Texturing a Head Using Photoshop CS4’s 3d tools (Part 1)
This video from 3d artist and educator Andrew Klein, shows the viewer how to import a 3d model into Photoshop CS4 from Maya 2009
Maya Modeling Basics: Chair Part 2
This video from Andrew Klein (www.andrewklein.net) covers duplicating using the duplicate special command, freezing and reseting transformations, and creating the slats for the seat of the chair.
Modeling a Tractor Tire in Maya – Lattices and Bend Deformers
In this tutorial we’ll model a Tractor Tire by first laying out some guide curves and then creating a tillable pattern and using lattices and a bend deformer to create the final shape.