Hi. I'd like to ask a question that might seem a little bit off topic but I find it quite important. How do you manage you projects ? Let consider a situation of a small 3d departa …

Here's the camera data taken from the LightStage knight's head data set (source http://gl.ict.usc.edu/Data/LightStage/) #focal length 24745.1 24731.5 #principal point 1962.85 1167 …

Maya Version 2009 (though earlier and later solutions might work) I've got a script which renders 10 smallish images using Playblast. For hundreds of animations. In Playblast usin …

I have a model that I'm trying to round edges on. And I think if the angle is less than 90 degrees, Maya's beveling tool does nothing. Is there a good rounding tool for polygons …

I'm struggling to get (or even set) the encoding used when a byte string is printed in the maya Script Editor. I have discovered that sys.stdout has been assigned to maya.Output. …

I need to create some directable lightning effects. Unfortunatly it has to be in 3d, so I cannot use afterEffects or other compositing solutions. Any ideas?

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Hello, In some shaders, I want to create a RGBA output (it is for an external renderer which doesn't support multiple outputs). So I want a compound attribute named output with 4 …

Hi all I would like to know the command in mel to be able to delete all the keyframe created by me. Thanks for the help

Hi guys, I'm trying to use maya hair to create some breaking ropes. I have 2 hairs that meet tip to tip. I have successfully managed to get the hairs to behave as one by constrain …

Can we get rid of this clutter....? After using 'remove blendshape'...blend targets are removed but are replaced with 'weight[#]' Since I a new user I'm not allowed to insert imag …

Hello, what functions do I need to implement / override in MPxSurfaceShape derived nodes to enable components to be put into sets? My desired workflow is select custom shape go i …

Greetings - I'm wondering if it is possible to use particle systems with namespaces. THe problem arises when using PP attributes that supply data to specific dynamic nodes... Wit …

What would be the fastest way to make particles to follow particles on goal. I tried expression and this works fine, but it is a bit slow with lots of particles. Normal goals work …

Hi, I'm rendering lot of point particles with 3Delight. Now I'm trying to render different passes, most of them don't work, like Z, or luminance depth. Is there any trick involved. …