TIMELINE: Reveal all keyframes on the layer: U Position: P Scale: S Opacity: T Rotate: R Display more than one feature: HOLD SHIFT + (feature) MARKERS AND COMMENTS: Add Markers to your Timeline: Drag cursor to a point on your timeline. PRESS SHFT + (1-9). DBL CLICK on the marker to add notes in the […]
Texturing Polygonal Surfaces Texture our model using multiple shading groups and texture maps. UV Texture Editor The UV Texture Editor is where you can see the UVs of your model. They are similar to the vertices except they live in flat 2D space. The UVs determine the coordinates of a point n a texture map. […]
… Continued Refine The Head Delete The Construction History After all the operations done so far on the model, the Construction history is starting to pile up in the Channel Box. Delete the history of the model and the entire scene. – MAIN || Edit > Delete All by Type > History Insert Edge Loop […]
Set Up Your Project For new projects you must set up a new directory to hold all your files. Set The Project -If you haven’t already created a project and aren’t using the books files then Set a new project. Make a new scene – MAIN || File > New Scene – Name it 07-Bigz_01.ma […]
Maya Architecture Defined by a node based system, known as a dependency graph. Nodes with attributes connected to them Hierarchies and Dependencies Set up your view panels to 2 Panes Side by side – STAGE || Panels > Layouts > 2 Panes Side by Side – Perspective in the first view. Hypergraph in the second. […]
So there has been alot of buzz about the new iPhone 4s. With that introduction, there have been many bugs that people have been experiencing which Apple have been trying to fix with updates. One being the power consumption and the other being the google calendar sync. So here’s what you have to do to […]
The Workspace Layouts Change your view layouts – STAGE || Panels > Layouts > (Single Pane, Two Panes, etc) View Panels Change the content of your view panel – STAGE || Panels > (Orthographic, Perspective) View Tools Tumble view in Perspective View – Tumble in perspective: ALT + LMB CLICK DRAG – You can tumble […]
LINKS: http://larainwaterharvesting.org/ Friday: November 25 This Thanksgiving I’ve decided to add another project of installing a rain barrel to my slew of unfinished projects around the house. I purchased two 55 gallon food-grade barrels at a hydroponics store in Downey on Firestone Blvd off Bellflower. They were advertised on Craigslist for $25 a piece. They […]
“I get lots of messages and have no idea who they’re from – is that what spam is?” Spam is simply unsolicited SMS or MMS messaging sent indiscriminately to your cell phone–often for commercial purposes. Spam comes from many sources–email, short codes and other wireless numbers. Since SMS email is an extension of how the […]
Preferences (Reset your interface to its default setings) Turn on all your menus. Display all your menus. – HotBox [SPACEBAR] || Hotbox Controls > Window Options > Show Main MenuBar [ON] Turn on all of the workspace options (Default Maya interface) – MAIN || Display > UI Elements > Show All UI Elements Change […]