Hiding the General UI Use lesson 02 file Turn off all menus/show all menus – Switch to perspective view – press and hold [SPACEBAR] over stage Click on Hotbox Controls > Window Options > (check) either (Show Main Menubar or Show Pane Menubars) Turn off all workspace options / turn on stage fullscreen – HOTBOX […]
Costume: The Garden Gnome Costume: X-men Nightcrawler Costume: Rollerdisco King Costume: Transformer Optimus Prime Pumpkin Carving: Carving Timelapse Costume: Sesame Street Yip-Yip Aliens (I’m in the blue… wife is in the red) Costume: (Wife as) Lichtenstein painting – Me: Applying the makeup on my wife Costume: Number 9
Opening a File Open your previous scene from lesson 1. – MAIN MENU || File > Open Scene or CTRL + O Find your scene – Find your Maya file. Should be located in the scenes folder. – Click the Set Project button on the open file window. Saving Files – Two Different Formats: (.ma) […]
(For the complete set of Hotkeys: Windows > Settings/Preferences > Hotkey Editor ) Main Menu Duplicate: CTRL + D Group: CTRL + G Add to selection: SHFT + CLICK Display View Poly Count, Display number of faces, vertices: MAIN || Display > Heads Up Display > Poly Count. Stage Attribute Editor Window / Channel Box […]
Creating a New Project Launch Maya Create project – FILE > Project > Set – CLICK [Use Defaults] to populate default fields – CLICK [Accept] Build the Environment Change the menu sets. – Five menu sets: Animation, Polygons, Surfaces, Dynamics – Choose [Polygons] Create a polygonal plane – Disable “Interactive Creation”. CREATE > Polygon Primitives […]
Everyone who lives on the westside remembers that little famous restaurant with it’s gothic-looking waitresses and dark candlelight setting that served the most flavorful shrimp broth your taste buds can imagine. They closed down for a couple years and reopened in mid 2011. They are now a bigger restaurant with more items on their menu.. […]
For long exposures try your camera’s ‘long exposure’ or ‘dark frame subtraction’ noise reduction. This should remove almost all noise with no reduction in quality. The downside is it will double your exposure time. Useful photography plugins for Photoshop and Lightroom Kevin Kubota’s Digital Fill Flash action, Kevin’s Smokeless Burn to lighten and darken specific […]
Melissa Jill explains how to achieve fantastic lens flare images.
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A very sweet and delicious treat that you will absolutely love! In Northern Thailand and Northeastern Thailand, sticky rice is a staple. This Thai dish takes some time to prepare… but it’s worth the wait!