... Figure 8. 7, in which the particles are drawn into the center of the ring.
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... choosing the second edition of Maya Secrets of the Pros. This book is part of
a new wave of Sybex graphics books, all written by outstanding authors—artists and teach-
ers who really know their ... professionals rather than just the
latest bells and whistles Maya provides (though there’s plenty of “wow” factor to each of the
chapters). So, whether you’re working...
... the
.mcc file is stored in the same
folder with the same name as the scene file. In
previous versions of Maya, the cpSolver had
an attribute that listed the path to the cache
file. Maya 6 has the ... constraint, you can assign the top of
the skirt to follow the waist of the model. But, first, let’s do some cleanup.
1. In the Outliner, expand the hierarchy of...
... highly curved
strokes. The Number of Particles and Current Time fields control the density of the stroke
coverage: the higher the values, the greater the number of strokes created. The final slider, ... look of the mixture of the comple-
mentary color and the original color using subtractive color mixing. The new hue must be
darker to create a convincing shadow...
... for
the duration of most of the shot, and stationary in the world.
3. Our first track point will be the manhole cover in the middle of the street. With the
Timeline at frame 1, select Create in the ... pipe) on the wall. (This mark will become unread-
able a few frames before the end of the sequence.)
white_glare The white glare on the right side of the bu...
... (10% of) the radius
of your scene’s size (or at least the focal point of the scene) and to set Min Radius to
10% of the Max Radius. If you leave the values at zero, mental ray calculates these ... change
the value of a color, click the color swatch that opens Maya s Color Chooser. The
value, or brightness, is controlled by the V field in the Color Chooser). Figure...
... into
$buffer[2]. To get the results of the first part of the string, or the character prefix, you want
$buffer[0]. I take the results of that and use match to strip off any numbers at the end of the
string. ... units to the left of the origin on the
X axis. Continue clicking at 8 units to
the left and then 4 units to the left, and
finally click the origin an...
... the ends of the curves easily with these
Soft Modification Handles, we can drive the rest of the dynamic curve to react with the
dancing fool’s motion.
Track the location of the three Soft Modification ... variety of objects, such as
the head of a bobble-head doll. The motion of the base of the rig forces the hair dynamics
attached to it to react to inertia...
... the lips, but
lines flow through the lips as well. These lines allow the flow of the geometry of the lips to
align with the flow of the geometry of the cheek and jaw muscles.
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Modeling the Face
Once you have a basic understanding of the flow of the geometry, you can begin the process
of building a wire cage. The...
... make
these techniques obsolete.
In the end, you the modeler, the artist—must be the one who makes the model great.
You create the subtle form of the details of the face, the overall shape of the ... 1 48
smattrUp.mel script, 1 48
Smooth Bind, 181
smoothstep function, 216
soft bodies for car antenna, 180 – 183
creating, 181 – 183
soft body dynamics, 179
soft light...