http://area.autodesk.com/forum/ The Area en Copyright 2012 2012-05-21T03:10:10+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/cant-undo-after-painting-strokes/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/cant-undo-after-painting-strokes/page-last/#When:09:55:25Z I'm relatively new to texturing since I've mostly been using Maya for modeling. I assigned a texture to an object fine and I am able to paint strokes on it. However, when ever I want to undo a stroke, it doesn't undo it and the only way I know of undoing it is by erasing it. Is there any thing I can do to undo whatever strokes I make? Thank you. 2012-05-19T09:55:25+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/help-with-transparent-image/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/help-with-transparent-image/page-last/#When:09:05:22Z Hi friends i'm trying to use a png img in maya 2012 its a " biohazard symbol " so a just created a simple box but when i " apply " everything is transparent including my box Oo maybe this img can help u understand [img]http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg138/scaled.php?server=138&filename=10760604.png&res=landing[/img] and I wanted to do something like this [img]http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/65904/65904,1157240935,1/stock-photo-biohazard-barrels-1782548.jpg[/img] any help? :( 2012-05-15T09:05:22+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/link-shader-color-to-object-transforms/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/link-shader-color-to-object-transforms/page-last/#When:20:34:59Z Hello everyone; I have a rather odd problem, in that I'd like to be able to link a polygon object's rotation attribute to drive the color attribute of a shader. Specifically, When the arrow's Rotate X = 0, the object should be green. When Rotate X = 180, it should be red. Any amount in between would be a blend of the two colors. I'm thinking possibly a setRange node to remap channels, but I'm not really sure how to link all of this up. Any suggestions? Thanks ahead of time! 2012-05-10T20:34:59+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/miamaterial-node-based-presets/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/miamaterial-node-based-presets/page-last/#When:08:35:16Z I learned Maya after already using 3ds Max for some time. I was very disappointed in Maya's lack of presets for the mia materials. I have not yet seen anything available that creates texture nodes etc... for the presets on the fly. Is there something like this? In the meantime, I have made some scripts that do just this. If you create an "mia_material_x" or "mia_material_x_passes" you can select one of these new presets from the "Presets" menu within the material and it will create texture nodes and utility nodes where necessary for the particular preset you choose. Changing to another preset will wipe clean the existing one and replace with new nodes for the new preset. You can download it at: http://www.vraphix.com/mel-scripts.html I think this is pretty cool and I'd love to get your feedback. 2012-05-10T08:35:16+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/swimming-3d-procedural-textures/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/swimming-3d-procedural-textures/page-last/#When:08:16:47Z I've been working on a scene in Maya 2009 with strictly procedural textures applied to an animated object and after exhaustive trial and error and research on the subject I cannot keep the textures from swimming. I've tried the reference object mode, and while that stops the swimming pretty well, they're appears pops in the textures. I've also tried parenting the 3D texture matrix to object parts, but it still swims. I'd like to avoid converting the textures into 2D file textures as it compromises the look I'm trying to achieve that the 3D ones allows. Any ideas out there would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. 2012-05-08T08:16:47+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/how-do-i-make-water/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/how-do-i-make-water/page-last/#When:21:00:04Z anyone know some easy settings to get nice watter in Maya fluids??? I am in a rush so sorry about my abruptness but please post :) thank you. 2012-05-07T21:00:04+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/basic-blur-node/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/basic-blur-node/page-last/#When:15:27:50Z I am hoping to find a way to simply blur my texture. I have been searching as much as I can. I understand that nodes like Checker and Grid can be blurred by adjusting the Filter Offset, but obviously this doesn't work the same on other nodes. How can I stay procedural and simply blur the outColor of a 2DFluid node for example. I do NOT want to convert to texture (create an external file) and then blur it via the file node. BTW - I am not using Mental Ray either. Anyone?? 2012-05-03T15:27:50+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/swampy-/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/swampy-/page-last/#When:04:52:36Z hey hey guys, i am just in the middle of creating a swamp scene in maya and was wondering how i would make the water surface. i have tried the ocean examples and spent hours moving sliders but it all still looks to much like an "ocean" .. swamp water is calmer .. i also have tried putting wake emitters on the tree trunks that go into the water to "seat" them into the water surface but it looks rubbish. i thought about using a high rez flat plane with a dielectric Material but i am not sure how to get a nice suface texture.. anyone done this kind of thing? cheers 2012-04-22T04:52:36+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/jsmultilayers-passes/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/jsmultilayers-passes/page-last/#When:14:46:39Z Hi...Guys.. I have a issue using JS_MultiLayers I used JS_MultiLayers and contribution map. When I render it, shader doesn't render. it looks just black. And Script editor shows error messages. I like my result using JS_MultiLayers, I don't wanna change shaders if it's possible. Someone know how can I fix it or using the other way for example using Nuke.... Help me plz.. 2012-04-17T14:46:39+02:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/distance-based-on-point-in-space-shader-not-working/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-maya/materials/distance-based-on-point-in-space-shader-not-working/page-last/#When:08:13:04Z I want to use the position of a locator to drive a ramp and create a radial/circular fall off so whats close to the locator is white, and based on a certain distance that I specify in the setRange node, the shader falls off to black. Here is what I did: a) I have a locator world matrix connected to a lightInfo node world matrix. b) I take the sample distance from the lightInfo node and plug it to a setRange node and feed that into the color of a lambert (for testing) which is assigned to a plane. I render and it works! What does not work is when I am using mentalRay and I move the locator position, the fall off shading stays at 0,0,0 world space. The locator position works in Maya Software render but not in mentalRay. Can someone explain to me why mentalRay does not render this correctly? Is it not evaluating the lightInfo node? Autodesk, help! 2012-04-17T08:13:04+02:00