Alias/Wavefront Tutorials


Changing Frame Rate Without Changing Keyframes
After doing some work on an animation for video, you realize you had left your Units-Time preference......Learn more.

Creating comments for MEL buttons
Maya's scripting language is a very handy feature that goes with it is the ability to cut and paste a sequence of MEL commands from the script editor onto a shelf (perhaps created automatically when you did something in the interface.)

Data Visualizer Tutorial
This tutorial of Wavefront's Data Visualizer is not meant to be a full, comprehensive tutorial, but merely an aid

Learning to use SVE for Virtual Environments
This document focus on three things: the use of the Wavefront Advanced Visualizer for model creation and editing, the use of the Simple Virtual Environment (SVE) Library for programming VE applications, and the use of the hardware available in the GVU lab for immersive virtual environments.

Modeling a Head in Maya
This is one way to model a head and it's just the basic steps involved, but you'll find this little tutorial useful. Before you start You should be aware that modeling a head is a long and time demanding process.

Organic Modeling for Animation
This article was printed in the 1998 siggraph issue of 3D Design magazine, for an article Alex Alvarez wrote entitled 'Organic Modeling and Animation in Maya V.1'. With the combination of Maya?s default deformation tools and the Artisan module, organic modeling workflow has substantially improved.

Shader transparency from image file alpha channel
Very useful tips on shader transparency from image file alpha channel.

Top Ten Maya Tips and Tricks
It is not a list of incredibly complex recipes for never-before-seen effects. Instead, it is a much more humble list of fundamentals and everyday tips. Hopefully it will point out some useful, although possibly obscure, information about Maya.

Turning depth map auto focus off to improve shadow quality
If you are using depth map shadows, the map resolution is very important to the quality of the shadow.



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