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Introduction to Scene Assembly – Tutorial

Scene assembly is a new feature that was introduced to Maya 2013 Extension (aka 2013.5). It will allow artists to build and interact with large data sets without the burden of memory overhead. The artist will be able to quickly assemble and interact with the Maya scene in any given type of representation whether it [...]

Friday, October 12th, 2012

Installation guide for Maya 2013 on Linux Fedora 14

Thanks to Nelson Cruz for his help writing this document. Installing Nvidia Driver Download the driver from nvidia web site http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us Make note of the download location and move it to the desktop Step 1: Disabling nouveau Go to Application > System Tools > Terminal Type : Su – Enter your root password Type: gedit [...]

Friday, April 13th, 2012

Installation guide for Linux Fedora 14 – dual boot

Thanks to Nelson Cruz for his help writing this document. This document is written for Fedora 1. Please adjust accordingly. PREPARATION Download the DVD from Fedora’s website. http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/14/ Example location: http://fedora.inode.at/fedora/linux/releases/14/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-14-x86_64-DVD.iso Note: Avoid using KDE. Instead, use Gnome as a window manager with Autodesk products as it handles floating windows more effectively. Burn the .iso [...]

Friday, April 13th, 2012

Fix the Invalid use of Maya object error

Disclaimer: the following is based on my personal experience, altering Maya native scripts should be handled with care as it might break the application. Test on your own risk. In some occasions when using render layers, switching between these layers will give the following error: // Error: Invalid use of Maya object “persp”. // This [...]

Monday, June 27th, 2011

PixelCG Tutorials are now on iTunes

I’ll be placing all my HD video tutorials on iTunes. Now you can learn on the go iTunes Link 

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010