Need Help — Installaton Of Maya in MAC

Hi All

THis is pawan and Maya User, i used maya in Windows still bt now i move to MAC leopard but i dont kno installation..i downloaded Maya for MAC version and try to install but i failed i read lot of forum but dey dint help. mean i dont good knowladge of Maya Software.

so please tell me how can i install maya in MAC

and one more thing

please write in detail…..cuz i dont kno anything otherwise ill spend lot of time for searching one option hahah lolz

………
windows installation very easy

jus chand HOST ID to MY ETher ID and

Drag it to awkeygen

which on flex lm

but may is totally different OS…and nice OS..

thanks

Regards

Pawan

killing particles on specific object collision

I’d like some assistance on an expression or some MEL that will make particles die when they collide with a specific object. the particle collision event editor only lets you specify a collision number, not a collision object, and there is no constant here I can go by as the particles are colliding with many objects, multiple times.

I assume a runtime expression would work here. The words to describe it would be:

If any of the particles in particleA collide with ObjectA, set particle lifespan to 0

Study 3d in Australia

Hey guys

just wondering if anyone has any thoughts about the quality of the courses for 3d animation & VFX in Australia?

Originally going to study overseas, but that is proving to be financially impossible so I am staying home to learn.

I have applied for QANTM college, but of course the QANTM site wont be telling me the negatives of the course. I was hoping to get some feedback from some people who have actually completed a course there and what they thought of it?

Also if anyone has any other suggestions for some other courses PLEASE speak up.

I have done a search for QANTM here and no one seems to have posted anything…

Hope you can help. Thanks

3D & Live action

Hello everyone,
I am new to this community and this is my very first post.

I am filming a character walking in front of the green screen and the camera is on a dolly. but there is no tilt or pan.
And I am creating a 3D room in Maya. I have to composite both and I understand that i have to do some motion tracking (since there is a dolly movement) but I have some questions,
can I composite both 3d and Live action in After effects?
What are all the measurements I have to take while filming?
what is the work flow?
this is for my school project
I am new to motion tracking and i am very curious. I posted this in a different thread but no reply.
really appreciate a reply
Thanx

Title sequences in movies end credits

hi

I have asked myself this question for some time now. Every time i see an ending title sequence, and i don’t mean the credit blocks, but the creative stuff before, i think man this is just nicely done pure after effects work.

Now my question(finally :D); "is it now after effects? Or is it an application that I never heard before from…?"

example

http://www.imaginaryforces.com/featured/5/513

saba

Premult Halo

Hi guys,

I can’t seem to fix this halo after I premult an image. I have imported the layer from photoshop which has an alpha channel saved in it. When I erode I get a black outline which doesnt look good at all. How do I fix this?

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Digital Matte Painter required

VFX boutique would like to hear from digital matte painters with proven track record. Previous feature film work would be preferred, but not essential.
We would like to build an ongoing work relationship with the right artist for similar future jobs.
We are based in London and would prefer a local artist, although may consider working with remotely located artists.
Please send previous examples of work, day rates and phone number to kero.visuals@gmail.com

5 points tracking and cornerpin node

Hi Nukers

I remember that it is easy to do 5 points( or more) tracking in Fusion. I tried to do 5 points tracking and use cornerpin node to attachmovie in Nuke.I edit the cornerpin node but I can’t find how to change the red part. When I edit,I just can edit "from 4_1" to "from 5"; I don’t know how to change the "cornerpin 5points from 4_1" to"cornerpin 5points from 5".

How could I get my own 5 points cornerpin node to do my 5 points tracking and attachmovie? Need help!

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Dropbox Gizmo and Script Workflow

Hello everyone,

Happy Sunday 🙂 Thought I’d share a little something for those night-hawks still at the workstation.
I’ve implemented a handy little hack utilizing the fantastic service Dropbox to store and automatically sync all my gizmos and scripts across multiple machines at work and at home. It’s saved me tons of time and now I don’t know how to live without it. I’ve got this working on OSX, but I’d love to see any difference with a PC workflow.

1)
if you haven’t already, download and install dropbox . It’s a file sharing and syncing application that has one very important feature; it adds a new "Dropbox" directory to your home folder that is constantly and automatically put into sync using their servers as long as your logged into your dropbox account, and have an active connection.

2)
modify your init.py to point to anywhere inside your dropbox that you’d wish. I created a folder called "Nuke", in which I put all the usual suspects… Gizmos, Python, TCL… ect.

inity.py example

Code:

nuke.pluginAddPath('/Users/Username/Dropbox/Nuke')


3)
create a new menu.py (same as the one your used to, but place it inside the newly created "Nuke" folder inside the dropbox. Update this as your master, and move all your plugins here (see screenshot), keeping only the init.py in the hidden .nuke directory.

4)
Done!
Now, whenever you change the menu.py (in the dropbox) it will automatically sync with any nuke station that has dropbox installed, logged in, and a one-line init.py.

I’m a freelancer, and this past week I started at a new studio, I sat down at a brand-new nuke install and had all my gizmos, menus, and scripts up and running in 5 minutes (walked in with nothing but the clothes on my back)… not only that, when I created a new gizmo during the day, it was happily waiting for me, already installed when I got home… on both my machines.

Did i mention that dropbox is free, as in free beer? it also has the added benefits of keeping an additional copy on their servers, and an archiving system that will track changes for up to 2 weeks.

I think there’s limitless potential for something like this in the freelance world. I worked on a project with a couple other freelancers last month, and all I had to do was ‘share’ by nuke dropbox with them and they had instant, and synced scripts throughout the project, even though they were in a different country. At one point we were even using it to render precomps to each other (but that’s a different story 😛 )

enjoy.

Viewport Clipping problem

Hi guys,

I’ve imported a tracked camera into Fusion. Added a shape3D to it and aligned with the tracking points. Now if I view it from camera view the object isn’t vissible and the grid is vissible for a part. When I scale the object very big it gets partly vissible. How can I fix this problem?

Thanks,
Maarten