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Dominic123
10-31-2002, 04:26 AM
I am making a tutorial of a shark with maya 4 personel learning edition. In step 1 I need to bring photos and drawings of a shark in the side and top views as references for the shape. I will try to found some. But when I will have found some I don't know how to put them in the side and top views. I don't have a scanner so I will search for photos or drawings on the internet. Then what do I need to do?
SheepFactory
10-31-2002, 07:30 AM
go to view -> camera attributes -> environment -> image planes -> create image plane ->browse for file -> bingo!

repeat for the side viewport

:thumbsup:
ZeroNeuro
10-31-2002, 07:49 AM
Rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat :D
Dominic123
10-31-2002, 07:43 PM
I have another problem with the shark tutorial. The first picture below is how I need to form the head. But I don't know exactly how. There's no detailed instruction in the tutorial to form it this way. Can you show me how exactly I can form the head that way? The second picture of the shark is what I have in maya.
Dominic123
10-31-2002, 07:49 PM
This is the second picture. I have something else to ask that is not about the shark tutorial. How can I erace all of the white in my pictures that I posted?
SheepFactory
10-31-2002, 08:39 PM
you right click on geometry select hulls and scale.

I think you should read the maya essentials manual. It'll help you understand the maya basics.


By the way i deleted you attachments , they are huge.
Dominic123
10-31-2002, 10:16 PM
How can I get rid of the white arround the pictures I posted
Dominic123
10-31-2002, 10:58 PM
I right clicked on the geomatry, selected hulls and scaled and I still can't form the head like in the tutorial. I hate manuals because they're to long and I can't find the help that I need. So if you know how to form the head that way. Can you explain it to me in details? Do you remember how it was in the picture? If I have to post it again. How can I get rid of the white arround the picture?
SheepFactory
10-31-2002, 11:28 PM
i remember the picture ,

as i said what was in the picture was simply:

a nurbs sphere scaled in the X axis , and one of the hulls grabbed and scaled down.

the manual might be boring but alas no one said 3d is fun. Bear with it.
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