Also dealing with Retopoloy in Maya, Leonardo Covarrubias has created a tool for such a task; Inspired from seeing the RetopoG set out to create his own Basic Retopology Tool for Maya, and this was the birth of lcRetopoBasic for Maya. lcRetopoBasic for Maya makes use of Maya Live Surface features to draw new topology on a model and is written in PyMel. Check out the lcRetopoBasic for Maya post and lcRetopoBasic for Maya download here.
Jason Gorman writes: This is a demonstration on how to use Autodesk Mudbox to sculpt a low resolution model from Maya (1 polygon) and save the resulting sculpture as a displacement map (at 4 subdivisions) and normal map (at 7 subdivisions) to use in Autodesk Maya. The displacement map is used to bring the single polygon to look like 256 polys and the normal map is used to bring it to the look of 16k polys.
from the tutorial description: “In this quick tip, author Abed Ibrahim will show you a great way to create a simple 3D puzzle in Maya. Although simple in approach, this valuable technique can be used in a variety of projects, ranging from very simple puzzles to extremely complex scenes, or even animations.”
Steven Roselle notes: “Have you ever needed to change a character’s face after you’ve already gone to the trouble to create the phonemes/expressions for animation? Check out this demo for tips and tricks on how to do it.”
Dennis notes: “Modelling is one of the most important tools in the 3d ansernal. It is important to be fast when you have the basic knowlegde. In this video I share some of the tips and ways that I work. I show how to use marking menues, and go into some of the tools that spares me so much time like slide egdes and average vertexs.”
Jonas Avrin notes in his tutorial: “This is for those of you interested in working with custom curves exported from Illustrator or created in Maya to make a custom logo or raised text for a reel or for work. I’m actually doing this type of thing for some extra cash and maybe I will throw a little into my demo reel at some point just to have some more professional looking animated text. Have fun, and I hope you find it useful.”
