Opening a newer version Maya file in an older version of Maya

Posted by on Jan 9, 2013 in animation, Maya | No Comments

A common issue when using AW Maya is trying to open a file that was created in a newer version of Maya than your installed version. Maya files are not backwards compatible, in my experience. There are two ways that I know of to deal with this. One is to simply select “Ignore Version” in ...

colorAtPoint Maya command

Posted by on Apr 8, 2012 in animation, MEL | No Comments

Expressions for transforming nodes via pixel values.

Maya Particle Instancing Experiment

Posted by on Oct 25, 2011 in animation, dynamics, Maya | No Comments

Maya Python script: Use this information to build key data for this script http://oliverwolfson.com/extracting-raw-key-frame-data/

CG Rain Drops

Posted by on Dec 23, 2010 in animation, code, dynamics, Maya | No Comments

Splashes created in Real Flow, and instanced to Maya Particles. Ripples created with a dynamic fluid texture.

Create a Graphic EQ using SoundKeys and Maya

Posted by on Sep 26, 2010 in animation, code, Maya, MEL, python | 10 Comments

You can create this graphic equalizer with Trapcode Soundkeys and Maya. Use my Python script, below, to automatically import keyframe data and create the eq. Trapcode Soundkeys, an Adobe After Effects plugin, breaks audio into into about 27 frequency blocks, “ranges”, and allows you to drive animation, set keyframes, or export keyframes. To export keys, ...

White Light Group web teaser

Posted by on Aug 18, 2010 in animation, graphics, motion graphics | One Comment

Web teaser for White Light Group media company.

Red and Blue Chair

Posted by on Jun 13, 2010 in animation, Maya, modeling, rendering | No Comments

The Red Blue Chair was a chair designed in 1917 by Gerrit Rietveld. It represents one of the first explorations by the De Stijl art movement in three dimensions.   Maya and Mental Ray. Model based on several models found on the 3D warehouse. Download an obj of the Red and Blue Chair. More info ...

Animating with audio

This animation was created using After Effects and Maya. Getting audio key frames out of After Effects using Trapcode Sound Keys. Extracting raw key frame data from After Effects formatted keyfame data that can be used by Maya, via shell script. Importing keyframe data to Maya using Python. Creating Maya shaders that react to audio ...

Shattering Glass Dynamic Simulation

Posted by on May 22, 2010 in animation, dynamics, Maya | No Comments

Maya rigid bodies and Mental Ray.

Acuvue Product Launch Video

Posted by on Mar 31, 2010 in animation, rendering | No Comments

Created at Elastic Creative in San Francisco. I was tasked with texture, lighting, and rendering.

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