How To: Rig a character in Maya for beginners
Here we build a skeleton for the character and bind the skeleton to the geometry in Maya. This is also known as rigging a character.
Here we build a skeleton for the character and bind the skeleton to the geometry in Maya. This is also known as rigging a character.
This video is a crash course introduction to Maya geared for kids. Learn how to create a biped that is animatable.
Learn how to buiild a sculptable / poseable mesh for Zbrush in Maya. This tutorial is geared towards people completely new to Maya.
This tutorial gives you a basic overview of how to build a Parabolic WiFi Booster that will increase you router's range as well as narrow the signal path for added security.
This is a sweet video showing you how to make a sick electric motor! You'll need some wood, a battery, and some PVC pipe, along with a few other things, and you'll be on your way to making that perfect electric motor of yours.
Create a primitive bowl in the woods. You will want to build a fire and transfer hot coals. Part 1 of 2 - How to Make a primitive bowl.
These bass drum comping exercises are designed to build independence within your bass drum foot. They work the same way the snare drum comping patterns do, but are focused around the bass drum. They are great for jazz drumming, but are sure to improve many other areas of your drumming at the same time.
Check out this video to learn how to make a gt snow racer with BMX handlebars.
Check out this video to learn how to hack a cd/dvd case to hold valuables like flashlights, knives, and lasers.
See how to make a simple bifilar coil for the Bedini motor, otherwise called the SSG or schoolgirl motor. The Bedini motor can create some free energy. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to build a coil for the Bedini motor.
You can use your double bass drum pedals for more than just unique drum beats. This free video lesson covers five simple double bass drum fills that incorporate the hands and the feet. They build upon what you've learned in the double bass drum warm-ups section. Watch the lesson for demonstrations of all five patterns.
Add appeal to your new home with a new window box you make yourself. This video shows you how.
There have been numerous chairs made out of recycled or reclaimed cardboard. This week on the GreenerBusiness Podcast, we attempt to build our own unique comfortable cardboard chair.
Dr. Kiki explores the inner workings of microscopes while our Magic Creator, Moujan Z, remixes empty Altoid cans into a cool and useful container, Sarah makes you a a Muxtape, and Heather goes fencing - all on PopSiren!
More building blocks for making you a quartz genius with no technical knowledge, this lesson covers controller objects to get your 3d stuff groovin' to that music. Check it.
Dr. Kiki creates fire from a pair of glasses, Moujan transforms an empty wine bottle into a lamp, and Heather reveals an underground band who hails from Tokyo!
If your home is not protected by impact-resistant windows and doors, or impact resistant shutters or panels, consider building your own temporary emergency panels. www.flash.org
Pro-life college students can learn how to make and display a cardboard cemetery of the innocents set in this video featuring UCLA student, former SFLA intern, and pro-life activist Lila Rose.
A short tutorial on wiki media, this film shows you how to edit a site that is built on a Media Wiki platform.
Today's word is "facade". This is a noun which means a face of a building or a superficial appearance.
To record yourself from a distance with a video camera, build this. Not just for boring static shots, like using a tripod, but for moving shots that you can take along with you. Yes, now you can follow yourself around all day, taping every move, you narcissist.
Are you a big Mortal Kombat fan? Do you need a cool terminator or cyborg effect? Do you love Hannah Montana? If you answered "YES" to any of these questions then you need to watch this episode!
Make your own Passive Walker from this video instruction, no battery required, DIY from PVC tube, I show you how to build one for just 8 dollars, very easy and funny.
This is an instructional video showing how to build, load and fire the "Simple Fully Automatic Rubber Band Gun 2 (wooden)".
It's a flying flapping machine powered by a rubber band. Make Magazine shows you how to make your own for about $10.
Want to learn how to build a sedum wreath? Check out this video to learn what to do with moss, for starters.
This balloon wall building technique shows you how to stack walls with all non-round balloons.
This video shows you how to make a brick patterned wall out of balloons using chains of 5 balloons and joining them together with 260 balloons.
Vroom! Power a balsa wood vehicle from the energy of a mousetrap! Fun and easy project brought to you by Make Magazine!
This will demonstrate how to build a hidden compartment / diversion safe out of an electric outlet.
In order to protect your word processed documents, it is a good idea to export them for distribution as PDF files, which allows you to encrypt, and add password protection to your work.
The Uni Midge fly is a relatively easy to tie pattern which is great for fly fishing trout and all other fish that feed on midges, one of the most important food supplies for trout. The uni-stretch material makes the body build up very quickly using a lot less wraps than traditional thread.
John demonstrates the Command+Tab features built-into OS X Leopard and Tiger. Learn how to easily switch between different applications on your Mac, hide applications, and even quit applications with this useful functionality.
This OzLabs video demonstrates how to build an LED sign using their flatheaded LED strips.
Learn the first rules of survival and avoid panicking. Ray Mears from the BBC gives rain forest survival tips including how to use a machete and to build a shelter from available materials.
Formatting a hard drive is not exactly an essential computer skill, but it certainly is if you're a technie who's looking to start building your own computers. Hard drive formatting involves erasing/formating a hard drive or USB flash drive to be compatible with different formats like MAC OS Extended and Windows OS.
This three part 3D Studio Max tutorial will show you how to build and texture a realistic looking earth and moon.
A step by step lesson on how to play call and response exercises with the West African Djembe drum. These exercises are meant to deepen listening skills and will also assist you in learning the building blocks of how to create great solos with your Djembe.
Tired of getting reamed for using your Mother's antique end table as your own personal workbench? Well then pay attention as David Randolph and Patrick Norton show you how to make a quick and dirty workbench SYSTM style.
Learn how to take advantage of the handy built-in dictionary and thesaurus application on your Mac OS X.