How to create and animate a Cartoon Candle in Maya 2016

[@ronydey2696]

Finally nuke sir will saves my life to build up this poly candle model ahh just lots of thanks upon that hi sir myself Rony an animation CG VFx student from India

[@ВикторияАндрейченко-о7ь]

hi, Mike.I do not see the flame on playblast, just a black hole, what shoud i do?

[@Nightmareonscamstreet]

Hi Mike - Love your videos, so useful. I'm having trouble with this model. The animation works OK in basic mode but when I run playblast it just runs the animation from the visible editing screen, not the rendered model. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong ?

[@kristopherarvey320]

Hey Sir Mike, would like to ask if you did a tutorial about fire-turbulence-effect like that thumbnail you'll see if you search "Webinar Vray next for maya". Those blueish flame that comes off from the ship during animation.

[@aidensamuel1147]

A tip: you can watch movies at flixzone. Been using them for watching lots of of movies recently.

[@deangelolangston199]

@Aiden Samuel definitely, I've been using flixzone} for since november myself =)

[@Princess793]

Hey Mike! Once again thanks for the video! I'm having a minor problem. For some reason I am unable to move the center face down (2:11 in the vid); instead the entire cylinder moves with it. Help! Thanks again!

[@MHTutorials3D]

Hit 4 for wireframe mode and check that you have not selected more than what you need

[@Princess793]

Still no luck. I've even tried starting from scratch on the cylinder and get the same results.

[@Conceptsofsanket]

How can I make that animation continuous in case of an game asset

[@MHTutorials3D]

Bake the animation in an alembic file, export it, import into Unreal and set the loop to continuous

[@Conceptsofsanket]

@@MHTutorials3D Thank you

[@seanmcnamara2447]

Hey Mike - When I did the playblast the flame rendered out black. When I rendered the single frame I can see all of the colors and the glow but not when I do the playblast. Any suggestions? Thanks!

[@MHTutorials3D]

If that was in mental ray it is a known problem related to a Maya Service Pack

[@seanmcnamara2447]

No, I am using Maya Software.

[@laissez-faire496]

Hi Mike...Do u know anyway of mirroring a model so if i cut or edge loop one side, it will do the same in another side?....I watched your tutorial in mirroring but the problem is when i try to cut or edge loop one side it won't do the other side

[@MHTutorials3D]

If you are working in Maya 2016 try symmetry kzbin.info/www/bejne/nH2vn6xvgdiJjtU

[@laissez-faire496]

Nope...That doesn't work...If i try cut something on one side it won't cut on the otherside.

[@laissez-faire496]

Mike Hermes I'm also trying to load a script but when i try to source it, it gives me an error...Do u know how i could fix it

[@MHTutorials3D]

Try modeling the right half of the model and when done Instance the model in Negative X. This works, I just tried

[@laissez-faire496]

Mike Hermes Okay thx...Is it possible to custom make the 'instance mirror' a hotkey?

[@rahulsarkar9847]

Sir, I'm having problem in playblast the candel that...I created by following your this tutorial video..., everything is fine but the flame doesn't show...rather it shows a black flame....Please help Sir...

[@leyakoreya9182]

Thank you for this tutorial! Very helpful!

[@MHTutorials3D]

Thanks Olga !

[@sevaiya.s3263]

If I put glow intensity and take quick render there is no picture in render it's fully black

[@MHTutorials3D]

What renderer ?

[@sevaiya.s3263]

@@MHTutorials3D sry sir I tried in Arnold after I changed to Maya software TQ for the reply sir

[@hemantapramanik8492]

Hello Mike sir, l am a 3d modelling and texturing artist , l want to learn birds feather , that how to do so ,like RIO movie's parrot. So plz make some tutorials regarding this. Thanking you.

[@renekohen3779]

a tip : watch series on flixzone. Been using it for watching lots of of movies lately.

[@TheIcelandicBoy]

Hello, Mr. Hermes. I followed your video but the last part is giving me trouble. I use playblast like you do with the same settings. The animation of the flame model is there but there is no light in the video, neither from the directional light or the candle itself. When rendering the image the light is there. Any idea what I could be doing wrong?

[@MHTutorials3D]

What version of Maya are you using ?

[@TheIcelandicBoy]

2013, I think. The layout is different from yours in the video.

[@MHTutorials3D]

That could be the problem. Try batchrendering the outcome instead of using Playblast. I think that will work

[@TheIcelandicBoy]

I have never used that. I googled where I can find it in Maya and applied it but can not find any video file anywhere in the project folder.

[@MHTutorials3D]

Here's a link with instructions kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZvZl2Zvpc1og6s

[@leenajamsh9963]

hey Mike, ur tutorials r very helpful....Thank you! :) is there any site of urz we can join for full tutorials? thanks Regards

[@MHTutorials3D]

You are welcome to join my hang out group on FB facebook.com/groups/294359217578724/

[@animemediaex6773]

thanks for everything.....i must say you are really good... However i have a question how to save the project as a real game that can be played......thanks again..

[@MHTutorials3D]

Hi Salifu and Thank you. Creating a playable game is a totally dirrent thing. This involves game engines like Unity and UE4 where you upload models, textures etc and build game levels

[@usmanartz]

Mike hermes my playblast option dose'nt wroked no video comes though playblast

[@MHTutorials3D]

Have a look here, maybe this will fix it ? forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/playblast-all-black-in-maya-2017/td-p/6461529

[@TheDorianTube]

YES, always hoped for some cartoonish stuff

[@MHTutorials3D]

You just have to ask, you know that :-)

[@TheDorianTube]

Mike Hermes I already asked for one, I don't want to overstep XD, However, if you really don't mind, learning more about this kind of style and toon shader, would be amazing XD

[@TheDorianTube]

Mike Hermes Foir example, this : venturebeat .com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/the-witness-10-930x523.jpg. We learned how to create various kinds of 'greens' in this channel, but what about cartoon vegetation? I've no idea on how even to start doing a cartoonish tree XD. These ones in the picture look like something in the middle. Cartoon, but yet kinda 'realistic'. Same goes for the Windmill, it's so bright, and colorful. It's only a question of lights and texture or there's something else going on?. If you want and have time, yeah, more cartoon/toon shader stuff would be great to learn X3

[@MHTutorials3D]

Will do ! You are a loyal sponsor and major Patron to my site so you can ask anything you want, whenever you want !

[@MHTutorials3D]

This style is almost traditional 2D ( Disney style ) Anything Toony in Maya will look different

[@dalyzee]

Im always waiting for your next video, your vids are so helpful. thank you for uploading em. but i was wondering if you could make a tutorial on how to make sure your renders are always right because whenever i render out something it comes out black. and there are a few human models and whenever i load em something like the eye color is missing or something else even the render is not in color (especially the free zombie rig SONY offered from their movie). just one quick reply would be greatly appreciated. THANK YOU

[@MHTutorials3D]

How about this, you send me a model ( textured ) that is creating trouble and I will do a tutorial on how to render it ?

[@dalyzee]

Oh thank you sir. thank you very much. so there is this one www.joshsobelrigs.com/#!bonnie/cmze thats really confusing for me to render even with a background. but the one im really having trouble with is the Zombie rig from sony where whenever i render it only the bones show up in the render. secure.sonypictures.com/animation/hotelt/zombierig/videosubmissions/ once again thank you very much :)

[@MHTutorials3D]

Daly, I had a look at both models and ran into the same problems. So I started to Google it and found that it is a common problem. Look : www.11secondclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=27340

[@dalyzee]

Oh so no wonder i couldnt find how to fix it. Im glad its not a problem on my part. Thank you very much Sir. :>

[@MHTutorials3D]

No problem

[@Reviewcom-zj7sx]

hello sir, i have a request please do a video about playblast.I realy need it and thanks for all great video .

[@Purplenemo87]

Hello, I finish the animation for the candle and when I playblast it, the candle only show the the black model of the flame, I am using Mac laptop. Am I playblasting the candle wrong?

[@Purplenemo87]

I actually figure out the problem and solve it.

[@MHTutorials3D]

Godo Krista, what was the problem ?

[@Purplenemo87]

I didn't batch render in maya for some reason that why the flame part for the model went black so once the animation was batch render and put in after effect it work.

[@MHTutorials3D]

Cool, thanks for sharing !

[@dalyzee]

just finished my flame and i had the same problem lmao. Time to go and rewatch the vid on how to batch render :>

[@ОтСтанислава]

Thank you for interesting video.

[@MHTutorials3D]

You are very welcome

[@philippepegov3244]

Hello Mike, I want to ask you if you know how to solve a specific type of error. While i was using traks editor in Maya 2016 and playing around with animating a basic robot I tried to export a video.ma for later use. Then Maya said that i cant save the given file and completely messed up the save system. Now my scene is completely screwed and i can do absolutely nothing. Basically i cant save anything from this point on. If you or someone else know how to solve this error ,please reply. Thank you in advance!

[@MHTutorials3D]

You tried to export the animation as what ? ( what file type, format etc )

[@philippepegov3244]

.ma , .mb the two formats that were available for exporting an animation clip.

[@philippepegov3244]

I have found it!!! The problem was in the doExprotClipArgList file. I have replaced it with an older one from maya2013 and it worked!!! If anyone has the same problem - forums.autodesk.com/t5/animation-and-rigging/exporting-animation-clip-trax-error/td-p/5442273 this is a link where you can download the file. Thank you for the fast reply Mike and also thank you for the awesome tutorials. Keep it up +1 respect from Bulgaria. :)

[@MHTutorials3D]

You are very welcome Philip, I am glad you fixed the problem

[@YantramStudio3D]

very useful!! Thanks for sharing

[@MHTutorials3D]

Thank you

[@lizzzaymarie6445]

Ah help! I'm a new and no matter what i try my flame won't move and definitely won't show when i do the playlist. I tried batch rendering but i don't know how to do it for this project

[@MHTutorials3D]

Does you animation work in the viewport ? Do you see the little vertical red lines in the animation slider ( keyframes ) ?

[@lizzzaymarie6445]

Yes all that shows but still... I tried the batch render but it just shows my flame black

[@leadersworld9476]

Mike please tell me how I make a cartoon?

[@MHTutorials3D]

A cartoon ? This is a 3D channel

[@chiloperri7889]

would you ever consider a character modeling tutorial

[@MHTutorials3D]

Yes I would

[@chiloperri7889]

do you think you would do it anytime soon or?

[@nightsongdh]

Thank you for your help the video very usefull.

[@MHTutorials3D]

Thanks

[@MichaelHurdleStudio]

Your cool like beans Mike. Thank you bro.

[@MHTutorials3D]

Thanks ! Like the picture

[@princewilliams1317]

hmmm I wouldn't have thought that\animating a flame with out vfx would have been possible

[@MHTutorials3D]

Well, it's a bit cartoony but it's not bad, right ?

[@princewilliams1317]

its not bad at all I love this tutorial

[@MHTutorials3D]

Thanks

[@Ech645]

can you modle a pokeball?

[@MHTutorials3D]

I already have