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Troubleshooting

So many times people complain that the computer HATES THEM!!!

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 I have said it and most likely so have you. 


So how do we make peace with a computer that frequently does something we don't know how to fix, or we clicked something that we don't know to undo??? That is what this section is all about. If I made money for every time I was asked the same questions over and over again, I could retire now and just build this page for fun. So listed below are going to be a bunch of short little videos that will allow you to fix common problems that we encounter interacting with this software.



General Difficulties

Why do I suck at Maya, Photoshop, and/or Unity??


How can I get my option box menu to come up? 


How do I change camera views or move around my screen?


Where did my toolbars go and how can I get them back?


My camera is messed up, what do I do?


Maya keeps Freezing or Lagging what can I do to make it stop?

My screen turned all white or black, how do I get it back to normal?

Menu Difficulties

My Panel Menu has disappeared, How do I get it back?

Can I get two specific camera views on my screen at the same time?

Color troubles

How can I change the color of my background?

Why doesn't my color doesn't look right on my screen?

Tool Troubles

How do I find the Split Polygon Tool?

Why does my move tool (or any other tool) not work correctly?

Animation Troubles

I just keyed in some animation and now its doing stuff I don't want it to!!!

Texture Problems

How can I get a color or a texture file to go onto an object

Why can't I see any color on my objects in Maya...

I just made a new texture in Maya and now it is on every thing in my scene, Why?

Why is my object in Maya bright green when it used to have a texture on it?

Rendering Troubles

Why doesn't my rendered object look smooth?

Why won't my Paint FX trees won't render correctly?

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