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3dsmax Quick way to collapse entire loop to adjacent loop?

[{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"…as opposed to collapsing to the average distance?"}]},{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"I can't simply remove the loop since that will also delete the UVs."}]},{"typ…
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pxgeek

Smoothing groups from max to zbrush

Been searching around for a solution but havent found out how to get the smoothing groups out of 3dsMax and into zbrush. Even checking the option to export the smoothing groups as part of file doesn'…
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iam717

Texture in blender

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Nikkitten

Modo the action center...or iam gonna kill someone

Ok here is my problem. I dropped an item (not centered which should not be a problem...but def is for modo) and select it and want to upscale it uniformly. Problem: the Gizmo for Auto Center stays at…
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braidedmat

Help!!zbrush spotlight alpha error

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_Ranii_

[Solved][3dsMax] Transfer vertex normals from another object.

[{"insert":"I need normals of border vertices on object A to match normals of vertices in same coordinates of object B, basically to fix the seam without affecting object B.\nTried noors normal thief…
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Klunk

MAYA Quad draw mesh distance

[{"insert":"Henlo and greetings...\n\nI tried to retopo model imported as decimated mesh from zbrush but something strange happens in maya. Someone told me i need to set up mesh distance in quad draw…
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Benjammin

Moving uv's to 0-1 space in 3DS Max

Currently have a problem with uvs inside 3ds Max when importing models made and textured inside google sketchup. The problem with sketchup is that it does not keep uv position centered to the o-1 ti…
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wildrun

Is it possible to merge smooth motions into a static mesh? (like low exposure photos of dancers)

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sprunghunt

Bevel forms Triangle edges instead of Round Curve

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MasterWorks

Does anyone know a soft to de-noise height map from photogrammetry?

[{"insert":"That would keep sharp ridges , important detail . Not just blur everything. Maybe AI based? Does anything like this exist? \n"}]
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Eric Chadwick

Displacement issue (no details).. Zbrush-> Maya

[{"insert":"Hello so here's my issue, I followed the Flipped Normals tutorial here ("},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-ThBTEc8L_M&t=1207s"},"insert":"https:\/\/www.youtube.…
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oglu

Is DLSS 3 different from these AI methods?

[{"insert":"i have been watching a lot of footage from the DLSS 3 presentation. Everything looks incredible but at the same I wouldn’t be convinced that it was GoPro or camera phone footage. \n\nNow …
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EarthQuake

Maya Render all black

[{"insert":"Hello, I'm having this issue where when I press render in Arnold, the view is completely black, not sure how to fix. Googling and youtube videos are out of date and no help! I am using Ma…
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oglu

https://withpoly.com AI textures. Have anyone got anything good from it?

[{"insert":"it shows sort of not great not terrible library pictures but whenever I try to generate something it's always blurry crap with sort of crazybumped normal map. Wonder if someone e…
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dimwalker

Mari Displacement to ZBrush - Seam Issue

[{"insert":"Hey folks, Is there someone who had the same issue and\/ or knows how to fix this? I'm new to Mari and am currently trying to work on a creature with multiple UDIMs. I painted displacemen…
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ray17

[Blender 3.1] Won't render anything new in Cycles, just sticks on an old scene.

[{"insert":"I'm having a problem where Blender won't render a changed scene (still pic). It just keeps rendering this persistent previous scene and I don't know if it's stored somewhere. Searching sa…
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yoshtov

Best Way To Organize Textures In Lightroom Classic

[{"insert":"Hello everyone. This is a multi-part question. The gist of the question is, what software do you use to organize and preview your textures, what tagging\/naming conventions do you use, an…
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Diethyl

[HELP] What is the easiest way to make roads and intersections in 3ds max?

[{"insert":"I drew a map in photoshop and adjusted the ratio, imported it in 3ds max and applied it on plane mesh but what then? I've watched several youtube tutorials but they don't talk about inter…
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Lowride

The jQuadrangulateCloth tool thread

Hey guys,this thread is about a tool I've been developing lately. The tool is called jQuadrangulateCloth and it's ment to easely generate a full-quad version of a cloth model out of Marvelous Designe…
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Michael Knubben

strange ZBrush BPR problem

firstly, I can't render out SSS pass no matter what settings I use (normal material not matcap and everything about sss in render properties are turned on), it just wouldn't render SSS pass (other pa…
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Nasimm

Blender: Help with shading?

This discussion was created from comments split from: Long-Running Technical Talk Threads.
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MasterWorks

Retarget of 4D Facial Capture Video ideas?

[{"insert":"I have a few facial scan animation sequences. I have also have a character rig with blendshaps that correspond to the performance capture. Does anyone know of a way to retarget the 4D seq…
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proudgenius

[Maya] what you call this and how i solve it ??

[{"insert":"hey everyone i joined you here to learn more \ni am new to 3d i am trying to learn by myself and i face problem i dont know what you call it when i add inset face the model have square on…
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Fabi_G

[Mari] Paint through tool issue.

[{"insert":"Hi Guys, \n\nI've been using the paint through tool in mari, I've set it too luminance and I'm using a black and white image to project through on to a paint node that is acting as a mask…
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PavPav

Where is it better to make materials for models, in blender or in Substance Painter?

[{"insert":"I model in Blender and now I want to learn how to make more complex materials. It would be convenient for me to make them right away in Blender, but in Substance Painter, as I know, it is…
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kanga

Hit a brick wall | MD Cloth simulation workflow for animation

[{"insert":"To keep it short, I've hit a brick wall when it comes to the pipeline for cloth simulation for animation. There are plenty of tutorials and blogs talking about how to create, retopo and s…
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pior

How to bake several textures (including transperent ones) into one diffuse texture?

[{"insert":"Haven't found any solutions so I decided to ask here, examples are attached below (all of them use only one color texture + normal map)\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"htt…
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ZacD

Maya fbx export is not exporting blendshape animation.

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Alex_J

What is industry standard for texture maps creation?

[{"insert":"Hi! Can someone help, what software artists use to create texture maps? And what is the right pipeline?\nI've never used Substance Designer, but i guess it is the best solution, right? \n…
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yan4eg

Issue with rotating tail for 3d model in Maya

[{"insert":"I've been stuck on this issue for a long time and it's been driving me crazy: I have this model of Jabba (see image 1) which I bought off of CG Trader several years back. I want the chara…
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manx30

Blender > Marmoset > SP > Unity (URP)

[{"insert":"Sup guys :)\nHave a problems with normal maps in Unity.\nPipeline are:\nBlender -> Marmoset, where i bake normals with flipped Y -> SP where project are set to OpenGL.\nModel to marmoset …
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AlexandrL

Zbrush to Maya workflow??

[{"insert":"hello, I’m new to Zbrush so I’m still unpacking everything.. when I’m finishing a sculpted character, would it be more effective to do UV’s in ZBrush and bake displacement maps there, or …
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matt_3D

Avoid this kind of error in sub-d modeling?

[{"insert":"Hi, this is a recurring problem and I don't even know if it has a known technical name and if it's easily avoidable. For example here on this rather simple model, I tried many different t…
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chopsuey

3d-modeling software - where to start?

Hello,I am completely new in 3d-modeling software, could someone explain what 3d-modeling software should I start to learn?However, I read some forums and found that:- Maya is bad for 3d-modeling, bu…
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wilson66

ZBRUSH question - Can i sculpt on thick mesh without affecting other side ?

[{"insert":"Hi,\ncan i sculpt on the one side of thick mesh (double sided) without affecting other side of a mesh?\ni could mask one side but sometimes it's hard or impossible to get into some parts …
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wilson66

[Maya] Problems with baking (Marmoset)

[{"insert":"Hello guys! sorry for my english! My problem:\nAfter bake, i have a result like this (photo below), so i have a some questions.\n1) does it make sense to use UV unwrapping before bake? (i…
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wilson66

3d Coat Color Picker Hotkey Help

Does anyone have any idea how to switch the hotkey that quick-picks the color you're hovering over in 3dcoat? It's set to v key, but that's a bit too far from where I rest my hands on the navigation …
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Bartalon

Creating roads for environments in engine

[{"insert":"I'm new to environment art and I'm currently working on an environment where I need a road like this\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploa…
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Fabi_G

How to fix the normal map seam?

so here is the problem: I modeled my hp arm in zbrush, goZbrush exported it to 3ds max where i fixed the lp and created the uvw map. i send it back to Zbrush and baked the normal map. it baked out f…
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irakli_chkonia

Normal Map Produces Ugly Seams

Hey guys I've been having a huge problem with every normal map I have baked to date. I'm fairly new to this stuff so I'm sure I must be missing something. Every normal map I bake, regardless of metho…
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irakli_chkonia

How to Retopologize IMM Brush from zBrush for texturing in Painter?

[{"insert":"How would you retopologize and texture this IMM rope made from zbrush to Painter? I'm planning to put it in one of my environments in UE5, thoughts?\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data…
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sprunghunt

Speed Tree "cards" moves away in lods?

[{"insert":"I am trying to use \"cards\" in Speed Tree. The planes that are always facing camera . \nI assume the lod system makes some of them smaller while other few bigger in a sort …
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Thomas1994

I need advice on creating 3D text signs/plaques

[{"insert":"Hi! \nI need to create something like these for a game in Unreal.\n\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/MBHTW0GVXC4C\/image.png","nam…
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GlowingPotato

Zbrush Substance Painter workflow for VFX characters

[{"insert":"Could anyone offer advice on VFX character\/model workflow? I have a 200 mil point model in Zbrush with 20 udims, is there any chance of decimating this model and getting it into Painter …
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sprunghunt

How can this be done?

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sprunghunt

Textures showing up black in maya (viewport and render)

[{"insert":"For reference, I exported textures from SP using the Arnold (standard surface) preset, then used the Substance to Maya plugin to import them to maya. The pants and teeth of my character a…
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Alex_J

Game character - separate rig for gameplay and cinematics?

[{"insert":"For a game character, is it typical to have a separate rig with includes face rig just for cinematics? An example case might be something like Uncharted. \nIn cinematics you need a full f…
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Alex_J

Incidence shader effect in 3dsmax?

[{"insert":"Hi everyone, new to the forum. :) \nI'm trying to work out how to create what I understand to be an incidence shader (?) to create a hologram or xray type effect. I'd term it a rim shader…
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gizmo1991

Can use brushes on Character Creator import.

[{"insert":"Can use brushes on Character Creator import. It's not spotlight and I'm in edit mode.\nDropbox link to project.\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/ssa7p9rqtobznsr\/Z…
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kmythology

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