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Where should one put custom calibration scripts?

I made a custom calibration script (jsx), placed it in "C:\Program Files\Quixel SUITE 2.0\script\presets\Workflow\Games", by its side i placed the export profile (xml) with the same name. But th…
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Borx25

Answered: Will Quixel suite work with quadro 620 graphic card

Hi,I have a nvida 9500 graphic card and quixel crashes when i open it. So i am planning to get a new card.I am planning to get nvidia quadro 620 card which i have found can be used for other 3d work.…
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san30

Answered: Can't resize 3DO window

I just installed Q2.0 and can't seen to adjust the size of the 3do window. Hovering over the edge doesn't give any arrows.
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Thane-

Answered: Nothing Works after importing custom mesh

I created and imported a custom mesh. It is built of tris and imports as it should. However, now nothing I'm doing has any effect on the custom mesh. I tried to switch back to the basic cube or …
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Synaesthesia

Answered: NDO unresponsive in PS CS5.1

Ddo and 3do seem to work fine but everytime I click on the ndo button, it never displays a UI. Im tyring to create normal maps from scratch like I've seen in some YouTube vids,  but it seems unr…
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Synaesthesia

Answered: 3DO Not Applying Textures

Hi guys, I am new to the Quixel suite, so I apologize if this is an easy question. My issue is that whenever I open up a model to texture in DDO, it doesn't show up in 3DO. The physical model it…
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Synaesthesia

Answered: Adding a Smart Material with a mask open results in a mess

I've found something odd:I hand painted a mask on dynamask for smart material, all good. Immediately after, I added another smart material and it resulted a mess, looked inside to see what was h…
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Borx25

Answered: Bad SSAO - Sometimes..

Hi,Sometimes I get bad results when activating SSAO. Like on top side of this model.Is this bound to mesh scale or something?
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Synaesthesia

Answered: 2 Questions

Hiya! I finally bought the Suite, and after using it for an hour or 2, I have 2 quick questions.First: How the HECK do you set up grouping for Quixel Colors correctly? Im doing it as "assign each 'pa…
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TheeStuK

Took your sweet time marine !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTy-uyUcBRAThanks B)
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Wiktor

In-progress: something is wrong

In advance sorry for my english. So i`ve loaded my mesh, ao and curvature map. Next, i`ve chosen some material, and 3do showed it fine, but in ddo i have an empty list of layers, as well the mesh gro…
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Synaesthesia

Exported Normal maps causing dark areas in 3ds max

Hey guys, I wanted to see if anyone else has encountered this problem when exporting normal maps from quixel to models in 3ds max.This is the second time this has happened for me.I have this model I …
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Anakin Ryan

Solved: How to make Object Space Normal map auto-assigned?

Hey guys, I`m having a problem with auto-assigning Object Space Normal map.I can quick-load every other map(like AO,Curvature,and so on) in dDo, but Object Space Normal map.Could anyone tell me how t…
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sotouya

NDO Workshop Live Stream

Come join me while I work on my EMD SD40-2 locomotive using Quixel NDO! This NDO Workshop will focus on MultiNormal texturing via NDO Painter and other aspects of the NDO process. I'll be streaming t…
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Synaesthesia

Solved: 3DO -consistency- UE4

Hello,I'm new to Suite 2 and really liking it so far, however, everything looks real good in 3DO but once in UE4 textures look a lot more saturated and darker.In suite 2 there are these two HDRi imag…
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Synaesthesia

In-progress: 3DO metalness - Brightness of non metals

DDO using the metalness workflow.I tried to create some black flat plastic, but wasn't happy with any of the results.They all appeared to bright, no matter which lighting or preset I use.It looks lik…
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Prime8

Answered: 1.8 Project not compatible with 2.0

I want to open with new Quixel 2.0 old project made with Quixel 1.8.It works, open it, all folders and layers are here but... all the materials are empty. Metals, plastics etc...The render is good in…
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versan

Answered: 3DO does not load DDO project

Hey Guys,I'm having a really annoying issue with DDO and 3DO. When I create a new DDO project, it works exactly as you'd expect. All my maps are loaded into 3DO and I can work with and preview them e…
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Synaesthesia

Answered: Cannot view normal map in 3Do from nDo

Hello,I am trying to create a normal map using nDo and use the refresh button in nDo to open 3Do to view the changes. Currently all I get is just a gray cube with no maps on it. It seems like since Q…
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Synaesthesia

Answered: Error 25 Photoshop HELP!

So I've just bought the Quixel Suite and attempted to use it for the first time. But when I put in my model and maps I get this error. I'm not sure what to do! Does anybody know a fix?
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Synaesthesia

Solved: DDO Not creating a project correctly

I am loading up the latest version of Quixel and creating a new project to texture my asset however, When I create the project for a UE4 project it loads up all the maps and the mesh in 3DO but doesn…
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Capn_Hwx

Answered: Crash on creating smart material

Hi, i just bought suite 2, but whenever i create a smart material and click enter dynamask it crashes with this errori can't see what i'm doing wrong? also is there any tutorials to walk one through …
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Synaesthesia

Solved: DDO: ID isn't properly in place

I'm currently working on an AK-47 from Finland, I've modelled it and exported it to NDO, there I made my Normal adjustments and everything went fine. Then I import my model in DDO, place in my Color …
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Synaesthesia

Map Switching bug?

Hi everyone,I'm not entirely sure if I've stumbled upon a bug or I'm being completely stupid. I started texturing a project of mine and saved it out. Upon reloading the project I was confused to find…
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Leepurr

Answered: PBR and Keyshot 5

I am just starting to learn Keyshot and I was wondering if there were any pipeline docs/tuts for exporting Quixel to Keyshot.
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Composition--C

Answered: Smart material creating a problematic mask

I'll try to break my workflow process as best I can:Using latest Quixel SuitePhotoshop CC 2015 x64The model I made originally came from Zbrush and exported as a .OBJ along with the creation Normal, A…
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Ski

Answered: Mesh group in the wrong postion

Hi Everyone,I've been working on a bot piece for a project of mine. I thought I'd do a quick test in DDO to see what my mesh would look like with some materials. I've noticed however that regardless …
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Synaesthesia

Answered: Problem with importing mesh into ndo.

So I have this mesh that just won't work correctly in ndo. I export from Maya 2015 in .fbx, and the settings I use works for every other mesh I export with in Maya.When I import it it accepts the i…
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Qured

Answered: Can't load geometry - new user

I picked up the Suite a little while ago but just now got the time to dive in and am having some issues. Quixel wanted to download and install an update right when I started, so I let it finish …
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Headcrash

Solved: What Does "DO" Mean?

Hiya, just a quick question. What does the DO in DDO, NDO, and 3DO mean? I wanna know soooo badlyyyyy!!
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Synaesthesia

Answered: Rerender problem

Whenever I try re-rendering my project with updated maps it gives me this error right at the end.The normal map is 8k and I'm downscaling to 4k.
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Synaesthesia

Solved: nDo Painter, no normal

Hi QuixelI'm creating a new project in NDO, add multi-normal and activate painting, but I can only paint normal "colour" instead of the actual normal information. Mask viewPainting in sculpting …
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Synaesthesia

In-progress: How Does Opacity Work in Quixel Suite?

So I want to render a scene in Quixel Suite (3DO). Within this scene is a tree which obviously has branches which are made up of many planes with a transparent texture assigned to it.I have absolutel…
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Synaesthesia

Answered: 2.1.5 PreRelease Gamma to Linear?

Hi there,I recently got the suite for myself, and it's working pretty good, I like the features, and I'm only getting started with it.I just wanted to report an issue (or perhaps it's just me misunde…
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Starkist

Answered: nDo UV Overlay?

I was just wondering there is a setting I can change to have NDO display the UV map for a model over the normal map I'm trying to create. I've tried adding it manually, but it doesn't seem to line up…
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CopperStache

Answered: Color ID is Empty

Apologies if I am missing something basic here, but I just bought QS2 yesterday and while so far almost everything is working as expected,  I am having issues with the Color ID script for Maya.F…
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Synaesthesia

Answered: Scaling Textures

Hey Guys,I'm new to Quixel and Texturing in generel and was wondering how I can scale a texture without just doubling or halving them with the scale slider. For example if I have a brickwall, I …
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DigitalMechanik

Solved: dDo not showing the textures or anything in the project

Hey I just re downloaded Quixel and now when I apply anything to my asset it doesn't show up in the DDO project area, so I cant edit any properties I wondered if anyone knew what I needed to do to fi…
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McQueenPL

In-progress: Custom Export profile always exports AO

Hi guys, I've set up the previous Quixel suite to export through our texture pipeline and get it into our engine with packing and stuff using the really robust calibration files Quixel's provided. &n…
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floon

Answered: How do I get rid of this seam?

Hi,Not a long time user of the Quixel suite yet. Tried the 1.7 version but had a lot of problems with it. Figured I try out the new version since I have a license anyway. See there are a lot of impro…
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Synaesthesia

Answered: Can 3DO display opacity?

Hi,I'm trying without success to get the latest version of 3DO to display opacity.I want to add rips into cloth.I have added an opacity map from the drop down list and painted on some black to a laye…
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Synaesthesia

Answered: Quixel Suite 2 a big step backwards for me.

(legacy) dDo worked perfectly for me. DDO (pre 2.0) didn't work perfectly but I found ways around it. DDO (Suite 2.0) is a complete disaster from my perspective.  I've never managed to get one o…
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Synaesthesia

Workflow quixel to octane (C4D)

I try all profiles without success.So easy in substance painter with their profile.Someone here have a good workflow ?
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Gordon Robb

Solved: nDo "new project" problem

HiAfter i launch new ndo project ,specify my mesh, normal map and click create new project , my normal map load but i don have a option on the bottom of the dialog to create new slupt layer or multi&…
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Julo

Answered: Quixel export options for Layered Materials workflow in UE4.

I know you can export alphas from Ddo, to use in UE4. But you still have to combine 4 of them in an RGBA texture manually. Then inside Unreal, you have to create complex layered materials yourself if…
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OccultMonk

Solved: Quixel Doesn't Start!

Hi Guys, Last year I bought the Suite 2.0 and everything was working like a charm. Two days ago, I was going to work on for some personnal project, and when I clicked on the Suite Icon to open it I h…
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Synaesthesia

Answered: Quixel Colors Maya LT?

Hiya is Maya LT supported for Quixel Colors?Thanks!
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Synaesthesia

Looking for a tutorial showing edgeless layer sculpting

Hi,I am trying ndo2 for creating tileable hardsurface normal maps. But I have a hard time finding any information about how to stop ndo2 from applying bevels at the edges of my texture space. So…
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Polynaught

Answered: Quixel Colours - Failing to bake out a map

I've been following the tutorial video for Quixel colors, but as soon as I try to render out my materials using TURTLE, all I get is a solid blue map. The render is "complete", but the default blue n…
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Sythen

Answered: I got a crash message after update to 2.1.4

Hello everybody ! First Sorry my english is not good.I recently install Quixel suite and I've got this problem when I update  to the last version .I am using photoshop CC 2015windows 10I do…
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Synaesthesia

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