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Sticky How The F*#% Do I Model This? - Reply for help with specific shapes - (Post attempt before asking)

Alright, so i see time and time again that people tend have trouble doing certain things with hard-shapes and sub-d modeling. So i thought i would try something out here. I'm going to open this up to…
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Eric Chadwick

Sticky Blender Mega Thread

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOfdboHvshg[/ame] As usual I'm impressed with what the blender foundation has come up with.. not bad for a free program.
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stray

Sticky Upgrading or building a new PC? This is the thread for you!

If you're a 3D artist in need of a new computer, or just want to upgrade an old one, this is the thread for you!Building a PC can get very expensive, and many simply don't know enough about computers…
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gnoop

Sticky Making sense of hard edges, uvs, normal maps and vertex counts

Of interest to most who will read this thread, I wrote an extensive tutorial that covers this topic and many other common baking issues. It's geared towards baking in Toolbag, but most of the Bas…
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Eric Chadwick

Sticky Retro 3D Art FAQ - Everything you need to know to create PS1/N64/Dreamcast/etc. 3D art!

Welcome to the 'Retro 3D FAQ', a thread dedicated to sharing information about the creation of 3D art for game consoles made before the age of programmable pixel shaders. If you enjoy the look of 3D …
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Gasked

Sticky Long-Running Technical Talk Threads

We un-stuck many of your favorite long-time Sticky threads, to unclutter the forum and hopefully improve your browsing experience. A Practical Guide On Normal Mapping For Games Article: Game Art…
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Eric Chadwick

What is wrong with my UVs? Or is it the baking process?

Hi folks! I modeled this crate for modeling/texturing practice and when I imported into Substance and textured, I noticed the UVs were strange on the back bottom plank and the side. The other sides a…
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fairlyBread

Generative AI to make tire skids decals?

Those sort of dark stripes from blocked wheels  racing cars do in turns.   Could somebody  suggest one and what the hell should be the  promt wording .    Whatever …
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okidoki

Unreal Engine 5 Tangent Space and Triangulation Problem

My problem is that I've asked questions about triangulation and game modeling on the forum before and learned a lot, but I've actually encountered an error I can't solve. I've configured my model's U…
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pior

Setting up a scene animation to allow adjustments later on (Maya).

Hey allIve started doing animation work for rendering and just wondering how people generally setup a scene for various cameras,lights,etcFor example my scene has 7 cameras and 1000frames, i've setup…
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Nixellion

[MAYA] why there is no "parent" constraint?

It’s weird that such a basic (and mandatory) constraint is missing from the "top-tier" animation software.But before someone points to that thing labelled "Parent" under the Constrain menu, or shares…
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Nixellion

[MAYA] VS [Blender3D]: merging animation layers tools comparison

hi,a simple demonstration highlighting the difference in merging animation layers between Maya and Blender.using the same rig (beta character from agora), in both maya and blender.same rig (almost) s…
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Nixellion

Shakiness in Maya Animation

I am primarily a Blender user, but I have to learn Maya for my college course. In Blender, there is something called a "Noise Modifier" for the graph editor, which generates noise on the curves, to a…
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Nixellion

Early-Late 2000s CGI/Game Models

Making a new thread so the texture one can stay textures and this one can stay modelsNow that I have gotten many helpful responses on my other thread, I now have questions about MODELS.I found this b…
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sacboi

CC0 HDRI resource I just launched, still growing

Hey everyone, I’ve just launched a new site – openhdri.org – where I’m sharing free HDRI environments for lighting and rendering. At the moment there are 7 HDRIs online, and I’m uploading new ones …
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hdrmaps

What modern texture software can paint/project across multiple materials ( not UDIMs) ?

While each of  materials having its own UV  and texel density ?    While keeping  same or synced node pr layering system across all those materials and automated export. 
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poopipe

How can i connect the eye lids to the face?

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iam717

Approach to modelling building facades (Modular?)

Has anyone seen any good information regarding approach to modelling building facades (Modular?like walls and windows, ornaments, stairs. i want to try build a small VR scene of some new york buildin…
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okidoki

Cant scale object in 3ds max

There is one object (and all of it's duplicates) that I can't scale for some reason. I can only scale it if I select and scale all the vertices. The scale gizmo looks like its working, and everything…
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Noren

3ds max old chamfer inside Editable Poly

hello, I´d like to know if there is a way to revert how the chamfer works inside editable poly, before it would do a regular chamfer by default, in recent versions of Max, it does like a round corner…
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Vexod14

Basic topology exercises Giz

So this is my study diary.Hello, I apologize for not having a sketchbook. Since I'm not very good at it, it didn't seem like the right thing to do. I've recently started learning about…
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sacboi

[3ds Max] miauu's Slate Material Cloner

miauu's Slate Material Cloner allows you to clone materials across Slate Material Editor tabs. Materials can be cloned as instances or copies, as many times as needed, in any tabs you choose.For…
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Noren

Lucero - Light And Render Manager Add-On For Blender

Trailer - Superhive - Gumroad - ArtstationEasy but complete management of all scene lights from your N-Panel. Giving you quick access to useful settings at your fingertips.Camera & Su…
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SimonSanchezArt

Whats new in 3dcoat textura vs 3dcoatv4?

I hate  Substance Painter .  Need to paint seamlessly  across  multiple  unique and tillable materials  having different from factor . Like  a tilable asphalt 2kx2k…
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gnoop

How can I model this handle?

Hello,I have asked this in the "How The F*#% Do I Model This?" thread, and I haven't exactly gotten the answer I'm looking for. The part I am most stuck on is when it comes to extruding this cyl…
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Noren

Losing vertex color when combining meshes in Maya

In most cases when I combine meshes from different groups/subgroups, verts keep their color, but in some that's not the case. What am i doing wrong?EDIT: It seems I have some corrupt meshes since ver…
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okidoki

Confused about mixing quads and tris in retopology

Hey everyone,  I’m a bit stuck with the retopology of a model I’m working on. So far, I’ve always kept my retopology fully quad-based. But recently I’ve been looking at works from pro artis…
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HAWK12HT

How do I make human topology?

This discussion was created from comments split from: Is this a good female body topology (for posing/animation)?.
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kanga

Anime stylized character creations

Hello guys. I want to try myself in creating characters and i am interested in stylization, like in the projects ZZZ.Please share resources, tips and experience in creating such characters from …
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pior

Fix lowpoly Shading

Hi guys. I have a question about shading. I need to use a low-poly model and set up shading on it in such a way as to preserve the sharp corners on the model's border, but I can't do it correctly. I …
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okidoki

!!TEXTEL DENSITY PROBLEM!! PLEASE HELP ME SOLVING AND UNDERSTANDING THIS PROBLEM

I hope you can be patient in looking at the screenshots and understanding the nature of the problem. I added titles to each screenshot to help you better understand the problem and what each screensh…
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poopipe

Financial calculation for creating 3D renders. Market price

ENG  Hello everyone, I am a graphic designer, but I am completely unfamiliar with 3D, there are technical tasks for renderings, I need to ask how much it can cost to create renders, what determi…
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Eric Chadwick

I encountered issues while using the ZBrush + Blender workflow to create hard surface models

Hello guys, after creating a model using Boolean in Blender and importing it into ZBrush, I performed UV grouping, Dynamesh, and polishing on the model. However, in areas where the model was supposed…
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kanga

3ds Max attaching and detaching loses all materials

I must be doing something obviously wrong, cant believe it's this hard.I have Object 1 (many elements) with Material 1 applied to it, then I have Object 2 (many elements) with Material 2 applied to i…
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DarkEdgeDesign

Early-Late 2000s CGI/Game textures

How/what software was used to create PBR textures in the 2000s? For example, Iron Man. The reflective metal is something I've always been curious on how it was done for the time period. Another …
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Veech

[Tool Release] Xdecal Painter – Paint Decals Like Foliage in Unreal Engine 5

Hey everyone,I always found placing decals one by one in Unreal Engine pretty tedious, so I ended up building a workflow tool that makes it feel like foliage painting instead.It’s called Xdecal Paint…
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ADD67

[3ds max] miauu's PinMyFiles

miauu's PinMyFiles lets you pin your most frequently used or important files for quick and easy access. Unlike the default recent files list in 3ds Max, PinMyFiles gives you advanced options to pi…
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miauu

re unreal engine crashes

I have had terrible problems at home running the later versions of unreal engine, ie crashing if I even sneezetoo loud. Lots of different solutions to try , but only one of them worked for me , …
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Neox

2D chain texture

This is something I have put off learning awhile ago, but it has come back. For optimization sake, how can I make a 2D chain texture that looks similar to this?
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FrankPolygon

Stuck: My Topology Journey Has Hit a Wall

Hey everyone,I'm writing this because I'm completely lost and honestly, pretty frustrated. I've been doing 3D modeling for years, but I've only recently grasped just how crucial good topology is.For …
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GIZ

3d models from image

Hello everyone, I'm currently learning 3D modeling and trying to figure out which way to do my task more efficiently, beautifully and faster. In general, I want to make a full-fledged 3D model o…
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okidoki

Error analysis Blender has stopped working / Analysis of similar errors / How to protect your files

Now I'm going to talk about a bug that happened recently, when I went to the official website for Blender bugs, after analyzing a large number of messages from other users, I realized that this was n…
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Celosia

Texture showing up black in render & not letting me use transmission

As my title says, I am trying to render something for my class and the glass textures are appearing black, when in painter I gave them a blue texture. And it also doesn't let me use transmission.
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Eric Chadwick

SuperPNG broken these days, any alternatives?

I think we are back to square one with photohop and PNGs alpha channels being oil and water. It's just mangling the RGB channels and adding white again. I can get it to work correctly if I make …
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Eric Chadwick

Does anyone use instaMAT . is it worth a try and deeper learning?

I  wonder  does it provide any advantages vs  substance Designer/Painter .    Youtube videos are not very informative or showing  something  really new , I mean new…
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gnoop

How do i rig this

Hello,I got this motion platform model i need to rig and animate. how should i go about it? The parts that i am confused are the legs connecting to the top platform and each leg is effecting its angl…
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ZacD

[SOLVED] [3ds Max] Animated shutter: Bones bend whilst animating along a path.

Hello everyone!I am new to animating using bones/skin. I have the following issue, I need to rectify urgently, can anyone help?During the animation, the bone knicks, I have two animated shutters, the…
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ColMatrix

How do I make a car rig with wheels that turn automatically no matter the axis? (PLEASE HELP!)

I need to make a quick animation for my class literally due tomorrow, and something I'm really struggling on is animating the wheels. I am natively a blender user, so what I'm used to is, having a co…
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sacboi

[3dsMax script] miauu's Selecet by visibility

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miauu

Inserting model render into 2D background...

Hi all,I have a model (Blender) that ultimately needs to be inserted into a  couple of backgrounds. The model is of an aircraft - I will need to insert into a sky background (in flight) …
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CommonOne

[3ds max] biped head and arm rotation

It's been a while since I had to animate with Character Studio, but if I remember correctly, there is no way to stop the head and arms from counter-rotating / staying in their current rotation when t…
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Noren

UV-Remap: A New Tool for Rearranging the UVs of Textured Models

Hey Polycount Community!I’d like to introduce UV-Remap – a tool that allows you to edit the UVs of already textured 3D models. This is perfect for merging models with different UV maps and texture se…
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Noren

FBX -> 3DS Max -> Maya -> 3DS Max -> FBX Export - Gimbal Lock Exists error despite resetting XForm?

I've been faffing about with learning the workflow, which I've currently found to be:1. FBX File2. Import into 3DS Max3. Adjust it by moving bones and removing polygons4. Collapse to Editable Mesh5. …
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Lamont

How can I model this ruin?

How can I model this ruin? I'm currently working on creating old ruins and would love to understand the process for making this using Maya and ZBrush, texturing in substance. I'm not sure how yo…
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artquest

[3dsMax] miauu's Folder Bookmarks

miauu's Folder Bookmarks enhances the functionality of the default Open, Save, Import, Export, Merge, and Replace dialogs in Autodesk 3ds Max. It gives you fast access to your frequently used folder…
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miauu

What is the consensus on 3DConnexion hardware?

Hello!I've scoured for what others think of these devices, but most of the threads are quite old (10+ years), or they are focused on CAD. I have been having hand pains, and I have tried a variety of …
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odd_enough

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