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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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Neox

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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AdrienTriangles

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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Eric Chadwick

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

Ground and buildings pipeline/workflow/approaches

I was surprised not to find a separate section dedicated to game development, so I'm asking here. While I learned a lot about making game assets recently, there are two topics that absolute mystery t…
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maaboo

Powerful new tool for critiquing your 3D Models

I'm a 3D character artist by trade, and getting useful feedback on in-progress work has always been harder than it should be. You post a render and it's either "looks sweet" or silence. This forum is…
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Voxol

Reference Pack - Liebherr R9800 (150+ images)

Hi everyone!I'm working on a reference pack for the Liebherr R9800 mining excavator. It includes 150+ images organized in folders: exterior, engine, cabin, undercarriage.The idea is to save hours of …
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MiningSpecs

Ornatrix grooming → bake pipeline for stylized characters

Wrote up the Ornatrix groom-to-bake pipeline I use for stylized characters, focused on two things that bite later if you skip them: keeping the groom mask-driven and editable (density / gravity / len…
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ruxlag

[MAYA]Modeling/Texturing QuickTips

Just wanted to share with you guys some quick tips video that covers some modeling techniques along with some procedural workflow. Will be regularly updated. Thankshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ-…
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onionhead_o

How to reduce normal map baking artifacts caused by low/high poly mismatch?

I’m using a Blender + Substance Painter pipeline (baking and texturing) with a low-to-high workflow: first a low-poly model, then geometry refinement, bevels, and subdivision. Since I’ve only just st…
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HAWK12HT

How are you actually handling AI-generated mesh cleanup before engine handoff?

Been integrating Meshy and Tripo outputs into UE5 pipelines for a while now and the generation step is no longer the problem — topology and textures come out reasonably usable for props and backgroun…
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HAWK12HT

[TOOL / ADDON] VmBaker - GPU-accelerated texture baker (Maya, Blender & beyond)

Hello everyone,I want to share a new tool I've been developing for some time now called VmBaker.It is a texture baking tool mainly targeted at game developers for making low-poly models - but it's re…
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vaclavmazany

Using maya as a game editor for environment art

I was watching a talk by Stephen McAuley, technical director at Santa Monica Studio discussing their approach to game editors and how they use Maya as their game editor in conjunction with their engi…
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Noth

"The Art of Moving Points" eBook now works on any browser

"The Art of Moving Points" eBook is now on sale for $9.99 and available on Ozone3d.com website. Works on any web browser.This eBook details the addition articulation style and SubD modeling that I u…
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hippydrome

BlenderMCP Pro — AI pipeline tool for Blender (asset validation, batch export, game engine prep)

Posting this here specifically because Polycount's audience cares about pipeline more than novelty, and that's the actual use case I built this for. Context I run Anvil Interactive Solutions — we s…
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anvilinteractive

Building the Ornatrix operator stack in Maya and keeping a fully-built groom fast in the viewport

On Ornatrix grooms I kept hitting two things: I rebuild the same operator stack on every character, and a fully-built stack tanks the viewport while I'm still iterating. How I've been handling it:Bui…
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ruxlag

Struggle to model a cut cylinder!!!

I've been trying to solve this for weeks but no matter what I do, there will be artifacts.Thank you in advance :(
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FrankPolygon

Are retoplogy tools like Blender's retopoflow 4 worth it for non characters

Hi, For some context I do environment design (hobby) mainly, but I am starting to do more and more modelling instead of depending on others for models or purchased kits. I have been delving into…
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Thanez

Sci-fi Mech Parts - Kitbash Bundle Vol.1 + FREE 18 PART SAMPLE KIT

This has been a long time coming, I am incredibly happy to announce that I am finally releasing one of my personal mech parts kitbash sets that I have built and use on a daily basis for my own produc…
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Games101

The Hard Surface and 3D Print Tools Pro - 4 Script Suite for Autodesk Maya

I’m incredibly happy to finally be able to share what I have been putting together over the past couple months,so with that i'm happy to present the Hard-Surface and 3D Print Pro Suite for mayaA seri…
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Games101

Maya UI Editor freeze

Was there ever a fix for this where the attribute editor stops responding?. You can still use the xgen tools and render, but attributes won't load automatically and the outliner is empty. I was …
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Ruz

[NEW TOOL] Armory Crafter – Modular 3D Weapons Editor & Texturing Software

Hi everyone,I'm currently working on a library of modular 3D weapon models and made an editor powerful enough to texture and export the models and textures in different styles, including PBR.You can …
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kevin_iglesias

Octane render Blender addon

Does anyone use it?    It was my favorite render /texture baker for  complex bioms   on  surfaces  due to GPU instancing  but since they switched from  sp…
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okidoki

Cleaning up Maya shading networks / duplicating without the `pasted__` mess, merging duplicate file

Two Maya shading-graph chores I kept scripting, curious how others approach them:Duplicating a shading network with clean names. Maya's duplicate/paste leaves pasted__ prefixes and number suffixes; I…
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ruxlag

What AI do you use to solve CG software puzzles ?

I use $20 ChatGPT subscription and  Google Gemini .   Much to my surprise Gemini sometimes knows better  when I need to recollect  some condition checkbox  I need to che…
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gnoop

Animation-Sharing compatible FaceRig

Hello guys. My question is software independent, technique based. So, If i were to have make an open world game and i make hundreds of people in my modelling software, and when things would come to m…
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aslankilic1945

Finding files with 16 bit at least height info?

I wonder what people use for that.    I remember I  had  a nice looking pretty long stripe  of lumpy  dirt  with tire tracks and dried streams  by Reality Capt…
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gnoop

Nvidia Control Panel

using a cool app that shows me what things are doing.so for the whole life of this new p.c. this has never worked ever since i learned about the new "inner workings" of the installer, i got all the "…
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iam717

Maya fbx export is not exporting blendshape animation.

[{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/JH3P3HZZP9VS\/blend.zip","name":"Blend.zip","type":"application\/x-zip-compressed","size":35139,"displaySize":"l…
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DarkBahamut

Ditching Geometry Caches for Maya-to-Unreal Lattice Rigs

Wanted to drop a quick pipeline piece we did solving a data-bloat problem. We needed a reusable, highly deformed eye rig setup for a stylized project, but relying on geometry caching to bake out the …
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tokestuartjepsen

Maya Rigging Help: Ostrich Neck Controls Are Difficult to Pose

I'm a student trying to improve an ostrich rig that I'll be using in an upcoming creature animation course.The neck currently feels very difficult to pose and animate. In the attached screen reco…
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azo

Set up for Faceform Wrap 3D to work with template topologies

Hello, I'm trying to use Faceform Wrap 3D to convert morphs between different DAZ Genesis and Reallusion Character Creator models using the Lattice node (since their topologies and poses are already …
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Redcooler

Don’t use gamma on normal maps

I shared this on LinkedIn, might help some people here too.Don’t use Gamma on normal mapsNormal maps should be saved in linear color space, without color correction from Gamma or sRGB. A lot of …
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Eric Chadwick

Paint vertex normals in 3dsmax

Hello there !I was wondering if one could paint vertex normals in 3dsmax using a brush system, not necessarily the one used to do vertex paint as this might have different needs, I'm thinking about s…
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poopipe

[TOOL] Hairflow - 2D Hair-Card Grooming & Atlas Baking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE3_pqw-KNU&t=2s Hi everyone,I’ve been working on Hairflow, a specialized 2D tool designed to bridge the gap between sculpting high-fidelity hair and the tedious p…
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Rufatm2

SDF. what do you think of it?

I haven't even heard of it before Adobe brought it to Designer . Doesn't seem  especially convenient .   Am I missing  something?
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gnoop

3DCoat Mega Thread

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ! Dear Friends, In the light of the upcoming Holiday season, please accept our best wishes of Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May inspiration and …
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gnoop

[UE4] - Blurry textures with WorldAligendTexture node [Solved]

Hey!Ran into a problem today whilst working on my project. I think it is time for you awesome polycounters to crack the code and solve the mystery. When I use a WorldAlignedTexture I am forced to use…
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Eric Chadwick

ZBrush Polygroups Issue

Hi I’m having this annoying problem with polygroups and wondering if anyone can help I’m sculpting bricks on a lighthouse And I’m trying to re set up my poly groups so the side of each brick are …
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Eric Chadwick

[MAYA] Help with Animation, Speed too fast.

Hey everyone, I'm working on a short animation while watching a tutorial using Maya. Although, unlike the tutorial, my animation is moving extremely fast. My project is running at 24 fps, with a smal…
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joethripps

[Blender Add-on] Smart UV Tool – Fast, Clean UVs for Dense Meshes

Hey everyone,I’ve been working on UV unwrapping workflows in Blender, mainly for dense meshes and production assets, where clean island layout and minimal distortion actually matter.Most automatic UV…
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iam717

Looking for Broken Mocap Files — Let's Fix Them Together

Hey developers! 👋I'm building **ApexEye Clean**, an automated motion capture data cleanup system. If you've ever worked with mocap files (BVH, FBX, AMC, C3D), you know the pain:- Jittery joints- Fee…
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mlennox

[ADDON] Smart Material Painter — Procedural PBR layering for Blender, no UV unwrapping required

Hey Polycount,Just released the latest version of Smart Material Painter, a layer-based PBR material system for Blender that builds fully procedural, geometry-aware materials without touching a textu…
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meshmind

100 Post Process Shaders in 1 minute

[{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"I created "},{"attributes":{"bold":true,"link":"https:\/\/elias-wick.com\/portfolio\/shaders\/post-process\/page-1"},"insert":"100 post process shaders"},{"attr…
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EliasWick

Survey for Blender users: what would you automate if you could?

Working on some tooling research and want real answers from real artists, not assumptions.If you use Blender (even alongside other apps) what part of your workflow eats time without adding creative v…
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sarayel

Problema di riflessione sui vetri dello sky environment con 3dsmax e arnold seghettata

Ciao a tutti, temo che il mio quesito sia sciocco ma, anche se uso 3dsmax con Arnold da un po', non riesco a risolvere un problema di rendering e perciò mi rivolgo a voi.Vorrei evitare che il vetro (…
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Eric Chadwick

Good VFX / Particle System tutorials?

Hello! I'm currently looking for VFX tutorials similar to this:https://liamandrews1.artstation.com/projects/8BXOZQI really loved how the author showcased step by step, enabling/disabling elements of …
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armagon

Final-year project, I need YOUR feedback on augmented AI shader tools in the workflow

Important ask❗-> I need your professional help. I’m a final-year student, researching the realities of augmented AI tools in optimising UE5 shader pipelines for large scale projects, specifi…
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Meggz_0987

UV Squashing in Borderlands 2 on masks for color tints.

I wanted to share something I came across while looking at models and textures from Borderlands 2. There is a 3D model called WreckedVan that is used all over the game. It comes with a 2048…
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poopipe

How much of ZBrush do you guys actually use?

Really curious if how much of ZBrush people actually use. There's a lot in it.I'd say I get a way with a core subset of brushes. DamStandard, Clay, Standard, Inflate, Pinch, Move, TrimDynamics, MoveT…
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Noth

How to recreate One Piece anime-style shading & glow (Paint Tool SAI 2 + After Effects)?

Hi everyone, I’m trying to recreate this kind of anime coloring/shading style from One Piece (image attached).What I’m specifically trying to achieve:Strong cel shading with soft transitions in some …
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pior

Gradient texturing on modular tiles causing visible seams

Hi everyone, I am currently building a modular kit for my game and ran into a problem with gradient texturing that I do not fully understand yet. My kit consists of many reusable pieces like walls,…
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HAWK12HT

[ZBrush] Editing topology with SubDivision Levels

Hello! I'm in the process of making my second character model. Taken a lot of mistakes and learning to get to this point. I've been stuck on something the past few days though, and I'm unsure wh…
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vulpeslotor

Best practices when creating assets specifically for Nanite

We've been asked to use Nanite for a project (just a blanket order to enable Nanite on every mesh that even remotely supports it). Whatever one might think of that, I need to make sure we cause as li…
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3DBoogieBr

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