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New aproach - on Anatomy task. (Soft/Rigidbody/FXs?)

Here is a short explanation on what I need it all to do:Let us start with the Light blue drawings:This area, is suposed to hold the ligament (Orange parts) in place, so if I move the femur bone (thei…
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Hellgnome

Octopus Vertex - Maya plugin

Hello everyoneI have realeased this vertex & colorset plugin for Mayahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBFw2gyzUlsAvailable at:https://petrmaxa.gumroad.com/l/octopus-vertex Let me know what you thi…
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PetrMaxa

How can I achieve this faded concrete paint effect with vertex blending?

Hello Polycount, I have been looking for a solution to this for a little while now, basically i need to find a way to achieve this faded paint on concrete effect as shown in the image above with vert…
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Eric Chadwick

Looking for an Expert (or someone capable) in Maya and Unity.

Ok, So I am in too deep: I am supposed to make something that does this (see links), when you move the model In unity: https://www.instagram.com/p/CgcMZ-jpkGT/  https://www.instagram.c…
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Hellgnome

XGen Alembic hair - is it possible to create more angular and styllized hair?

Hi everyone! At the studio i work at we are making a portfolio piece and i was given the task of creating Xgen alembic hair for this cowboy character. The hair is more angular and really stylized and…
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Lyuba

Bounce Physics

Hello, I am trying to make a short animated clip as a background, if you see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCXsRoyFRQEBetween 0:20 and 0:22, ths is what I'm trying to recreate, the bull…
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okidoki

Old graphics.

Good afternoon. Would you like to ask knowledgeable people how the graphics were divided before? All these angular 3d models from "Mario 64" and "cs 1.6" are not at all similar to our time. Now there…
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Fabi_G

Blender Procedural Baking

Hello, I am having an issue with baking a procedural texture down in Blender, for reference this has been my standard workflow for a while now without issue but for some reason this time the Normal m…
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gnoop

How do I find a balance between time and quality when creating game assets for an indie game?

I'm making assets for a first person simulator game with semi-realistic graphics, the assets are mostly furniture and decorations. Making both high poly and low poly versions of each asset dras…
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Neox

Displacement map "Surface Dithering" problem

Hi all!  I would be very grateful for your help! Situation: - I bake Displacement Map 32 bit .EXR through any of the listed Xnormal, Knald, Mighty Bake - At the output I get a map, when ap…
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Gaurdo

How exactly is this done?

Hello everyone guys! Its my first post here, so i am sorry if something made wrong.This model was made approximately in 2013-2014 for Assassins Creed Syndicate, by a very talented artist Mathieu Goul…
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Alemja

The problem is that the circle is distorted during Turbo Smooth.

i'm working on a high polygon assignment. there is an unresolved problembefore digging the holeafter digging the holeThis can be solved by adding a line horizontally, but then the circle becomes dist…
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Neox

FBX previews in Windows 10: By far the coolest feature...

Built in .FBX preview lol.[mod edit]: I changed your super-informative title [/mod edit]
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thomasp

AO map shows seams after baking in SP

Hi guys)After baking AO map in substance painter it reveals-shows seams.I tried toadjust settings but had no result.  I do not use hipoly mesh  in this case.
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Fabi_G

Question about UDIMS

Hi all, I wanted to get some advice here because I feel I may be missing some fundamental knowledge of UDIMS, hah.So I have a creature modeled in Zbrush that will be used for a film. I mapped it with…
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stephanieroach

Trouble sculpting a winged statue

I got burned out on my work a while back and want to return to finishing this UE5 environment project. That said I am having trouble with the wings on this sculpt, in particular getting everything to…
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Klunk

Questions about hard surfaces.

hello. My name is Barnard and I am preparing to become a modeler in Korea.After searching for the answer, I arrived here.While modeling a Star Wars blaster, I encountered a problem with the scope mou…
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Barnard750

Cross Polarized Photography resources

Leslie's post got me thinking we should list any available resources for cross-polarized photography. I find them extremely useful for both reference and texturing and anything thats freely available…
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okidoki

Modeling clothes

How are you modeling clothes for a game engine?
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Fabi_G

Real-Time Watercolor Renderer for Blender

Get the addonhttps://ryh1113.gumroad.com/l/watercolor-renderer  https://blendermarket.com/products/watercolor-renderer Watercolor rendererWhat's Watercolor Renderer, as its name implies, this …
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rkt

displacement map seams in maya/Arnold

for the love of god, I juest cant figuate out what is wrong with my settings. can some living 3DCG god help me plz : (
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stephanieroach

mini tutorial - Maya duplicate along a curve (no mash, simple method)

if you look up how to duplicate along a curve in maya you will see there is no simple dedicated method even in 2024. The go-to method still seems to be MASH. MASH is good because it gives you all the…
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Alex_J

3d coat users, can you import a mesh for sculpting without triangulating it or losing UVs?

I can't seem to find a way to do this. I want to bring in quad mesh in, do some minor sculpting on it, and export as the same topology with the same UV's. I can import a mesh with quads and UV's…
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Alex_J

Pianting normals creates artifacts

I've been trying to correct some small imperfections in the normal map using Substance Painter, but every time I paint, small artifacts end up appearing (they look like small grey-ish dots).It's not …
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Fabi_G

Baking round, hard edges with blender's multiresolution modifier

In blender when baking with a multiresolution modifier from this highpoly:The baked normal-map on the low-poly looks like this when using "Bake from multires":These are the UV seams:I thought it had …
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okidoki

[Autodesk Maya] Create a shortcut on "selection highlighting".

[{"insert":"Hello,\n\nI want to create a toggle shortcut for this button, I can't find a way to do it. Even if I copy the mel script, its not a toggle.\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":…
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ScareArchives

Cylindrical crap topology help

Hi, i have recently got back into 3d modelling, how would i go about fixing the topology of these booleaned cylindrical columns, i want to keep the edges of the columns so the maintain their shape, w…
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okidoki

Photoshop - Merging layers whilst retaining Blending Modes.

Hey, does anyone know if there is a way in Photoshop to merge two layers but maintain the blending modes that those layers might have applied. For example merging a layer with "multiply" with anothe…
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iam717

paste a file path in maya always adds prefix of file:///, which has to be deleted

working in windows 10 and maya 2022/2023This is probably a stupid question but it is something that bugs me endlessly and I have not found an answer. If I copy a file from windows explorer and p…
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Alex_J

(3DS Max) Skin mirror mode weighs vertices to wrong bone

Quick introduction: Hello, it's long past due that I sign up to Polycount, but a problem I'm having has made me finally do it and I know no place like Autodesk forums or something will solve my probl…
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sergsse

Triangles after baking normal map

Hi everybody! I've got the issue with triangles showing on the model after baking high poly to low poly. I try to bake the model in Substance Painter, and in the viewport everything seems to be …
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DC74

Techs (where you at?) rendering...

Okay so i find it strange i can not "stress" the p.c. i have out utilizing all of the aspects of the hardware, the img attached shows that noting or hardly anything is being used.  What is the d…
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iam717

Solid modeling vs NURBS

Hi guys,Just curious, is there a distinction between the two?As, for example, Rhino, though it has some basic boolean functionality, is clearly a NURBS modeler, whereas Plasticity uses another kernel…
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MIster3d

Mesh export settings

Hi guys, Meybe some more experienced artist could shed some light on those questions of mesh export:1. What are tangents and binormals option?2. What is split per vertex normals?3. What is prese…
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MIster3d

Skinweights lost on fbx export?

Hi all,So I had Mixamo rig and skin a model, and when I import that into Maya everything works fine.I then made some correction to the skinning (did some weight painting), and when I export it as an …
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Alex_J

Change Zbrush's default mirro axis?

I'm working on a project that uses Z axis so all the objects are facing X+ axis. I know I can change the mirror axis of each object, but how do I save it so it doesn't reset the next time I load ZPR?…
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gnoop

3ds Max: Texture Atlas with repeatables

Hello Everyone,I require assistance, I have spent at least 8 hours reading articles, watching videos, scoured the Texture Atlas articles on polycount and tested...nothing.I wish to have a texture Atl…
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Eric Chadwick

How would you model this?

modelTell me how i can model it? I tried everything,but i can't mode it(  How would you model this? Thanks in advance.P.S You can download this model and make tris to quads,if you want
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okidoki

Corrective Blendshapes breaks if it isn't in a neutral position

my blendshape for the elbow deformation completely breaks if the arm isn't set in a T-pose.Do I seriously have to create corrective blendshapes for each edge case? Is there a way for me to disable/mo…
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Eric Chadwick

Modern hardware optimization/limitations

Im getting back into game dev after a many years away, you know, because of life.So my question came about as I was considering the best way to do LoD's I got some of what I would call higher poly st…
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poopipe

Maya average normals averaged unintentionally

This is causing weird bakes, I know this because I manually changed the direction and it fixed itI believe this may be causing issues elsewhere and Im wondering why its averaging normals as such and …
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TannedBatman

How to planify atlases on large scenes

Basically that. How do you planify on grouping UVs from a set of objects - atlases as for my understanding - on large scenes to also ensure decent texel density to bake? You do it by area? - idk, kit…
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poopipe

Not combining the meshes but arranging UVs together on a single texture sheet.

Hello everyone,I'm relatively new to 3D Prop and learning more about creating our own game-ready assets. I have a query regarding the creation of game-ready assets, particularly when it involves mode…
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sacboi

Shadow Artifacts when Rendering with Ray Tracing

When rendering in Marmoset, I get these arifacts when Ray tracing is on. It's not due to the AO or Normal maps, as the problem still happens with them off (and the maps themselves look clean). The …
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Sidney Eliot

[3ds max] How do I export an .fbx without it triangulating?

I cannot figure out how to export my mesh without it triangulating. I export as an .fbx with triangualtion turned off. I've tried different versions of FBX as well. Also tried without preserving edge…
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poopipe

Maya ctrl+delete bug?

I want to remove those edges along with their vertexes but It only deletes the edges and some of the vertexes then selects seemingly random edges afterwards. This has never happened, I have deleted b…
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TannedBatman

Zbrush - Brush wrap mode problem

[{"insert":"To begin with - I’m new to making trim sheets so sorry if this is a dumb question.\nThis is the second one I’ve tried, the first one I had no problems with. Now though, as you can see in …
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gnoop

Roadkill live-pelting UV app

[url="http://www.pullin-shapes.co.uk/index.htm"]http://www.pullin-shapes.co.uk/index.htm[/url] Anyone tried this? It's a free standalone UV mapper, with live pelting. The vids are pretty cool. Offer…
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gnoop

Roughness and Specular is possible?

Hello!I was wondering why some people create the face without following the standard PBR (Roughness/Metalness).It's possible? I mean.. of course you can do it in Marmoset but in a studio it would be …
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SuSo

RoadKill Plugin (Maya 2022+2023)

[{"insert":"For any old farts like me still using roadkill, my buddy ("},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Marcus Krautwurst) "},{"insert":"just updated it to run on modern versions of Maya\n"},{…
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SolidNest

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