Technical Talk

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Zbrush: How do you using refence images for face sculpting? Pretty much the title :D I tend to use the "Grid->Front-Back" Method, but now i am not sure but i guess i have to sculpt in dyn. perspectivebut when i do this, its kinda hard to get the exact view…	5 Last	goekbenjamin Mar 2019
Modular Environment Techniques I have read the wiki up and down a few times. I'm still a little unsure about some techniques of making modular environments. When you're making modular buildings that are meant to be seen inside and…	4 Last	icegodofhungary Mar 2019
Zbrush Boolean Detailing Question Hi All,I'm working on a model (below), and am wondering how I should incorporate booleans into my detailing workflow. I got the major shapes I want on my model and want to add some boolean details on…	3 Last	musashidan Mar 2019
Problematic baking of hard edges (how to do it without adding supporting loops?) Can't make proper bake of hard edges for low poly game modelI read posts with same problem, and all have the same answer - uv seams on hard edges and more support geometry. My model correspond to the…	10 Last	gnoop Mar 2019
How to bake textures for low poly? Hi there ladies and gentleman! I'm new to the 3D in general, but I've made some progress in my free time over the last few years. I've found help here before and I'll try to find it again. My qu…	1 Last	Thanez Mar 2019
Toggletator! For Photoshop: toggle visibility of specific layers with a hotkey Hey everyone,Here's a little something I made like 20 years ago but only upload it now, behold, TOGGLETATOR (for Photoshop CS6-CC2018).Toggletator is a collection of 3 scripts that allow t…	24 Last	pior Mar 2019
Photoshop Extension to change colors ? Anyone know an extension for Photoshop whereas you can just mix colors without the need to change the blending modes ?	0 Last	CreativeSheep Mar 2019
Modo: Having trouble creating a chesterfield sofa type of object. Hello! I'm having trouble modelling a chesterfield-type sofa. I can't figure out the best way to create a high poly model that has the intricate chesterfield type pattern in it's geometry. I've seen …	8 Last	CreativeSheep Mar 2019
[Krita] Brush Tip softness control points Anyone know how to change the control points in Krita brush curves to corner points?	2 Last	melviso Mar 2019
Can't weld these dang nabbin edges together, help please! (n00b) Apologies if Im posting in the wrong category Im new to the website!Im attempting to model an imac 27 inch. I cant figure out how to weld these two parts together, on the left is the front and sides …	3 Last	poopipe Mar 2019
I Need Help With My Topology Hi everyone,I'm working on a radio for a school project and I got a little problem concerning my topology.Here's my problem : The highlight isn't smooth at all. Tell me if I'm wron…	3 Last	Ashervisalis Mar 2019
highpoly rectangle cut in cylinder help i have what i assume is a really simple issue but i just cant seem to figure it out maybe im just tired or something but i cant seem to keep this cut squared up and keep the cylinder uneffected …	3 Last	sacboi Mar 2019
How to easily and quickly create a high-res, smooth version of hard-surface props for baking normal? Hi Polycount 3D modelling experts, I am working on some props which require a normal map to go with diffuse textures. They don't need to exhibit much detail though, and are mostly just there to help …	17 Last	MMKH Mar 2019
baking question ok so substance painter give you the option to bake each individual mesh with _low / _high is there another texture software that is able to do that?thanks	10 Last	musashidan Mar 2019
flip skinned character by X in 3ds maxIs it possible to easy "flip" skinned character by X and "rebuild" it so it can be normaly used for animation?I'm afraid that simple Mirror function might broke every aspect of the characte…	7 Last	Tosyk Mar 2019
Tell me the Best UV unwrapping software Hello guys !! Does anybody know or could suggest me the best UV unwrapping software on the scene?? I am using maya and doing uv inside of it but I have heard around that maya-s uvs unwrapping system …	35 Last	poopipe Mar 2019
(Solved) [Blender] Why does Blender insists on adding object transform as vertex position? I have used Blender for around 2 years at this point, but still couldn't figure out why would Blender insists on exporting obj file with transform applied onto vertex position.I would love to tell Bl…	2 Last	bitinn Mar 2019
Unwrapping information/ UV islands Information Greetings Polycount community!Now the issue that i'm having isn't exactly a problem but i was just wondering...I have this model that i completely unrwrapped, and while it looked satisfactory I could…	3 Last	Sunarix Mar 2019
What is a "game ready" asset? What does it mean?What are the requirements?Any extra information? links? thanks.As far as i know. it should have PBR texture and it should be low poly. Am i wrong?	6 Last	Mohamed_Salah_Bchir Mar 2019
[3ds Max]Edit Normals Modifier + Symmetry I'm working on a cell-shaded character and I'd like to edit some of the normals rotation in certain parts of the face, a la Guilt Gear XX. The problem is that I can't use the Symmetry Modifier to mir…	3 Last	scgstudio Mar 2019
Geometry Smoothing from Maya to 3ds Max Hi,I was wondering if anyone has a solution or knows of a plugin that might help with this issue I am having.I know geometry smoothing is handled differently between Maya & 3ds max. (Maya assigns…	12 Last	oglu Mar 2019
DX / WebGL engine for industrial simulation Planning a project where I will need also to create something like this construction simulationshttps://youtu.be/XykbLnLQZUs 5https://youtu.be/g_3qLUHlTTsFor various assets such as infrastructure or …	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Mar 2019
Low Poly Hi, I exported blanket from marvelous designer to Maya but t is too high poly can anybody tell me? how can I make it low poly It looks very complex to me.	5 Last	jayantbhatt007 Mar 2019
Riggings suggestions for animators. Hey guys! I was wondering if you have any cool rig that you specially like, or that is simple but yet versatile. I want to make some shots for the demoreel but all the models and rigs that I ha…	4 Last	Mark Dygert Mar 2019
[3DSMax] -- Onivision -- Multi UV Seams Hunter -> Now on Gumroad Hello,I've just released a new plug in to Gumroad called "Onivision" https://gumroad.com/onikanabo# What is it :This plug-in will allow you to see 4 UV Seams Channels at the same type on top of you…	1 Last	Cathodeus Mar 2019
Baking normal details from UV 1 to AO map on UV 2. My brain hurts. I have a very strange dilemma to deal with. I have a building .FBX consisting of multiple objects with different tiling materials applied (overlapping UV's outside of the 0-1 uv atlas). I have create…	3 Last	Obscura Mar 2019
Hard Surface Beveling question Hey guys. I'm working on some Modular Sci-fi Hallway stuff and I had a question about hard edges. If I want to add support loops or make a hard edge slightly softer how many edge loops do you guys th…	2 Last	Andreicus Mar 2019
Blocking to prevent from baking ? What is the method used to block parts of a mesh as to not bake them into the texture ?	3 Last	musashidan Mar 2019
VFX texture tools? What are you favorite tools for creating particle effects? Not the particles themselves, which are usually done in-engine, but supporting textures, like animated normal maps, smoke and fire textures,…	2 Last	Obscura Mar 2019
Zbrush polypaint texture black please help!!! Hello everyone,I am fairly new to Zbrush so i apologies for my 3D verbiage in advance. I ran into a recent problem trying to export the model's polytextures into .PSD files so i can continue to edit …	7 Last	sazoman Mar 2019
Maya 2016 - Quad draw mesh line rendering issues There seems to be a bit of a rendering issue involving the Viewport 2.0 rendering of the Overlay Append Mesh lines (though the same effect is present with regular wireframes). Using the legacy render…	12 Last	sazoman Mar 2019
ZBrush: Polypaint problem Hi guys!I want to create polypaint from polygroups, but i got this problem... How to solve this?	3 Last	musashidan Mar 2019
polyRetopo the secret maya node There is a non documented maya node in 2018 which is somehow "interesting".Just select an object and type the mel command "polyRetopo;" todo some magic.This automatic retopo could in combo with boole…	41 Last	oglu Mar 2019
3ds max orbit around point of interest is a nightmare Hi!Orbit around point of interes is inconsistent and irritating to work with :( Is there any way to solve this?https://youtu.be/AUI2B9Shqx8	8 Last	Spiralboy Mar 2019
[Blender 3D] HELP! How to Remove These Lines from My Render??? I've recently created a low poly character which I love, only to find these "low poly lines" showing in my render and I cannot seem to get to rid of?Can someone please help to solve the mystery?…	0 Last	JLiang Mar 2019
Import Rigged Character FBX from Maya to Octane Render Standalone (Problem: Geometry scatters) Hello!Introduction:I've been wrestling with the problem outlined in the title where I have a long animated sequence of a character comprised of many parts, rigged onto a simple skeleton. For the reco…	0 Last	Acerdotal Mar 2019
Generating curvature from normals? I have an asset I bought from the UE marketplace but I'm not super happy with how the wear matches my scene and would like to do a retexture. I recall having a Photoshop script forever ago that gener…	3 Last	zombie420 Mar 2019
When we say multiple material id on a single model, what do we mean? I just got a bit confused myself:- Are "material id" assigned by sub mesh, uv island, smoothing group or some other mesh property? Can you just pick any polygon and assign them a "material id", but n…	19 Last	musashidan Mar 2019
3Ds Max How to Select Nth vertex on a Spline...? HelloHow would i do this? I hava spline object and i want to select every "N-th" vertex ("knot")... In my case it every second vertex/knot, but every 3rd, 4th, or simply - N-th would be good. Is ther…	2 Last	Jonathan85 Mar 2019
Maya 2012 freezing on Open/Save/Import/Project windows After I open Maya, and go to File > Open/Save/import/Project/etc., Maya brings up said window but the box is filled with white and Maya freezes up. I've tried deleting the prefs folder and running a …	15 Last	dinmeolas Mar 2019
Screengrabbing FBX in a folder Hi, I have around 3000 fbx within one folder and I want to screengrab and save a jpg of each individual fbx and have it named the same.. ie tree.fbx - new file.. tree.jpg. This will make it easier fo…	2 Last	monster Mar 2019
ZBrush Panel Loops - Depth Control? So I'm new to using panel loops in Zbrush, but I've watched just about every in-depth tutorial that I can find, read the documentation, etc, and I have to ask: Can you really not control the DEPTH of…	7 Last	musashidan Mar 2019
Zbrush. List of hotkey-brush-modifiers? Was watching "ZBrush 2018 - ZBrush Guides: Make it Happen in ZBrush! with Pablo Muñoz Gómez - Episode 3". He showed how to smooth without shrinking by +shift, +LMB, +ctrl, -shift. Nice feature, thoug…	2 Last	dimwalker Mar 2019
Make Quads out of a Ngon flat face on a static game mesh, yes or no ? ( No Subd, no bake ) I tend to have all quads where possible on my meshes especially if i know that i will subdivide them but i was wondering in the case of a real time asset like this: As you can clearly see i have…	19 Last	Eric Chadwick Feb 2019
Cinema 4d: Help? How to set up a channel composite texture for alpha channel? Hello, I have a little bit of a problem with a model. It says the alpha channel of the texture is packed within the blue channel of a 3 channel composite. Meaning there is a colored picture and they …	0 Last	Markore91 Feb 2019
help with this topology I'm having huge problem how to create correct topology for this kind of model, especially problematic is this marked corner.	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Feb 2019
[3DS Max] Translate step snapping, and moving selection pivot Hey everyone!I'm currently converting to 3DS Max after a few years modeling in Cinema 4D, and I have a couple of tools that I dearly miss in 3DS Max, or at least I haven't found anything like them in…	8 Last	miauu Feb 2019
Image to texture tool- Multiple color masking? So, I am trying this awesome software:http://www.boundingboxsoftware.com/materialize/It has a masking per color feature, where u can mask color and assign a vaule based on the type of map but it is o…	4 Last	melviso Feb 2019
Maya normalize uv's not normalizing like Max does? Hey, I have a strange issue I can't seem to figure out on my own. I recently started using Maya and am trying to unwrap an object of mine. I've been using Max for a while and when I am packing a…	11 Last	poopipe Feb 2019
Game character modeling workflow When creating a game character, which of the following two can clean the normal map more beautifully?1. Low-poly modeling → UV unwrap → High-poly sculpting detail → High Low bake2. High-poly modeling…	4 Last	musashidan Feb 2019