Technical Talk

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Copying detail of curves into another part of the mesh? I'm trying to model a door similar to this one that I found:I really like how there are outsets that mimic the curvature of the center circle, but I'm struggling to replicate that in 3DS max. I used …	6 Last	Elarionus Jan 2019
Unable to get collisions with Bifrost Maya 2018 Hey everyone,I'm following this tutorial - https://youtu.be/O-8ow82gQw8?t=197 (3:17 for this query) and I can't seem to get any collision from a mesh being attached as an influencer to the plane…	0 Last	Danface Jan 2019
Facial Rigging - Good Resources? Hi Guys,I was hoping to start a useful thread about face rigging. I decided to start learning a bit about it, because I've never done anything advanced with facial rigs and want to learn. I've been g…	17 Last	pasha_sevez Jan 2019
Maya - Skinning Hi,I'm rigging some characters and I have an issue, I can't figure it out...There is some elements on the clothes of the character, (separate mesh) And now it looks like they are floating around…	15 Last	Elie Jan 2019
Mirrored geometry/inverted UVs and Marmoset OK, noob question. Im new to this whole process (maybe I should have started with an easier project) so bear with me. Ive checked this forum and Google but I couldnt quite find what I was lookin…	3 Last	MBauer17 Jan 2019
separate geometry or seamless meshes? and building question Hey Poly counters been a long time lurker on here now and never got around to making an account but finally i have and I'm looking to improve so may post more in future :). So the first thing I was i…	10 Last	lockey1995 Jan 2019
How to learn stylized texturing? It's such an iconic style to paint textures for some games and I'm completely clueless as to how everyone does it, honestly at this point it looks like black magic to me.So how do I get started? wher…	6 Last	SimonSanchezArt Jan 2019
How do I do 3D modelling? Hey, I don't know if this is the right place to be posting this, but I have no idea how to model, or what program to use, so I guess a recommendation for a program to use would be okay.Thanks :…	6 Last	cookedpeanut Jan 2019
zbrush mask by AO problem Hello , whenever I click on Mask by AO on a model I sculpted , decimated etc the Zbrush program gets stuck with the icon keeping stay in the "processing" look ... So the Zbrush is stuck forever and …	6 Last	hansolocambo Jan 2019
Any advice on modeling this kind of mountain/terrain? (maya) Hello!I would like to train my modeling of these kind of elemts (mostly custom shaped mountains, not the displacement map ones).Do ou guys have any advice on what technique i should use? I always mod…	1 Last	GlowingPotato Jan 2019
Can I bake this into normal map? Hey guys, I'm making a furnace model and I'm wondering if I will be able to bake the brick wall as a normal map somehow to not get too much triangles.This is how it looksAnd front lookSo as you can s…	14 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2019
Weird results when baking normal map Hey, continuing this topic, but kind of a different question so I made a new one: https://polycount.com/discussion/comment/2666828#Comment_2666828Anyway, I learned how to make tiling textures in…	1 Last	Kanni3d Jan 2019
Texture sets count. Hi guys. I have a question regarding the use of texture sets, usually for production how many texture set for a model ? is there a default number or it depends of the importance of the object and how…	3 Last	Nanashi Jan 2019
is Photogrammetry the 'big thing' we should all be learning? someone elsewhere on a different post suggested Reality Capture, it looks damn easy to use, however it looks helluva expensive.and I've come across Colmap, which appears to be free/opensource.in your…	21 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2019
Maxscript "ReinforceIt!" for auto-mapping bar-like objects on atlas Script Homepage: https://github.com/ABTOMAT/ReinforceIt-3dsMaxYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dFosN3ypE0(for some reason embedded video doesn’t work so I’ve posted an URL)Hello!Some time ag…	0 Last	ABTOMAT Jan 2019
How to edit vertex normals for Anime / Toon shading in blender? (Arc System Works-Inspired) Heya!, I've recently been very inspired by Arc System Work's 3D anime models, their work in Guilty Gear and Dragon Ball Fighter Z is absolutely amazing and they blur the line between 3D and 2D nearly…	5 Last	cryrid Jan 2019
[Mari] - Curvature map not detailed enough Hi, Sorry to spam the board twice in one one but I wonder if anyone could shed some light on this problem. I baked out my "curvature stacked" map (extra mari extension). My character…	2 Last	obloquy Jan 2019
[Zbrush] - Human scale question Hi,Just a quick question on scale. My character is currently 16 cm real world height according to Scale Master (pic). The zbrush default demo man tool is 167cm tall. My question - i…	2 Last	obloquy Jan 2019
Understanding averaged normals and ray projection/Who put waviness in my normal map? 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…	522 Last	m00k Jan 2019
UVPadder Filter for GIMP 2.6 UVPadder GIMP Filter Automatically generate padding for UV islands! Win32 Binary Download: [url]http://www.mediafire.com/?i7d128nobj898k5[/url] You may need to put this DLL alongside it: [url]http:…	12 Last	dacanizares Jan 2019
hTools - maya modeling workflow / toolset development Hello polycounters, Harford here. It's been a while... how are you?I've recently started developing a set of modeling tools and workflows for maya, for my enjoyment mostly as I get further into scrip…	1 Last	onionhead_o Jan 2019
Maya: Is there a way to batch or sequence render a World Normal pass as a regular image output? Hello all, I am trying to achieve something like this in Maya Renderer or Arnold Renderer:I have a model and animation ready and I know how to do the regular batch render, but I was wondering if i…	3 Last	poopipe Jan 2019
XGen - How to make fur take colour of mesh texture? I'm using Arnold with Maya 2017.I've made a groom with XGen and want to set the colour to be the same as the texture I made. I have markings in white, greys and browns so would like for them to show …	7 Last	oglu Jan 2019
Smoothing Groups Problem I tried all angle thresholds, can't get rid of the distortion, i think adding control edges would solve the problem but i don't want more edges. can i fix it as is? i think the problem is that smooth…	1 Last	Mohamed_Salah_Bchir Jan 2019
Modular rounded piece. Seam on the smoothed mesh. Hi. I made a modular piece in Maya. All the edges are smooth but the border edges creates the seam. Is there workaround?Snapshot from UE4.	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2019
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Realistic render? Hi guys I just wanna ask you how to make a realistic render like that ? I'm working on a project and I need your help come on genius ! please help. just told me how to achieve this look :( I'm also w…	15 Last	Finnn Jan 2019
(Modo) how change selection fill mode? This discussion was created from comments split from: [Continuing] Random Modo Questions.(In the future, if it's a new question, just create a new topic. This will allow you to summarize your questio…	1 Last	APEC Jan 2019
Vanta Black-esque effect? I'm looking to get the portals-pictured-below's black to just be completely flat and unreactive to any sort of light in the Marmoset scene.https://imgur.com/d6M8YEgIts got a Normal/Rough/Metal/Albedo…	7 Last	Mink Jan 2019
Blender - Why my comp nodes are not working? I know I could be feeding a movie file to the Compositor, but then it would take 2 steps (1. render video with color correction from VSE, 2. feed it to the Compositor to rotate it -90 degrees and ren…	2 Last	drpeppercan Jan 2019
Baking hair & fur from max using Projection Hi guys,I have a little problem,I'm driving the hair & fur modifier using some splines but I cannot bake it down using the projection modifier since in the "Reference Geometry" tab it asks for a mesh…	26 Last	AFsoft Jan 2019
(Solved) Wacom tablet stops working with Zbrush or Maya I bought a tablet last month, Intuos Pro med. It works perfectly with Photoshop and Painter.It stops working as soon as I open the applications: Zbrush or MayaI've reinstalled drivers, re-rolled into…	2 Last	Muazzam Jan 2019
How can i create a texture sheet like this confused and need help. Hey, so I'm doing a race track for a game and I looked at some of the official r factor 2 textures and it seems they have packed allot of textures into one sheet and I'm trying to figure out whether …	6 Last	HAWK12HT Jan 2019
Creating diagonal extrusions Hey all, I have been rattling my brain trying to figure out how to go about making a red diagonal lines and wanted to see if maybe any of yall had any suggestions. I am using 3ds max for modeling and…	6 Last	JoBritt Jan 2019
MoI > 3DS Max workflow (normals problem) Hello everyone,Can anybody please explain me what is going on here? It seems like Max is destroying MoI's normals immediately after I modify the geo or even place a simple edit poly modifier on top. …	7 Last	Noors Jan 2019
Procedural Displacements for Source Engine I've started a new set of videos to explain how to work with Source Engine displacements inside 3ds Max. Here are the first two in the new series which are for a website called Hammered to the Max to…	1 Last	FourtyNights Jan 2019
[blender] Whats the best way of adding a dent/bend to this street sign? as the title says...	12 Last	musashidan Jan 2019
How to make a clean low poly mesh? Hi polycount. I'm using 3ds max 2017 for modelling. I was working on a low poly pistol model. I realized I cant make a good and clean surfaces they looks like pinching or something bad, esspecially o…	7 Last	Frigus Jan 2019
Converting to .tx format? Hey, Just a question which I'm sure is simple enough - I've got some HDRIs I wanted to convert to the .tx format for Arnold.... how can I actually convert it?SolidAngle comes with the makeTX uti…	1 Last	obloquy Jan 2019
Help a newborn artist in the mysteries of uv mapping Hola amigos.I am creating a game ready character but I am a little confused of the process. This is my first attempt to create a game character so my workflow is muddy.Basically I have put all of the…	3 Last	Alex_J Jan 2019
[Help]Maya object turn green and some object are missing Hello, i need help to fix my maya saved file, yesterday i'm doing fine unwrapping in maya, when it finished i saved it.today when i tried to open it some object is missing and the the others is turni…	2 Last	poly_troubleshoot Dec 2018
[Solve] How the Uv follow the object's shape and no stretching Hi, I have some question about uv here.I wanna make the uv same as the camera show and not overlapingSo I cuts the uv edge and try to maintain the shape same as object and no overlap like this.But wh…	18 Last	musashidan Dec 2018
3DS MAX: Turn/Align Edge Script? Anyone know of a script that I can use to turn edges in either Mesh or Poly mode so they all go the same direction? As in I select a ring or two and it will make all the edges flow the same.&nb…	7 Last	oXYnary Dec 2018
Maya MEL Script help needed (UV border edges) So I'm starting to get into MEL script, spent about 20 minutes tonight trying to make this script, and for the most part it was a success, and actually easier than I thought it would be, which is nic…	57 Last	bafly Dec 2018
Mocap help guys!! I have an important question guys for me and I need your help :(I want to mocap the face and the body how can I do that , I mean how to combine them in 3ds max ? I know it's lil bit hard :( but c…	5 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2018
How to render a video with audio in Blender 2.80? When choosing AVI JPEG, the resulting video won’t have audio.And when choosing FFmpeg video it only renders a black image file.Can someone say how to have audio with AVI JPEG, or how to render an act…	1 Last	drpeppercan Dec 2018
[HELP]. Way to cleanup curves in Maya? Hi everyone,How to automaticle reduce points of curve without silhouette? Manual example:I have/ want Do you have ideas?	3 Last	helmdubo Dec 2018
RX580 or 1060 6GB? Hi i am looking to upgrade from my 970 GTX 2GB card and wanted to know which one would be better? i am looking to spend around £200 and be able to paint in 4k with substance painter and render in a r…	7 Last	N_GONE Dec 2018
Houdini Arnold rendering issue with spec primary, secondary and iterations issue Houdini Arnold "Standard Surface" node. It has inputs for specular as follows: * Specular - Influences brightness of spec* Specular color - defines color of specularity* Specular roughness …	0 Last	ISUther Dec 2018
Why can't do this Hello guyz,I'm struggling with this image and perspective match. I can't make it and I'm out of ideas. I use 3ds max...Can somebody help me with this? When I put X Y axis correct Z axis is always off…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2018