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Diffuse/Roughness/Metalness confusion !?

Hey guys, I'm relatively new with PBR workflow so that's why I'm asking, please bear with be. I have a request from somebody to do a 3D model + texturing, using Diffuse/Roughness/Metalness maps. Ques…
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Alex_J

[Maya] ~ Rigging, overlapping IK chains seem to be unviable, I need help

Hi everybody.I'm working on a gargoyle animated character for the game design course I'm following and I've stumbled on a problem with IK chains for the legs. [WARNING: this is my very first attempt …
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Steamy_Steve

I need help to model these cartoon hair !

Hello guys !I am currently modelising Sakharine from Tintin, trying to stay as close as possible to the drawing. But I never had to model hair like that. Do you guys have any techniques or tutorials …
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Mark Dygert

Two monitors for 3d animator

Hello. I would like to ask you for your advice.I want to buy two monitors for 3d animator. I am not sure what I should look at. I just know that I want them at least 23" and 1920x1080 and I don't nee…
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Eric Chadwick

pbUDK udk export and collsion tool for maya

Just a little script i been working on for a while, that i use for creating quick collision hulls, and exporting to udk with one click, thought it could be useful to some maya and udk users. when …
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PurpleSwag666

Maya LT - appleseed workflow?

Hey folksI was curious if there was an established workflow between Maya LT and appleseed? Or if it was at all possible.I'm a bit out of touch on the technical side, but have years of experience with…
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Kahrel

3DS Max: UV Unwrap: Slide Vertex along Edge.

Is there a hidden tool or script somewhere that can do this?  Again, inside UV Unwrap.  Not Polygon modeling.
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poopipe

[Blender] install 2.8 and not overwrite 2.79 could be possible?

Hi everyone, I would like to know ...If I can use 2.8 blender for composition and rendering , and 2.79 for animation and rigging...to be honest I am not specialist, I am a generalist 3D artist , I am…
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rafastrip

Fusion 360 smoothing groups export.

Hey, guys. Sorry for my bad english. Is there any way to export model from fusion with smoothing groups? Like left pic? Thanks!
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JessyStorm

Things to look out for while creating 3D Game Assets

My main concern is regarding intersecting geometry. Is intersecting geometry okay? It makes the modelling process really faster, but I am not sure if it will work in a game engine properly. Another t…
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Steamy_Steve

Mouse Recommendation

Hi! Today my old Logitech G500 is failing me... :( It was the best mouse I found ergonomically for me. I'm wondering if it's worth to the upgrade to a new mouse, something you can recommend, or just …
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Steamy_Steve

How do I change the font size as they are too large on my MacBook Pro

Get bored to death while waiting for your favorite games to be downloaded and installed? Well, you need to fresh your mind up with these free online games. No download, no special requirement, no mon…
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Steamy_Steve

How much POV you setup when sculpting in Zbrush?

I cant seems to grasp this POV in zbrush. Could someone  tell me, how much should i set up POV settings, when sculpting realistic characters and portraits?Also i read the in Zbrush camera s…
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Alex_J

Creating embroidery

Hi guys!I'm currently playing around with the idea to create realistic looking emboridery. To my suprise, it turned out to be pretty difficult subject.Anyone has some experience or ideas how to appro…
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RyanB

I want to use Zbrush for Hard surface (For Production)

Is this thing accepted from studios? I want to model/sculpt a hard surface in Zbrush and later use that for retoplogy and to be used in animation. I really like how Zbrush handle hard surface, i…
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Ashervisalis

Car crash simulation and damage states ( in Max or Maya)

Hi.I've got a task that involves a few car crashes.I'm working with Max or Maya.I have modelled my cars and I'd like to know if there are any tips, scripts or techniques to make fairly realistic cras…
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mawilbolou

Automatic lipsync

Hey all, how would you automate lipsync ? I'm using Maya, Unity, and I'm willing to learn motionBuilder. I have done the rig of a character in Maya including facial with the advanced skeleton. I'm pr…
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Elie

[SOLVED] Maya: Mesh -> Rigged -> nCloth -> Can't Paint Weight anymore

Hey,after rigging a mesh, then converting this mesh into nCloth,i am not able to paintweight the mesh again, instead i see only a red cross where the brush is. How can i weight paint again? -.-
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goekbenjamin

Normal map baking problem

I am following a tutorial and have to bake my zbrush high poly onto my maya low poly pillar. I'm not getting the expected results. My high poly is projected on one side of the low poly and I can't fi…
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tgm79

Hardware to buy

Hi there ! Im not sure if this is the right place to ask but here I go. Im planning to buy a new computer because my actual pc is getting old.I am a 3D game artist and always used Windows to work wit…
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thomasp

Object fit question

Hi, I am not sure if this relates more to the technical side or artistic side of things or even both. But I am building out an avatar customization system in 3D. The current issue that I am having is…
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throttlekitty

fusion 360 chamfer

hi i am new in fusion 360 how can chamfer points
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adeebalm

wacom cintiq pro 16" - wavy/wobbly lines issues solved ?

hey, question to anyone owning a cintiq pro 16" or 24"are the issues with the wavy or wobbly lines solved, or still there ?i read some stuff about that and watched some videos, but wasn't really sure…
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poopipe

3DS Max - Model not exporting with turbosmooth

Hey guys, I'm trying to bake out my high-poly model in substance but it seams like it's not exporting with the turbosmooth modifier, resulting in horrible normals. If I collapse the modifier it …
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poopipe

The cost of a texture "draw call"? (Quantity vs Resolution)

Hello.So as a 3D artist it's important to know what the performance impact of my choices are going to be in-game. I don't work for a massive triple-A company who's been doing game art for 20 years wh…
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CrazyButcher

Maya Tubes/pipes and tessellation, how to achieve optimized results ?

Hi,I have the curve below, and I want to make a cable from it.But I'm struggling to have the right amount of geometry at the curves. I can't find a good setting at the extrude tool to so i get less g…
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GlowingPotato

[3DS MAX+Any]Mechanical Rigging Question

Helloo guys. Im trying to rig this thing i made in 3dsmax: its the fuel flex valve from a rocket engine. I have hidden the top and bottom metal flex tubes to make the problem parts(the 6 hinges+…
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LandeTLS

How would you model the grip on this handle?

I'm using maya to make a hammer for a game I'm working on. I have made the low-poly, but I am lost as to how to approach making this high poly handle. I was thinking maybe using curves generated from…
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oglu

Looking for the most challenging model to chamfer/bevel

If you have any, upload here or PM me pleaese.
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gandhics

Monitor for work

Hello guys,I would like buy a bigger monitor, right now i  use Ugee 19'' wich is great but the resolution and workspace is just too smallI'm, Hobbist and mostly i use Maya (right now i would lik…
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PolyHertz

3D model render to vector image

Hello All,I'm better at 3D modeling than I am in the 2D space. Is there a program out there that I can use to turn 3D model render to a vector image/shape? I have a 3D logo I am messing with and woul…
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Judgement45

Don't know where to begin with making this...

How would you go about creating the ground? It's a big square with each corner having a little circle taken out for foliage. I want to use Designer for the bricks and the granite strips and granite r…
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Eric Chadwick

Tips for modelling a head for animation?

No sculpting yet, just plain old modeling. I'm having a bit of a hard time modeling her mouth to get the shape I want while making sure there's not too many polygons and retaining loops. Any goo…
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Alex_J

Does Maya 2018 work with GoZ?

I understand there were some problems with Maya 2017.
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sprqst

Maya Exporting object pivot location/orientation into Unity

Hi guys, i'm a bit stuck on this situation. We have a rope with some bones attached to it that will be animated in Unity however i can't see to export the orientation of the pivot into unity. I tried…
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MrPie

Drunk bought a 3d printer.. Where do I go for information??

As above.   In my defence it was quite cheap and its a particularly spicy merlot.  I've no interest in the non-art garbage that fills 90% of search results.  Does anyone know…
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poopipe

[#cinema4d #ProRender ] How to use Light portals?

Hello everyone. How to use light portals in ProRender? I created a plane, added a compositing tag to it and then I turned on the light portal checkbox. But the light portal doesn't work at all. I tri…
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Eric Chadwick

[PBR] Physically Based Rendering Bible

Hey all, Here's a little snippet of myself. I've been a long time lerker of polycount and only recently started posting work. An aspiring 3D artist :) I've started to learn about PBR/PBT as it i…
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Eric Chadwick

3D Coat vs zBrush (noob post)

I know I'm going to get a lot of hate for this, but I recently took up doing some 3d sculpting. The industry standard seems to be zBrush. I understand why, mostly because it "feels good" but overal…
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gbball

Online art software

If you know of any art software that's available online (e.g. no installation needed, you just access the page and that's it), feel free to share in this thread.2D Software:https://www.photopea.com/R…
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RN

How do you approach this retopo?

Hi! I'm a hobbyist just doing some 3D after a long hiatus and had a general question. I'm making some fantasy gauntlets that have metal plates that overhang the knuckles. I'm curious if you would ret…
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HAWK12HT

Need help with UV and High Poly Baking

Hi, I'm not sure exactly what to show but I've been having a few baking problems and I'm not sure what's causing them or how to fix them. One problem is the artifacts that seem to come from two …
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Kainkun

Blender High Poly Tutorials

Anybody have any tutorials on how I can get started with high-poly 'image reference' modelling in Blender? I was wondering because I saw this video and I want to model a shoe for a game, based off an…
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Deqa

Having a difficult time rigging a bow from blender to use with skyrim.

Hello all,I wanted to make sure that I give the proper information of what I have tried to do before I start asking for help...1. I have tried to use the manuals to do what I am about to tell you. I …
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Benjammin

Mirroring seams

Hey, so Im tring to bake this Rim piece and its 4 repeating pieces to save UV spaceMy normals are all ok, and ingame the model dosnt have any seam, but the normal bake comes out skewed at the edgesTh…
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Shrike

Baking details into a flat plane?

I've been playing around with this for a while, but I've noticed that large amounts of games have a lot of details baked into flat planes, especially for  floors, walls, and ceilings. They suppl…
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Benjammin

Zbrush won't load Ztool (but on another PC it will)

I'm having an issue where when I try to load a certain Ztool files on my home workstation zbrush will have an abnormal termination and shutdown. My PC at uni can still load the ztool no pro…
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HashBrownHamish

Help modeling eyes please.

Hi everyone. My name is Asier and I'm in third year of animation and video game development degree in spain. Due to my teachers not being very competent I am forcedo to learn too many things from int…
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ZacD

Help needed with my plant made of alpha cards?

Hey, So I just finished making a plant and looking through the foliage section in the wiki, I followed the custom vertex normals technique but due to you being able to see through the tree, ther…
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ZacD

Vray color mapping issue

I'm trying to composite a scene with render elements, and no matter what I try, the final result it always off. Beauty Render:EMvunSEComposite: XYqvQm2It seems like the color mapping may be…
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Eric Chadwick

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