Technical Talk

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SpeedTree - How to reduce polycount? Hey all,I'm technical artist at Rebel Camp Games and I'm currently exploring using SpeedTree for our foliage! The main problem I have is that the resulting trees I get out of it are at least 15k tris…	8 Last	StellarBE Apr 2018
Posing in Zbrush, Shoulder joint Hello everybody,For the first time i'm trying to pose a character directly inside zbrush before dressing him. I sculpted this woman in A-pose and then tried to pose her.Its all went smoothly except f…	2 Last	Nizidranamitz Apr 2018
[Maya] Increase the input slots of "addDoubleLinear" Node? Hi, Is there a way to increase the input slots of "addDoubleLinear" Node? Currently, there are only two. I have 6 intended inputs and it would nice to just use one node rather than 4 n…	0 Last	bentraje Apr 2018
[Blender] Ugly neck seam ? classic problem ,but how to rid it , best way ? Hi everyone, I am struggling with seams after a long time . I would like to stablish a good point for me to rid the seams for my particular workflow (blender to substance painter ). …	16 Last	rafastrip Apr 2018
IKHandle rigging issue in Maya 2011 Hello! So, I'm not sure if anyone else has run into this issue. My friend imported the .smd's of all of the TF2 characters into Maya 2009 for me, since I have 2011 and the import/export scripts don't…	6 Last	WonkyKim Apr 2018
Zbrush Mirroring options. Hello guys, I was sculpting a character in Zbrush and I'm stuck with a problem, I want to mirror left side hand to right side and right side leg to the left side, the subtool has subdivision levels. …	0 Last	SouravW1 Apr 2018
Can't open scene / One or more objects define the UV mapping Hello polycount! I have been working on a model in Maya for a month and now when i export to 3dMax it displays crash log says: One or more objects define the UV mapping by POLYGON_VERTEX but the…	3 Last	Axi5 Apr 2018
zBrush zmodeller brush help!! https://www.dropbox.com/s/vt2k8z5j8cv1m1i/zmodeller%20snap%20issue.mpg?dl=0This video shows me trying to qMesh some simple forms....I know it must be something simple... but why aren't the cent…	0 Last	Cryminysakes Apr 2018
[Maya] Exact mesh from blendshape and joint do not offset Hi, I'm working on a rig where the character needs to maintain his wide smile even though it is wide open. The bottleneck I have is through the offset a mouthOpen(thru joints) and mouthOpen…	0 Last	bentraje Apr 2018
Integrate Quixel/Megascan textures/materials into substance painter Hey guys,i've heared these days that some people take textures, materials and masks from quixel programms and integrate them into substance painter. How can i do this? What are the steps to integrate…	0 Last	mobpapst Apr 2018
Distorted cylinder texture I can't figure out the problem here, both of them have almost the same topology, and unwrapped the same way, the distorded one have longer polygons. I tried some diffrente approach but could only mak…	3 Last	kat Apr 2018
Photoshop Dilation/Padding on Lightmap So, annoying situation. A Unity project I'm working on has a tonne of lightmaps that were baked in Unity 4, after porting to Unity 5 they still worked fine but now after upgrading to Unity 2017.2 the…	2 Last	SyaPed Apr 2018
Doubletap maxscript issues (3Ds Max 2016) I have issues with Doubletap script from this thread. Say I want to toggle Top/Bottom views, single tap does nothingmacroscript Top_Bottom Category:"_custom" toolTip:"Top/Bottom Toggle" ( …	13 Last	leplatin Apr 2018
How to create a common center for several pivot points in maya This is a pretty standard issue, but I couldnt find the real answer on Google, and Im asking here.I have a model, which is made of several pieces. Now I want to select them all and rotate, move or sc…	2 Last	wildfire Apr 2018
[Maya] Export Selected Command not working in Maya 2018 MEL Guys, I've been using Maya 2017 for a while and have always used a simple MEL script that moved my object to the origin, froze transform and then launch export selected so that I could export it to e…	3 Last	MBS320 Apr 2018
CAD - Retopo NURBS Polys or Splines hey Guys,Im interested in getting some tipps about your CAD Retopo Workflows. There are a lot of Tools and Skripts so its easy to get lost :D So what I try to achieve is Building a CAD Model as…	0 Last	EliderDeli Apr 2018
Turn models into digital toys? Hi creatorsI want to share we are experimenting to turn your creations into digital toys.For example, as fun as this castle asset looks, it's only known and of use to indie game developers.https://as…	0 Last	shapesim Apr 2018
PBR texture scanning vs. Bitmap 2 Material approach Hey everyone,(Preface)I know you guys get stupid questions a lot so please bear with me but I didn't find anything through searching on your forums regarding this. This is my first post on the forum …	7 Last	Yamta Apr 2018
Tools for baking textures Hi guys, I've been away from 3d more than 3 years I think, I'm coming back at it now but I'm unsure if the tools I used in my workflow have became obsolete or if they are still relevant.In the specif…	11 Last	Marcus_Aseth Apr 2018
How to set up alpha masks in Maya? Maybe I am approaching this completely wrong, but I can't figure it out how to apply alpha masks. When I apply a black and white mask to the "transparency" channel of a material (or a targa with alph…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2018
Normal Map displayed flawless in Marmoset, bad in 3ds Max & Vray I'm testing my normal workflow to build my wooden shack in 3DsMax and always struggled to get decent results with normals.By browsing the polycount-forum i found lots of praise for the marmoset baker…	37 Last	Obscura Apr 2018
Texel Density I read some tutorials and olders post about that, but there is something that i can't understand.I have 2 models that are about the same size and i want both of them to fit in 1k texture, however sin…	12 Last	Thanez Apr 2018
[MAYA] How can I translate and scale a curve without screwing up the geometry on it? Quick question: I extruded a mesh face onto a curve with multiple control vertexes. The end mesh looks good and I can manipulate it well with the curve vertexes. Only problem is that I made the model…	2 Last	Turbopasta Apr 2018
[3DSMax] Animation curve viewable as offset from reference frame? I'm trying to find if there's a way to view animation curves with as an offset from some reference frame's value (probably frame 0 would be fine) so that I can see X, Y Z movements of an object toget…	2 Last	Raxastake Apr 2018
displacement map in vray 3.5 for 3ds max edge lenght help!!! in vray guide for 3ds max there subdiv and edge length in displacement settings but when i go to the same setting on my pc there only edge length there no subdiv can someone help me ?	0 Last	marwan568 Apr 2018
Hotkey to swap from View to Local (max) Hey guys, On the reference coordinate system (How the pivot is placed for rotation, etc) I find myself swamping from view to local, local to view, quite a lot. Does anyone know a way to make a hotk…	8 Last	Hellfire Apr 2018
Need help with an unwrap to get better resolution. I have this train car model that i am done modeling both my high and low polys. After several unwrap tests and baking failures I am coming here to get some help. I originally wanted to do a 2k textur…	3 Last	Obscura Apr 2018
Baking Low Poly Game Asset [Solved] Hey everyone, So I'm having a problem with baking my high poly model onto my low poly, and was wondering if anyone has some advice for me. I've tried tessellating the mesh after I had UV-Ma…	1 Last	Steampoweredman483 Apr 2018
zBrush - UI disappearing on restart Created myself a new UI. Saved config, saved UI, relaunched and now most of my tools are missing. Super frustrating, need help finding a fix. Already tried restoring custom UI.	1 Last	Toku Apr 2018
Low poly character creation help Hey guys!I need your help regarding low poly character creation. Is it better when your character is 1 single mesh where everything is connected(clothes, hair accesories). Like i have here, everythin…	1 Last	PolyHertz Apr 2018
New help on crashed 3Dcoat files , really strange problem. I was texturing on 3D coat yesterday, saving lot of copy. Today , in all files , the layer1 just becomes blank and it is the main layer I am painting on it. I feels like it is some …	2 Last	Carlosan Apr 2018
Problem with Parent Constraint to joints, help plz? I was following a tutorial on setting up a character skeleton and control rig, since I'm feeling rusty at it, and I ran into an issue that I cant find an explanation for.So this controller is parente…	0 Last	Dunka Apr 2018
intersecting cylinders? hi i need to intersect these two cylinders for create a lens, but i have no idea on how to do thatlike this, the reference is extremely small so sorry about poor quality	0 Last	Simon_____ Apr 2018
ios \| low poly modeling app choices? Hi all, just joined up and did a bit of searching but I didn’t find anything recent. Please forgive me if i’ve missed a thread already created on this subject.I have often wanted to do a bit of very …	0 Last	polyoptics Apr 2018
Is it practical to use more than 1 texture for an FPS weapon? So basically I'm currently unwrapping a rifle that I've been working on for a bit, and there are many, many pieces, and I'm starting to run out of space a bit and I don't want to give these parts tha…	2 Last	Alex_J Apr 2018
Maya - Stacking objects for baking Whats the best way to move and highpoly object on to and lowpoly so they match upp 100% (The positions). Without doing it manually with move tool ?I have a revolver model that i wanna explode bake an…	2 Last	Lemi Apr 2018
Hiding masked in Zbrush. {solved} Is there any way to hide the masked portion of a model? Here is what I am working with. I need to put straps around the insides of the legs. I know about using the selection tools, but in this c…	1 Last	Skinner3D Apr 2018
Which Baker?? Hey all,Basically I just wanted peoples input on what the "preferred" baker is nowawdays? I've used 3dsmax for baking (meh) and since getting Substance Painter I've been trying to use the baker …	22 Last	vickgaza Apr 2018
How to texture high poly model? How the process of texturing and rendering high poly models look like? I'm talking about realistic high quality rendered images not game models. For example Geralt in The Witcher 3 game box cover. Is…	6 Last	Burpee Apr 2018
ivy generator? anyone know of a good ivy generator? struggling with the best way to make these. I want a bunch of ivy clumps that I cant put up and down walls. Making all those small cards by hand seems tedious. An…	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2018
Anyone have any tips for this visual bug I am getting? https://i.imgur.com/vjmMvFF.gifvThe frame rate of the gif is terrible, but you can see the issue. Anytime I sculpt, regardless of the brush, I get these boxes as each part is rendered. It makes it ha…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2018
DSLR Camera for photogrammetry. Is the D850 a viable choice? Hi there!I´ve been doing a fair bit of research the past days and reading up on many forum posts/guides on what camera one should use that is suitable for photogrammetry. At this point, this dis…	17 Last	rosu.kristof Apr 2018
Problem with Wrap on a rig Hello (again, sorry we're on a rush...)So we're trying to rig our characters, everything went well BUT, the wraping. We tried to wrap some tiny objects (button on a shirt), and without the wrap, the …	3 Last	Mark Dygert Apr 2018
[3DS MAX] Moving Facial Rig Controls with Head So in 3DS Max I've got my face rig all linked to my controls in the reaction manager and it works fine when it's stationary, however, I'd like for these controls to move with the head rather than sta…	3 Last	JordyJS Apr 2018
Dealing with partial asymmetry and normal map Hey guys!So, as an oldschool character artist and also someone working in the mobile games industry, i tend to be a tiny bit obsessed with optimization, even more so when we're talking about UVs.Mean…	2 Last	Kyalie Apr 2018
Transform to zero 3DS Max with Maxscript HiI made a script to freeze transform any rigging character controller to create a "zero position". So when I animate any controller, I want to reposition the controllers to "zero position". I would …	1 Last	Swordslayer Apr 2018
gun texturing advice/help i just started work on a weapon, one the texturing side of things i dont really know how to go about it, whilst looking at gun reference there is some guns like the Ak 47 and M4 which are metal and h…	35 Last	Thanez Apr 2018
3D Models for games advice Hello people, So first and formost i need to clarify a few things with people who have experience with 3D modelling for games. I have some experience with modelling as ive just come out of uni with a…	3 Last	zachagreg Apr 2018
How To Move Object out from Center of Another Object??? Hi,How would I go about moving an object from the center of another. Basically, I want to detach parts of a sphere and move/expand them out (without changing their scale) from the surface. Kinda goin…	12 Last	thedude123 Apr 2018
3dsmax script to export a material (and collect maps in certain folder) I know there are 3dsmax script for collecting maps/textures, or finding missing maps/textures. If anyone knows a script that does something like described below, that would be great. B…	0 Last	OccultMonk Apr 2018