Technical Talk

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ZBrush - Seeking workflow advice / suggestions I've been going through tutorials for Zbrush and Marvelous designer and I want to break into new ground and experiment with new aspects of Zbrush (as well as Marv Designer importing). I have a few co…	20 Last	Krato Jun 2017
mesh turns green in legacy default viewport Hi, I have a problem when i duplicate a mesh but only in the legacy default viewport. The mesh duplicated turns light green in subdivision 1 (like the green of a selection).When i change to…	5 Last	dlz Jun 2017
Sculpting and Texturing pipeline for VFX and cinematic assets? Hello, I have created Zbrush model. (No poly paint used, used dynamesh)Resolution of that model is bit over 5 million polys.I Decimated the model and imported it in to Topogun 2 where i did…	7 Last	oglu Jun 2017
Maya 2016 Black Object Problem Hey guys, Sometimes out of nowhere, some of my objects turn black on the default renderer. Anyone have any ideas of why this happens and steps that I can take to solve this issue? Look at the wind…	15 Last	Olninyo Jun 2017
TurboReverse 1.0 released [IMG]http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/152/turboreverse.jpg[/IMG] TurboReverse is a 3ds Max modifier that has the opposite effect of TurboSmooth. It will recreate the subdivision levels of an alread…	12 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2017
(zbrush)Polypaint have spazzed out and I have no idea why. Behaves like wetpaint. I have no idea what happened, this is somehting thats across new projects/old projects. No matter what brush I pick it seems that it treats the paint in some sort of blending mode. I assume I've mana…	1 Last	faven Jun 2017
Normal map artifact when baking. Hi Guys,I sculpted a Head in Zbrush and then retopologized it in Maya.I baked my normal map but I have some weird artifacts and I do not know what could be causing this.I unlocked my normals and them…	2 Last	fuzesmarcell Jun 2017
Tor Frick: Hardsurface Kitbash Set 01 This hardsurface kit contains 100 models that were used in the creation of Tor Frick's latest Mech projects.All models are weighted subD geometry, and available as both Modo preset files (lxl) and…	4 Last	WilliamVaughan Jun 2017
3ds Max vs. Maya nowadays and in the future Hey guys!I've been using Blender for about 2,5 years now, basically from about my age of 12. 3D art catched my interest and I decided few years later I want to do it as a job. I picked a high school …	65 Last	musashidan Jun 2017
Blend shapes from Maya LT change names in Unity I created several blend shapes for my model. Some of them from scratch, some of them by merging other blend shapes. After export in .fbx names of some blend shapes changed.I imported this model …	0 Last	dok Jun 2017
Cannot open Settings/Preferences in Maya 2017 (value out of range error?) Dear Polycounters,I'm having some strange problems as of recent with my Maya, I believe it's happening within a single maya file but I'm not quite sure. I'm not sure if any of these problems are rela…	2 Last	beefaroni Jun 2017
Changing color of selected faces in 3ds max? Hello all. I'm trying to work on a different color scheme for 3ds max and I'm having difficulty changing the color of selected faces. Whenever I try, it only changes the color of the edges of the fac…	3 Last	cptSwing Jun 2017
Sculpted a Xenomorph egg, wondering how to tackle the low poly in max Hello there,Ive recently completed my first asset where the majority of the work was completed in Zbrush. I've been playing around with the freeform tools in max a little bit but nothing is quite loo…	3 Last	Larry Jun 2017
Maya to Toolbag 3 and Substance errors Well I wanted to check my gun In Toolbag and some parts that where duplicated turned inside out like the normals where reversed but they aren't.a friend later said maybe unlocking the normals might w…	1 Last	throttlekitty Jun 2017
what are peoples workflows - 3D environments Hey everyone, wanted to know what people are using most of in their workflows,also when working on a project, is it best to do all the modelling in one then all the UV'ing and then all the textu…	10 Last	Gaurav Mathur Jun 2017
Houdini Expression advice pls. for clouds effects/animation So I watched literally all beginner videos on pluralsight, also intermediate stuff a fuckton of Youtube and much more - I want to make a cloudscape and a airship flying through it so the different lo…	17 Last	Testnick Jun 2017
Maya - Bend deformer adds only ShapeOrig Hi guys,new to Maya and I want to bend a few steps to a circle shape. For this I want to add a bend deformer and here the problem starts.I don't get the bend controls - just a new ShapeOrig history e…	3 Last	throttlekitty Jun 2017
Hard corner on curved surface Hi guysI often have this problem when i make a hard corner on curved surfacelike thisIs there any way to keep the curved surface perfect ?	1 Last	musashidan Jun 2017
MODO \| Polystein Kit Receives Another Free Update MODO \| Polystein Kit Receives Another Free Update I'm excited to announce that the Polsytein Kit has received another free update! This update introduces some amazing new features, workflows and…	0 Last	WilliamVaughan Jun 2017
Looking for HLSL/CG tutorials I have just finished the Rendering series from catlikecoding : http://catlikecoding.com/unity/tutorials/I really liked it. and I was thinking maybe there is more tutorials of this kind hidden aw…	0 Last	DrEnigma Jun 2017
How to make insertmesh to follow a certain path in Zbrush? Hello!Haven't found any solution to this so better ask form here.Is there any way to make insertmesh brush to follow certain path in Zbrush? I am creating highpoly model from make lowpoly model made …	3 Last	musashidan Jun 2017
Tor Frick's 5 Day Robot Challenge (Live Streams) Watch Tor Frick Create Amazing Robots in Live Streams! Tor Frick is undergoing a 5 day challenge where he will create a robot a day. He created an amazing robot today in an 8 hour stream a…	13 Last	WilliamVaughan Jun 2017
CAD models I would like to retopologize This discussion was created from comments split from: Seeking a more efficient retopology workflow.Split at OP request.	12 Last	beefaroni Jun 2017
laptop 3d hi guys i want to get e new laptop for 3d sculpting and rendering purpose.what specs i need to look into?what brand suitable for 3d ?my budget is $1600 - $2000	3 Last	ZacD Jun 2017
Unwraping and UV-s in Unfold 3D Hello, I have a question regarding Unfold 3D and uv layouts.I have cut the mesh and unwrapped but i dont know what is correct way to scale those uv lands. Doing this first time. Planing to texture it…	0 Last	ISUther Jun 2017
Seeking a more efficient retopology workflow I'm in need of a quicker way to deal with retopology. Currently I'm working with 3D Coat. Results are perfectly acceptable from a quality standpoint, but it's a fairly arduous and time consuming task…	3 Last	FourtyNights Jun 2017
Problem with nodes in Maya - object turns black Hello everyone!I hope this is the right section in the forum for my question. If it's not, please let me know.I am still very new to this, so please consider you are explaining to a noob. ^^ So... my…	2 Last	Escapist Jun 2017
Pixelmate - Photoshop CC Extension Hey everyone! I'm in the process of making scripts to help speed up stuff for pixel artists in Photoshop which I'm calling Pixel Art Toolkit. So far it's 3 scripts (with more likely on the …	35 Last	TooLzor Jun 2017
[3Ds Max] - Save Grid Size Settings for Unwrap UVW [Solved] Greetings, is there a way to save the "Grid Size" Settings within the Unwrap UVW in 3Ds Max? It keeps resetting every time I open up another Unwrap UVW. I have saved my settings using "Save current s…	2 Last	EliasWick Jun 2017
3DS Max UV editor window in Viewport Hey guys,I have been searching all over on how to get 3DS Max to integrate the UV Editor window in a viewport. I would like to work with the UV view side by side to the model. Maya has this functiona…	4 Last	musashidan Jun 2017
2.5 Side-Scroller Background Hey Polycounters!How would you approach making a background for 2.5 sidescroller? Model it out? Or just put a texture?	2 Last	Sharur Jun 2017
Chair recommendations I know there is probably lots of threads on this already but I'm sure it changes from year to year so wanted to bring it up again.So what kind of Chair is everyone using? I have mostly been using 200…	26 Last	Чуча мандра Jun 2017
Rigging thread, post your problems or solutions Its the Rigging thread Jeremy Ernst -- Gears of War Rigging Reel https://vimeo.com/32220149 Snappers Realtime Facial Righttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qeOFibRmoo BIPEDAL RIGGING COURSE …	61 Last	Mark Dygert Jun 2017
What soft. to mesh 150 milion points cloud into a mesh...? I have a dense point cloud in agisoft photoscan. It has got around 150 mil points. I have only 16 GB ram and its not enough to create a mesh from it. (I would be ok even with 1 milion poly mesh, but …	2 Last	Jonathan85 Jun 2017
Smoothing With Modo So I am pretty use to the way 3DS Max does smoothing groups and recently I have been using modo for some stuff and I can't quite get my head around how smoothing works. Is it just a matter of setti…	13 Last	Bek Jun 2017
3dsMax 2018 Fixed Defects list is released. http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/the-3ds-max-blog/3dsmax2018fixeddefects#3dsMax 2018 Fixed Defects list is released.Total 251 fixes. This excludes the fixes in the previous SP/PU.The total number of fi…	0 Last	gandhics Jun 2017
Is there an easier way to extracting texture information without ruining the texture? I want to paint some props I have in Mudbox and for some textures, there's too much background noise.For example, the rust in this photo is great, but I don't want the green paint with it. I've …	2 Last	JordanN Jun 2017
How to make this arch to repeat the shape of the opening in Max Thanks!	4 Last	Mark Dygert Jun 2017
help with rendering, keyshot hey guys, been using zbrush for a few years now, but never really got into rendering. wanted to change that with this character, but as you can see bellow,The result isen't that good :( was hopi…	8 Last	pior Jun 2017
Project looks dark on different monitors: What do I do? So I have a project that looks great as far as lighting/shadows on my monitor and other monitors. However, on other monitors it looks too dark. What should I do to avoid this? Is it impossible? I hav…	12 Last	Devon M Jun 2017
Tor Frick's workflow in Modo - What do you think? As for me, his modeling videos are kinda strange especially after I studied Justin Marshall's modeling tutorials on Pluralsight. Maybe it's just me but the approaches seem to be radically diffe…	4 Last	ambelamba Jun 2017
castle tips just experimenting with ways to create these arching parts that curve around tower and cant seem to find a good way tried mash that doesn't give great result nor live or was wondering if anyone had a…	4 Last	mageypoo Jun 2017
ZBrush to Finished Character Workflow I've been in zBrush for about a year now, but despite digging around on a bunch of different YouTube tutorials, I still don't understand how I can take a finished DynaMesh sculpt into Maya for the te…	5 Last	Deqa May 2017
Maya 2017 - UV editor opening scale issue Having a problem where when I open the UV editor the editor scales horizontally to fit both monitors, it's ridiculous. I was wondering if there was a way to save the size in a layout option somewhere…	0 Last	Noth May 2017
Hair planes, how come they always look like dreadlocks? SO I've switched from fibremesh to hair planes because marmoset can't render fibres well, and it's less expensive.I decided to go by one of blizzard's references, some un-rendered artwork of the drui…	18 Last	Mark Dygert May 2017
Anyone know are these normal ? Black lines after texturing the mesh? Ok basically these black line appear after texturing the mesh and they appear on some parts of the mesh depending on what kind of wear i have on it... Heres picture in marmoset: https://gyazo.com/4f8…	0 Last	HCPC May 2017
Planning to upgrade to GTX 1060 6GB, Anyone using this card Hi, I am planning to upgrade to GTX 1060 6GB(in my budget :) ), are you guys using this card. Is it good, i will use Maya, Mari, Photoshop, After Effect, Substance Painter and Marvelous Designer…	13 Last	kolayamit May 2017
Normal skewing issue Now I know why it is happening and how to fix it: "Insert an extra edge"But this just makes me wonder. Is this really the proper way to do this? Is there not an easier way? I tried thing like editing…	0 Last	YannickStoot May 2017
How long does it take to sculpt a print ready model? How long would it take an experienced sculptor to make a model like this? Also does it need UVs to be printed?	2 Last	emmhext May 2017
Maya 2017 Update 3 : Get Texel Density takes forever. Hi polycount.Can anyone confirm that this is a bug?It takes forever for maya 2017 update 3 to calculate the texel density of the uv-shells?If this is a bug what do you guys recommend?	3 Last	oglu May 2017