Technical Talk

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Is it possible to merge smooth motions into a static mesh? (like low exposure photos of dancers) [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/8HWUKP3RNK9J\/image.png","name":"image.png","type":"image\/png","size":214309,"width":640,"height":640,"displayS…	2 Last	sprunghunt Apr 2023
Bevel forms Triangle edges instead of Round Curve [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/PJW0R8M9HALK\/scfi-storagecontainerinabandonedfreighterwholebev.png","name":"Scfi-StorageContainerInAbandonedFre…	3 Last	MasterWorks Apr 2023
Does anyone know a soft to de-noise height map from photogrammetry? [{"insert":"That would keep sharp ridges , important detail . Not just blur everything. Maybe AI based? Does anything like this exist? \n"}]	14 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2023
Displacement issue (no details).. Zbrush-> Maya [{"insert":"Hello so here's my issue, I followed the Flipped Normals tutorial here ("},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-ThBTEc8L_M&t=1207s"},"insert":"https:\/\/www.youtube.…	1 Last	oglu Mar 2023
Is DLSS 3 different from these AI methods? [{"insert":"i have been watching a lot of footage from the DLSS 3 presentation. Everything looks incredible but at the same I wouldn’t be convinced that it was GoPro or camera phone footage. \n\nNow …	5 Last	EarthQuake Mar 2023
Maya Render all black [{"insert":"Hello, I'm having this issue where when I press render in Arnold, the view is completely black, not sure how to fix. Googling and youtube videos are out of date and no help! I am using Ma…	3 Last	oglu Mar 2023
https://withpoly.com AI textures. Have anyone got anything good from it? [{"insert":"it shows sort of not great not terrible library pictures but whenever I try to generate something it's always blurry crap with sort of crazybumped normal map. Wonder if someone e…	1 Last	dimwalker Mar 2023
Best Way To Organize Textures In Lightroom Classic [{"insert":"Hello everyone. This is a multi-part question. The gist of the question is, what software do you use to organize and preview your textures, what tagging\/naming conventions do you use, an…	2 Last	Diethyl Mar 2023
[HELP] What is the easiest way to make roads and intersections in 3ds max? [{"insert":"I drew a map in photoshop and adjusted the ratio, imported it in 3ds max and applied it on plane mesh but what then? I've watched several youtube tutorials but they don't talk about inter…	1 Last	Lowride Mar 2023
The jQuadrangulateCloth tool thread Hey guys,this thread is about a tool I've been developing lately. The tool is called jQuadrangulateCloth and it's ment to easely generate a full-quad version of a cloth model out of Marvelous Designe…	123 Last	Michael Knubben Mar 2023
strange ZBrush BPR problem firstly, I can't render out SSS pass no matter what settings I use (normal material not matcap and everything about sss in render properties are turned on), it just wouldn't render SSS pass (other pa…	2 Last	Nasimm Mar 2023
Blender: Help with shading? This discussion was created from comments split from: Long-Running Technical Talk Threads.	7 Last	MasterWorks Mar 2023
Retarget of 4D Facial Capture Video ideas? [{"insert":"I have a few facial scan animation sequences. I have also have a character rig with blendshaps that correspond to the performance capture. Does anyone know of a way to retarget the 4D seq…	0 Last	proudgenius Mar 2023
[Maya] what you call this and how i solve it ?? [{"insert":"hey everyone i joined you here to learn more \ni am new to 3d i am trying to learn by myself and i face problem i dont know what you call it when i add inset face the model have square on…	1 Last	Fabi_G Mar 2023
[Mari] Paint through tool issue. [{"insert":"Hi Guys, \n\nI've been using the paint through tool in mari, I've set it too luminance and I'm using a black and white image to project through on to a paint node that is acting as a mask…	2 Last	PavPav Mar 2023
Where is it better to make materials for models, in blender or in Substance Painter? [{"insert":"I model in Blender and now I want to learn how to make more complex materials. It would be convenient for me to make them right away in Blender, but in Substance Painter, as I know, it is…	2 Last	kanga Mar 2023
Hit a brick wall \| MD Cloth simulation workflow for animation [{"insert":"To keep it short, I've hit a brick wall when it comes to the pipeline for cloth simulation for animation. There are plenty of tutorials and blogs talking about how to create, retopo and s…	4 Last	pior Mar 2023
How to bake several textures (including transperent ones) into one diffuse texture? [{"insert":"Haven't found any solutions so I decided to ask here, examples are attached below (all of them use only one color texture + normal map)\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"htt…	1 Last	ZacD Mar 2023
Maya fbx export is not exporting blendshape animation. [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/JH3P3HZZP9VS\/blend.zip","name":"Blend.zip","type":"application\/x-zip-compressed","size":35139,"displaySize":"l…	5 Last	Alex_J Mar 2023
What is industry standard for texture maps creation? [{"insert":"Hi! Can someone help, what software artists use to create texture maps? And what is the right pipeline?\nI've never used Substance Designer, but i guess it is the best solution, right? \n…	7 Last	yan4eg Mar 2023
Issue with rotating tail for 3d model in Maya [{"insert":"I've been stuck on this issue for a long time and it's been driving me crazy: I have this model of Jabba (see image 1) which I bought off of CG Trader several years back. I want the chara…	9 Last	manx30 Mar 2023
Blender > Marmoset > SP > Unity (URP) [{"insert":"Sup guys :)\nHave a problems with normal maps in Unity.\nPipeline are:\nBlender -> Marmoset, where i bake normals with flipped Y -> SP where project are set to OpenGL.\nModel to marmoset …	1 Last	AlexandrL Mar 2023
Zbrush to Maya workflow?? [{"insert":"hello, I’m new to Zbrush so I’m still unpacking everything.. when I’m finishing a sculpted character, would it be more effective to do UV’s in ZBrush and bake displacement maps there, or …	4 Last	matt_3D Mar 2023
Avoid this kind of error in sub-d modeling? [{"insert":"Hi, this is a recurring problem and I don't even know if it has a known technical name and if it's easily avoidable. For example here on this rather simple model, I tried many different t…	3 Last	chopsuey Mar 2023
3d-modeling software - where to start? Hello,I am completely new in 3d-modeling software, could someone explain what 3d-modeling software should I start to learn?However, I read some forums and found that:- Maya is bad for 3d-modeling, bu…	32 Last	wilson66 Mar 2023
ZBRUSH question - Can i sculpt on thick mesh without affecting other side ? [{"insert":"Hi,\ncan i sculpt on the one side of thick mesh (double sided) without affecting other side of a mesh?\ni could mask one side but sometimes it's hard or impossible to get into some parts …	2 Last	wilson66 Mar 2023
[Maya] Problems with baking (Marmoset) [{"insert":"Hello guys! sorry for my english! My problem:\nAfter bake, i have a result like this (photo below), so i have a some questions.\n1) does it make sense to use UV unwrapping before bake? (i…	1 Last	wilson66 Mar 2023
3d Coat Color Picker Hotkey Help Does anyone have any idea how to switch the hotkey that quick-picks the color you're hovering over in 3dcoat? It's set to v key, but that's a bit too far from where I rest my hands on the navigation …	7 Last	Bartalon Mar 2023
Creating roads for environments in engine [{"insert":"I'm new to environment art and I'm currently working on an environment where I need a road like this\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploa…	1 Last	Fabi_G Mar 2023
How to fix the normal map seam? so here is the problem: I modeled my hp arm in zbrush, goZbrush exported it to 3ds max where i fixed the lp and created the uvw map. i send it back to Zbrush and baked the normal map. it baked out f…	19 Last	irakli_chkonia Mar 2023
Normal Map Produces Ugly Seams Hey guys I've been having a huge problem with every normal map I have baked to date. I'm fairly new to this stuff so I'm sure I must be missing something. Every normal map I bake, regardless of metho…	15 Last	irakli_chkonia Mar 2023
How to Retopologize IMM Brush from zBrush for texturing in Painter? [{"insert":"How would you retopologize and texture this IMM rope made from zbrush to Painter? I'm planning to put it in one of my environments in UE5, thoughts?\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data…	1 Last	sprunghunt Mar 2023
Speed Tree "cards" moves away in lods? [{"insert":"I am trying to use \"cards\" in Speed Tree. The planes that are always facing camera . \nI assume the lod system makes some of them smaller while other few bigger in a sort …	7 Last	Thomas1994 Mar 2023
I need advice on creating 3D text signs/plaques [{"insert":"Hi! \nI need to create something like these for a game in Unreal.\n\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/MBHTW0GVXC4C\/image.png","nam…	4 Last	GlowingPotato Mar 2023
Zbrush Substance Painter workflow for VFX characters [{"insert":"Could anyone offer advice on VFX character\/model workflow? I have a 200 mil point model in Zbrush with 20 udims, is there any chance of decimating this model and getting it into Painter …	1 Last	sprunghunt Mar 2023
How can this be done? [{"insert":"Hi!\n\nI want to make a video like this "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JIX_Pr9ufR8"},"insert":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JIX_Pr9ufR8"},{"insert":" .…	3 Last	sprunghunt Mar 2023
Textures showing up black in maya (viewport and render) [{"insert":"For reference, I exported textures from SP using the Arnold (standard surface) preset, then used the Substance to Maya plugin to import them to maya. The pants and teeth of my character a…	3 Last	Alex_J Mar 2023
Game character - separate rig for gameplay and cinematics? [{"insert":"For a game character, is it typical to have a separate rig with includes face rig just for cinematics? An example case might be something like Uncharted. \nIn cinematics you need a full f…	6 Last	Alex_J Mar 2023
Incidence shader effect in 3dsmax? [{"insert":"Hi everyone, new to the forum. :) \nI'm trying to work out how to create what I understand to be an incidence shader (?) to create a hologram or xray type effect. I'd term it a rim shader…	8 Last	gizmo1991 Mar 2023
Can use brushes on Character Creator import. [{"insert":"Can use brushes on Character Creator import. It's not spotlight and I'm in edit mode.\nDropbox link to project.\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/ssa7p9rqtobznsr\/Z…	0 Last	kmythology Mar 2023
Why is triangle used instead of Quad? [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/2TXMQNG8EHUJ\/ekran-al-c4-b1nt-c4-b1s-c4-b14-png.png","name":"Ekran Alıntısı4.PNG","type":"image\/png","size":21…	16 Last	garrettia Mar 2023
3DS Max 2018 - Sluggish UI and UV Editor Hey everyone,I upgraded to 2018 a few months ago but only recently had the time to get in and work on some projects. While i'm finding it more stable than say, 2017, I'm having problems with slu…	23 Last	Srki Mar 2023
Maya MASH curve node - can i roll instances around a selected curve? [{"insert":"For each horizontal edge loop on this torso I have created a curve. \nI add the curves to a MASH network, then instance some leaf shape mesh along it, like so:\n"},{"insert":{"embed-exter…	4 Last	Alex_J Mar 2023
How would you handle UVing/baking this rope? Zbrush, insert mesh [{"insert":"Hello there, I'm currently doing some tests with ropes, I made an insert mesh which I UVed in Zbrush and created a curve to make a rope brush. \nNow each section's UVs are overlapping to …	2 Last	xiphos Mar 2023
Texel Density and scale in UVS? workflow between blender and substance painter [{"insert":"Hello, I know a little about 3D but just recently I'm experimenting with painting my models in substance painter, that's when I first heard about the concept of texel density. Usually wha…	3 Last	pior Mar 2023
Red channel gets inverted along seams in normal map Hello everyone, I have a little problem with my baking.I'm trying to bake this model into 3 texture sets but for the normal map of every one of them the red channel gets inverted along the UV seams.I…	7 Last	Neox Mar 2023
Selling the rights to your 3D Models Not sure where to post this, so I guess I'll post it here for now.A client has approached me with an offer to buy the rights to a Car I made in order to 3D print and potentially sell it. How should I…	14 Last	rexo12 Mar 2023
Newbie questions: Attach meshes? This discussion was created from comments split from: Blender Mega Thread.	5 Last	Eric Chadwick Mar 2023
[Solved] Help ! [{"insert":"EDIT : No need to reply, my problem is solved now\n"}]	4 Last	killnpc Mar 2023
[3ds max] How to pack UVs with similar direction grouping? [{"insert":"My problem is lightmaps are bleeding a lot because final lightmap atlas usually ends up at 1px\/m density. Increasing padding does nothing at that point since it's barely makes and differ…	7 Last	dimwalker Mar 2023