Technical Talk

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UV LAYOUT: MESH DROPPING PROBLEM Hi guys.So i was learning this new auto unwrap program and i am getting problem with the x and y axis. So when i export this mesh by flipping y-z axis turned on. It drops in the uv layout like this. …	1 Last	Stromberg90 Mar 2017
Turn off RMB selection in Maya Okay so I have searched for an hour or so to try to find the solution to this and I might just be blind. In Maya I'm wondering if there is a way that I can turn off the RMB selection but still have t…	3 Last	zachagreg Mar 2017
Zbrush Stamp/Clone tool likein photoshop... cannot find him? Where in Zbrush is a brush or "feature" working in the same way as "stamp" or "clone" tools in Photoshop... That means in lets me pick a place on my model from which to source geometry to paint on ot…	4 Last	cryrid Mar 2017
XGen region problem I've been making eyelashes in XGen and they look fine...until I mirrored the guides.I have already tried making region maps (red and blue) and changing the value of Region Mask to 1, but it doesn't s…	1 Last	gem2492 Mar 2017
3d character cloth workflow question So I have a question. Its more like "how do I approach this?" kinda thing. Im working on a personal project where Im making an alien that would put into unreal engine and stuff. The…	2 Last	bmarko01 Mar 2017
Baking out vertex colors to a color ID map Dear god, I am going insane. I have tried so many different ways to bake out a color ID map from this high poly. Maya's baking has never once produced a flawless bake of any sort of map, so I have ta…	7 Last	Nam.Nguyen Mar 2017
Understanding tangent and binormal workflows between programs? Am I the only one who can't seem to wrap my head around tangent/bi-normals and when to "recompute"?What I understand: different programs interpret tangents and bi-normals differently, so it's best to…	3 Last	jordank95 Mar 2017
Saving/Export a custom shelf in Maya 2017 Hi all,I can't for the love of god find where my custom shelves are saved to. I have set project folder but it seems shelves don't follow this setting, if I try "load a shelf" it doesn't appear in th…	3 Last	janoshx Mar 2017
3DS MAX style geometry mirror preview in MAYA? Does anyone know if there's a way to accomplish a mirroring preview like in 3DS MAX in MAYA?I am accustomed to having a symmetry modifier on geometry while I work in MAX so I can see how the shape is…	1 Last	BolognaGenocide Mar 2017
[Maya] Hotkeying Shading -> Wireframe on Shaded Hi guys, I'm learning Maya coming from Max right now. I've been trying to set hotkeys that are more familiar to me. I can't seem to find this Wireframe on Shaded command anywhere in the hotkey edit…	12 Last	BolognaGenocide Mar 2017
[3ds Max] Art render. How to exclude objects from getting lit by Sun Positioner? Hi,Im making an interior scene with an aquarium.Very simply I put an aquascape texture on a box surrounded by glass plates. I made it a Standard material to access the selfillumination feature and it…	7 Last	Triptamine Mar 2017
How to unwrap this model?? Helo guys.I need to ask how should i begin to unwrap this model. there are some details on it. Thanks :smile:	2 Last	MujtabaYousuf Mar 2017
3ds Max-Object Highlighted When Not Selected I can't figure this one out. My objected is highlighted even though it is not selected. I've already tried Collapsing it with no luck. Can some one explain to me what I need to do...it's driving m…	2 Last	DarkEdge Mar 2017
relax tool the relax tool in maya do promlemshttps://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/272337666916483072/294899426852601857/unknown.pnghttps://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/272337666916483072/294899469181255681/…	2 Last	DRoss3d Mar 2017
Is this a better place to ask about ZBrush? I'm not very good at navigating forums, but I don't see a section dedicated to ZBrush. I've been asking questions over on ZBrushCentral, but no replies whatsoever. It is making it hard to learn. Is t…	5 Last	Vyktori Mar 2017
anyone know a way to automatically remove still frames on screen recordings? Not sure if this should go here or techncal talk.but basicly when you record things and have to go away from the computer for a few mins or just do something on your desc for a few secs.I mean …	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Mar 2017
Let's talk about HDR gaming... Hi guys.. I did some quick searches for this on the forum/wiki, but couldn't find an appropriate "master thread"..perhaps someone could steer me towards a primer?Today I was talking to a graphics guy…	4 Last	blankslatejoe Mar 2017
Normal Tools for Max Released Just released a new little commercial tool set called [URL="http://dev.wallworm.com/topic/68/normal_tools.html"]Normal Tools for manipulating your normal in 3ds Max[/URL]. Type-in Normal vectors, use…	16 Last	shawnolson Mar 2017
Zremesher problems in ZBrush Hi, I've been trying to clean up my mesh topology with Zremesher but I've met across some troubles. I tried dynamesh but it was much worse. Here are photos:Before zremesher:And after :	0 Last	universe Mar 2017
Issue with baking AO to vertex color in Max 2016 Hey All, I've been following the Radiosity/Assign Vertex Color method for baking AO into vertex color, which I had done before with Max 2012 with no issue. I just tried it in Max 2016 and all I'm g…	4 Last	MaceSkywind Mar 2017
Poly budget How many polys would you target a character seen from this distance (it's for a desktop PC game character)??	4 Last	radiancef0rge Mar 2017
MODO \| Introduction to Fur MODO \| Introduction to Fur The Fur material in MODO is a texture layer that produces fibers that can be used to produce hair, grass, fur and more. For this introduction, I show how to …	0 Last	WilliamVaughan Mar 2017
How to bake a clean normal map without split UVs Island on every hard edge Hi everyone ! I got a quick question about normal map baking and texturing workflow I've read some articles about Normal map baking, and they all said that in order to have a clean result, I have t…	12 Last	Duard Mar 2017
Problem in uv mapping in 3ds max hi guys.I was trying to unwrap a basic sphere. The problem is this.Capture.PNGAs u can see that whenever i try to grow the selection. Orange gizmo occurs and it is selecting polygons weirdly. Idk wha…	2 Last	MujtabaYousuf Mar 2017
Mudbox 2015, 2016 and 2017 are asking me for a new Intel Driver. I have been working with Mudbox 2017 up to about a week ago. When I tried to fire it up, it gave me a pop-up that said "Mudbox Requires a New Intel Graphics Driver"I have two display Adapters, one is…	2 Last	PolyHertz Mar 2017
deformation around holes i am getting some deformation around the tail light in this car model, is there any solution for it ?	1 Last	ActionDawg Mar 2017
Stylized Zbrush costom Brushes Hey guys so i have bean working on these brushes last week, decided to share em with you. pack include: aj_polish - is a really strong polish brush that can cut edges off, it is similar to trim dyna…	24 Last	rayle1112 Mar 2017
New at 3D modeling-need help with settings Hi everyone,I am new to 3ds Max, and I am having issues at the very end of a helmet model with the symmetry modifier. I somehow made an unwanted setting adjustment midway through modeling to the mode…	2 Last	LaurentiuN Mar 2017
CAD data optimisation (retopology) Hi,For certain projects at work, we often receive CAD data for certain vehicles. We have tried a number of programs to convert or reduce the CAD data but so far have not found a workflow that is effi…	1 Last	LaurentiuN Mar 2017
3DS Max/Arnold - foreground processing? Saw this over at CGTalk: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Changes-to-Rendering-in-3DS-Max-2018.html"Customers will have access to the Arno…	3 Last	spacefrog Mar 2017
Maya 2015 Fatal Error after preview smooth hotkey 3 Hi guys, I have a little problem with my Maya 2015. When I selected my mesh and I pushed on hotkey 3 for the preview smooth, I had a fatal error. Good, but when I lunch my scene what was saved in…	1 Last	Bartalon Mar 2017
How many Polys (Triangles) can the average 4GB/6GB RAM load in view. So I'm just curious how many polys (Triangles) can the average 4gb ram computer load at one time, in a Multiplayer High intensive game, Now I'm NOT wanting the poly count for the entire scene/level a…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Mar 2017
Blender3D not loading my projects I am having some trouble opening my .blend files. Some of them are fine and some say that their size is 0kb. Some of them show their actual size, but they still won't open. I have them stored on a fl…	3 Last	melviso Mar 2017
Help with render target simulation Hi. For my project, I'm trying to do a map editor with custom terrain. For that I intend to do a simple hydraulic erosion algorithm in the gpu to displace the water and generate some rivers.I'm using…	2 Last	Elrinion Mar 2017
Beveled edges or beveled normal maps?? I came across this while doing some research:http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1022324/The-Ultimate-Trim-Texturing-TechniquesFrom what I understand, this was a technique used about 2 years ago. Is this st…	2 Last	melviso Mar 2017
Advice - Maya Animation Workflow Hey Folks,I have a problem that has bugged me for some time and was hoping someone can describe the best workflow or tool that can help with the process of testing animations on a rig in Maya.I'm loo…	7 Last	antweiler Mar 2017
Zbrush: Can't sculpt after Projection Master - Stuck on rotate tool So I've been having this issue the past few days. I drop my subtool to Projection Master, draw, then pick it back up. My tool turns a shade of grey and I am stuck on the rotate tool and can't sculpt …	4 Last	AlexKola Mar 2017
[Maya, MEL] Where in the .ma does it clarify which camera to render with? I have looked through the entire .ma in notepad++ but can't find where it tells maya which camera to set as the renderable camera as opposed to any other ones?	1 Last	throttlekitty Mar 2017
arnold crashes errors Anyone is experiencing a lot of arnold crashes with maya 2017 update 3. Any solutions?	0 Last	dlz Mar 2017
So I have this landscape, and 300 houses. How can I align them quickly? Hay guys,Hopefully you guys will come up with an easy solution. So I have this irregular landscape and around 300 houses(37 different models) that were placed according to a plan, right now they are …	4 Last	IronTarkus Mar 2017
[Max] mesh exploder for baking normal maps HelloI started creating a mesh exploder for baking normal mapshere is my progress so farfeel free to let me know your ideas and feedbackplanned features - recognise lowpoly / hipoly mesh - …	10 Last	hannes d Mar 2017
[BLENDER] Transparent texture renders black (Before I get the comments "google" or "look on the wiki": I've done both. I'm right now having 15 tabs open with all types of tutorials and none seem to help).HAY. IT'S ME. LILY. I'm back again with…	5 Last	LilyNion Mar 2017
Maya Beginner problem I'm sorry in advance guys but I really am a beginner.I'm trying to follow a tutorial but have seemed to have stumbled very early on.I'm trying to move a group of vertices so that all the surrounding …	2 Last	Feah Mar 2017
dark face problem I have this problem with my character. As you can see in maya this face is slightly darker. But in marmoset problem is much more apparent. When i use "soften edge" (maya 2016), in maya problem …	1 Last	KingTomislav Mar 2017
Several questions about modeling in 3ds max. Hi guys.I was getting good at modeling but i am still having some problems. i will post them one by one.Please help me if u can.1-) Whenever i attach two parts together. If they are turbosmoothed bef…	8 Last	MujtabaYousuf Mar 2017
Beginner, Maya default baking vs Turtle Ok, so i thought about use the Turtle bake, but i couldn't figure out how tu use the envelope and did no find the ''texture baking view'' either, i tried some tutorials but they are outdated as well …	2 Last	jonb84 Mar 2017
Modo - Store Shelf with Drilled holes (Having trouble with the holes) Note: This is for UE4 and I need the holes to be real - I can't fake them with a simple texture.I've run out of ideas other than brute forcing which sounds exhausting for what seems to be such an eas…	10 Last	Travisty Mar 2017
Zbrush 4R7 GoZ to 3ds Max 2015 Crash So when i try to use Goz to 3ds Max 2015 it loads up 3ds max then says key macro cant open up, then there is an error with hexedecimal so it asks to reset to factory settings then the program quits o…	0 Last	Apheleion Mar 2017
maya 2017 update 3 Hi, maybe this is pretty noob question but anyone know how to install update 3 of maya 2017 with student license?	2 Last	dlz Mar 2017
How do i create this in Maya? What method do i use to create the spiral black metal rods?	5 Last	oglu Mar 2017