Technical Talk

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Instant Meshes (Convert your high poly mesh into a low poly mesh) https://youtu.be/U6wtw6W4x3IHey everyone stumbled across this super useful tool today. It is speeding up my work flow with high poly meshes allot.TL;DR of the video - Put highpoly mesh in. Low Poly m…	14 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2016
Need foliage expert, my tree normals look terrible! I've been having this problem for a while now, trying to transfer normals from a sphere to my tree/canopy so it lights uniformly.This is the process I'm trying to achieve:So here is where I create a …	9 Last	Kogoshi Oct 2016
Max Features I Want in Maya There's a couple things that Max have that seem essential to modelling that I can't seem to emulate in Maya. Does anybody know of plugins or work-arounds for this to work? I'm sorry if this is alread…	19 Last	Cathodeus Oct 2016
Rendering PBR metal rough in Maya Hey all, quick question for yall. How would I go about applying textures exported from substance painter onto the models in maya, and then be able to render out an actual video from that?I've s…	2 Last	Chronicle Oct 2016
Photogrammetry/retopology Question I have a client that gave me a photoscanned file of a drill. He had not used any dulling spray so the textures wasn't very good. he doesn't know much about 3D so I have tried to learn him some concep…	4 Last	KurtR Oct 2016
Mari AO won't generate properly Hey when i go to objects and hit AO i get this result only a very small spot at the ears.	5 Last	Sunray Oct 2016
3dsmax hotkey problem Hey guys,I've recently switched my workstation to a different desktop and i've just finished installing all my programs and plugins. There's one thing that i can't wrap my head around though and that…	7 Last	Cathodeus Oct 2016
3ds max question I was looking at this tutorial http://imgur.com/Qq8WhqR and at the top left where the poster is setting up the tiles in 3ds max, each tile is spaces apart a small amount. How can I make it so th…	6 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2016
Work Plane for Maya? Hi all. I will be switching back to Maya soon, and I want to know if there is a workplane script that I could download or buy. Something similar to Miauu's workplane would be ideal. I know in the mea…	5 Last	Toast Oct 2016
Achieving Realistic Look Hello, [url]http://www.speedhunters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/LOOKDEV-SHOT-1200x800.jpg[/url] If there's anyone who has done such realistic scenes (for games) I've got a question. What is th…	23 Last	leleuxart Oct 2016
[Unreal 4.12.5] Sample grundge map gets darker with each LERP connection [SOLVED] IssueI'm trying to composite a bunch of grunge details together. However, my final result looked almost... empty. It's as if almost all of the detail I added just didn't show up. I thought I hooked u…	14 Last	m4dcow Oct 2016
How to edit a toolbar in 3dsmax? Hello everybody,I've recently added some extra tools and scripts to my personal toolbar i use in 3dsmax and it's starting to get a little unorganized now. I would like to re-order the buttons so it's…	2 Last	christopheduron Oct 2016
How to Modeling Tank Tracks ? Hello, I am stuck in modeling Tracks for my tank. The problem can be seen in the picture. I built one piece, duplicated it several times and attached all together. Next I used the "Path Deform (WSM)"…	2 Last	Josua Oct 2016
Maya 2015 ShaderFx issue: render target Hi all, like title says, i've been trying every way, but i can't figure how to make this to work... Some more specific information: I'm working in ShaderFx for Maya 2015, trying to render vertex dat…	6 Last	shaderfx Oct 2016
Using ZRemesher and Projection to transfer details Again this is not exactly new technique but I thought this might be useful for new ZBrush users.	0 Last	yaschan Oct 2016
How to get masks without baking from highpoly? Hey everyone!I just tried to understood whole workflow for creating assets using by tilable textures and materials. But at this point i couldn't understood one small detail. For instance I want to cr…	5 Last	Tzur_H Oct 2016
Broken UVs... Hello!I'm facing an issue with my UVs when I jump back and forth between 3dsmax and zbrush.Some random polygons seem to be flipped or something. I really don't know why or when this happened.It's the…	1 Last	peanut Oct 2016
gears of war 4 characters - face anatomy of 2008 im sad to see that in 2016 we still have face anatomy of 2008. (this is uncharted 2 level)https://youtu.be/dyUoACShwRI?t=32s	10 Last	Blond Oct 2016
Maya 2016 SP6: Extremely slow in importing large meshes My Maya 2016 Edu license has somehow borked itself this week.What used to be:1) Loading models of 1 million tris+ into Maya would take a bit to load, but would load in fine with a tiny bit of chug in…	8 Last	throttlekitty Oct 2016
Max/Maya/Blender - Streamlined process for body morphs in regards to clothing? As the title says, I was curious if anyone had maybe links, whitepapers or comments on how it would be best to tackle different body types and bringing clothes for them?For example, if I have a Tuxed…	0 Last	Ace-Angel Oct 2016
Modular Cutouts for Stylized buildings. (How?) If your game is using a stylized look with your modular walls going slightly concave/vex. How do you account for cutouts like doors/windows?As per the curve of the wall depends on the height of…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2016
my camera is acting weird Well once again i have managed to hit a button on my keyboard while modelling and now i cant really rotate around and object or move the camera at all with the mouse, the rotate cube is the only way …	2 Last	Mark Dygert Oct 2016
Game asset workflow I would understand better the workflow for a game asset production for now I use to make a 2D concept or directly making the base mesh in maya or zbrush after I sculpt and try to polypaint n…	2 Last	kasigawa Oct 2016
Modo edge bevel issue (workaround) Modo's edge bevel tool is a pain on low poly objects. It has been debated for years and Lux have simply ignored it which is a shame because I doubt that it will ever get fixed. Maya has nailed it btw…	15 Last	nervouschimp Oct 2016
What 3D software can be used to recreate something similar? Can someone recommend or tell me what 3d modelling tool has been used in the attachment? I don't need it to be animated. I just want a static image whereby I can recreate the style of graphics. Appar…	10 Last	musashidan Oct 2016
3DS MAX PhysX: Bones fly all around. Hello people.I have had this problem for days now, and I can't seem to find a fix for it. I have created a rope, and rigged it with bones with added rigid bodies on them. As far as I can tell, everyt…	0 Last	ande048b Oct 2016
Is making Zbrush characters supposed to be fun? I got into this thinking it would be so interesting making these 3d characters, but now that I have done a month long character to completion, most of the time it felt like mind-numbing hard work and…	31 Last	adaweawe Oct 2016
When to use Smooth or Flat Shading for Video Games art Hello guys, so I have this doubt, when to use smooth or flat, until now my pipeline is always use Smooth and give sharp edges with the normal map, the thing is that for tilable assets, for example a …	4 Last	Styrwirld Oct 2016
D3CRYPT3D 3D Encryption Software Beta Hey, my name is Chloe, and a crew of us made a program that Encrypts your 3D assets. It's called D3CRYPT3D. We just launched the beta today and would love for you to register, test it out, and giv…	0 Last	d3crypt3d Oct 2016
Is there any way to lock the photoshop workspace? This has been bugging me for a while, is there no way to do this? I keep pulling my brush panel off my tray by accident and it is annoying the hell out of me.	0 Last	AtticusMars Oct 2016
DX:MD - Environment pipeline I found this to be a good representation of our pipeline. For people who want to become Level artist, this is a good read.I posted here rather than general because is more technical talk.https://80.l…	0 Last	Bhrazz Oct 2016
improving readability in composition #01 hi,I just want to share some basic composition tips. I'm trying to explain how we can deliver better readability by adjusting proportions, leading line and detail distribution.more tips on my faceboo…	20 Last	Teessider Oct 2016
3DS MAX 2017- ART Renderer I've been messing around with the new ART renderer in 2017, trying to get some nice renders of some models that I made for print at work. Finding little tutorials so far online. Anyone get a chance t…	5 Last	Mr Whippy Oct 2016
Problem with Vertex Normals ? Hello. I would like to ask You for Your help. I have problem with Vertex Normals, or at least I think that this is my problem ^^I have low poly model. And this model looks weird. Normal map is someti…	8 Last	gnoop Oct 2016
ZBrush Vs. Xnormal Bake Aberration Query. Thank You. Thank You. After four full working days of hand-wringing and research I've finally caved: I cannot solve this problem on my own.Apologies if this has been covered, but I really cannot find a solution…	10 Last	Pwwka Oct 2016
skin weights greater than 1 (Maya/fbx) Is it possible to assign skin weights greater than one while retaining the vertices positions at bind pose? I know in maya I can set normalize weights to none for the skinCluster, which then allows m…	0 Last	kwyjibo Oct 2016
Zbrush Question Customizing Ui Is there a way to make the left shelf and the bottom shelf bigger in Zbrush so I can add more tools to it?I can't find the setting in preference.And how do you hide the Tutorial View (the one un…	3 Last	IgnitionGenesis Oct 2016
Need help with animaiton mirroring in Maya https://youtu.be/ZJCWsbYrtz8Hi Polycount members! Hope to get some help with how to mirror animations in Maya since Unreal engine haveno support for just flipping the animations in the engine.As show…	3 Last	Mark Dygert Oct 2016
Max/Maya - ShaderFX - Can't compile for older vesion of Software (+loss of sorting order) Whenever I compile the shader, and no matter what I do, I am unable to load them in the older versions of the software.For example; I compiled my Shader in Max 2016, standard GLSL/HLSL and it works f…	2 Last	Ace-Angel Oct 2016
Baking Textures brightness issues Vray 3ds max Hello everyone,I need your help on this issue. Whats the purpose of baking to texture if you get a DIFFERENT texture. I attached images below. I was told it is LWF i dont apply correctly. I mean, wha…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2016
Difference between Substance Painter's "Average Normals" baking and a traditional cage workflow? Apologies if this has already been asked before but I'm wondering how SP (2.3) baking differs from using a cage in any other application (I used Max 2015).I mostly mean the "Average Normals" box. I d…	22 Last	Kroma! Oct 2016
3d painting in Photoshop? Any good? I wanted to ask. For people, who have tried Photoshop for 3d texture painting. Is it any good? Is it convenient for painting 8k, 16k and 32 k textures.I am thinking of trying out mari, or 3dcoat. For…	4 Last	melviso Oct 2016
How would you make ostrich feather cards for games? Im working on a character and he has a cavalier hat so I need to make a ostrich feather to go with it. How would you guys tackle the thick and flowing feather? I was thinking of having cards co…	3 Last	throttlekitty Oct 2016
Maya: Renaming shape nodes issue Hi, During my workflow, I have to import some objects, unfortunately the transforms and shape nodes import with the same name. Maya does not like this. I have this script to rename shape nodes an…	6 Last	Toast Oct 2016
Issue Exporting 1:2 Non-Square Texture in Substance Painter I'm having some trouble exporting a non-square, 1:2 texture in Substance Painter. My workflow for this has been, unwrap in max at 1:2, scale the uvs down to 1:1, take into substance (bake my base hig…	3 Last	Jerc Oct 2016
Mobile Modular Assets for a very complex convenience store scene in Unity Hi guys I am about to start a 6 week project where I design an interior environment (1 room + hallway) for mobile in Unity. The scenario I have agreed with my tutor to create is a japanese convenienc…	4 Last	Mant1k0re Oct 2016
Zbrush scale issue with quick masking and symmetry. Ive noticed this but cant find anything on the subject so maybe its just me. Does this affect anyone else?You know how you can use the transpose tool to "quick mask" drag a mask along a surface? For …	2 Last	Bigby Oct 2016
matching perspective with the 3D viewport Hi,I want to follow the concept art to match with the 3d.I use the match perspective in 3dsmaxwhich look fine but it's not .did I do something wrong ? is it the camera setting problem ?what the best …	4 Last	Klo Works Oct 2016
How to approach a Ralph Goings painting CG recreation? Hi guys. I hope this is the right place to post this thread.Well I am still in my mission to learn new stuff and this time I am curious on the best way to recreate some specific details of the Ralph …	0 Last	HatPoweredSpyCrab Oct 2016
DOTA2 Hero Shader - 3DS Shader Material - RELEASED! [CENTER]There it goes! [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8510078/Dota2/OrgeMagi_23.png[/IMG] [LEFT] [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8510078/Dota2/FewesInvokerSet.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http…	248 Last	oneleven Oct 2016