Technical Talk

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[Maya/WIP] Fill my holes : quad fill tool Saw an interesting script by Swordslayer on quad filling, decided to try one for Maya :) nothing out yet so don't get too excited :p but it's almost done.Should be available in both ADN Modeler Tools…	23 Last	Axcel Jan 2023
Why is Blender not saving out all my render layers? [{"insert":"Blender is only saving out one render layer at a time and I have to do it all manually, ex. My Mist Pass, or my Combined layer. Anyone have any ideas how to get them to all save out at th…	5 Last	gnoop Dec 2022
Why do game engines have a root bones in character skeletons? [{"insert":"Hi,\nI'm (somewhat) educated in character rigging and animation, but coming from the animation\/vfx world. When I see a game character rig, I'm just wondering why there are coming bones f…	7 Last	Leinad Dec 2022
How do I instance a given number of objects to specific faces only in Blender? [{"insert":"Since I'm primarily a Zbrush user and can do this trick with Nanomesh, I was wondering how to do that in Blender. Basically, I have a bracelet with spikes (see ref below) and I want to ad…	4 Last	Lifelover Dec 2022
Managing consistent texel density [{"insert":"I have lately been trying to better understand texel density within a modular environment because of a project I am working on where I have adjacent surfaces where light bakes in unreal a…	16 Last	poopipe Dec 2022
Maya USD and matX First Maya 2020 USD binary is ready.Thats a huge step for maya in the right direction.Unreal and Unity are both ready to load USD Stages.https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd/releases/tag/v0.1.0Materi…	41 Last	poopipe Dec 2022
[Zbrush] Missing options in interface [{"insert":"Hello, just a simple question, because i didn't find anyting on it, I recently manage to make my own Zbrush Interface and i sadly \"deleted\" on of the \"Freehand\" Square selection, and …	6 Last	zippper4 Dec 2022
Improving viewport of 3ds Max [{"insert":"Hello everyone ! Can anyone help me for increasing the visibility of 3ds Max viewport like blender ? Here i have attached the Screenshot of same model in 3ds max and blender. \n"},{"inse…	4 Last	zippper4 Dec 2022
Question about clothes and hiding/deleting geometry underneath for game purposes [{"insert":"As far as I researched I saw that in cases where the character won't change clothes you'd delete the hidden parts of the body underneath. However, my question is about those case scenario…	3 Last	Lifelover Dec 2022
How to make Rainbow Color Reflection? Please Help [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/WIT0IC9C6JPY\/capture-jpg.jpg","name":"Capture.JPG","type":"image\/jpeg","size":79065,"width":674,"height":635,"…	8 Last	poohchung Dec 2022
[3ds Max] How would you rig and animate a simple ponytail or short rope? [{"insert":"As a secondary animation (no more than, say, a dozen bones or half that), relative to the flow of the main animation.\nI'm using Spring Magic (3ds Max script) for now, but it doesn't alwa…	3 Last	Bleed Dec 2022
Machine learning demos of what Nuke can do. [{"insert":"Have a look at some of the machine learning demos of what Nuke can do.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/community.foundry.com\/cattery"},"insert":"https:\/\/community.foundry.com\/c…	0 Last	littleclaude Dec 2022
Where can I edit multiple PBR textures at same time? [{"insert":"Looking for software where is possible to edit multiple textures at same time, mostly i need to move edges on baked maps, photoshop doesn't fit for it since it doesn't let to edit multipl…	3 Last	gnoop Dec 2022
3DS Max: Way to Zoom on Mouse Cursor? [{"insert":"Hi Polycounters! \n\"Zoom on Mouse Cursor Region\" -I think Photoshop does this by default, is there a way to enable it in Max? I've been searching Google etc but haven't found anything s…	4 Last	Dubious_Fellow Dec 2022
Maya - thicker lines permanent In Maya there's an option to draw thicker lines in the viewport. As Im using a hi res display it's much better for me to have the thicker lines however Maya forgets this settings. I have this MEL c…	7 Last	Axcel Dec 2022
SOLVED 3ds Max - Duplicate Layer with the same content inside Hey, i cant find the feature in 3ds max 16 but maybe could be reached with a bit of scripting. My problem right now is: I`m working on a very big project of my own with multiple layer…	13 Last	lego9430 Dec 2022
How many textures sets for game-ready character? [{"insert":"Hi\nObviously, this depends on the project\/game\/scope\/requirements etc. but what is a good maximum amount of UV sets for a character to have?\nI mean, with the Arthur Morgan model I ha…	11 Last	Neox Dec 2022
[3DS MAX] Rendering Camera Lens using Vray [{"insert":"Hello i'm modeling a camera to make a render and an animation, but i was wondering, how would you texture or shade the camera lens? Would you just \"fake\" it with a still image and some …	2 Last	zippper4 Dec 2022
Zbrush 2022 error [{"insert":"Hello, \n\nAnyone knows how to fix this. \nI get this error time to time. At start zbrush works fine but after some time when i click \"quick save\" program crashes and gives me an error.…	1 Last	kanga Dec 2022
GOB: Neither Blender nor Zbrush send all objects to each other except for the selected one [{"insert":"My ZB version is 2022 and Blender 3.2.2. I've been trying to send over models from Zbrush to Blender and back using the GOB plugin. However only the selected subtool gets sent and if modi…	1 Last	Ghogiel Dec 2022
Resize normals? [{"insert":"Hi all,\nSorry for the newie question, but is it possible? I have some models with very huge 8k and 4k normals.dds textures and I want resize them to 1k to improve performance. To resize …	6 Last	Socorrista22198 Dec 2022
Filling UV Space vs Texel Density [{"insert":"Hi\nI was wondering if I could get some advice when it comes to UV unwrapping. I know both texel density and filling up as much space as possible are equally important, however, if you ha…	11 Last	DustyShinigami Dec 2022
Foliage vertex normals editing in Speed Tree ? I wonder how big games do it ?from Horizon Zero Dawn pdf . for exampleI have no problem to do it in any 3d package but we need it inside Speed tree editor to…	38 Last	Hieromagus Dec 2022
Where to get/how to make/ detailed 3D model of Everest summit [{"insert":"Hi 3D Pros! I’m looking for an advice where to get or how to make a detailed model of the Mount Everest highest peak. I looked in sketchfab, but from the previews it seemed that the peak …	2 Last	Joopson Dec 2022
A little Zbrush Question [{"insert":"This is one of those issues that if I knew the actual terminology for what I need, then I would find it myself immediately.\nI would like to make a brush that when used on a surface, it o…	1 Last	Firebert Dec 2022
How do you export instances and UVs from Blender geometry nodes? [{"insert":"Blender geometry nodes are super cool and easy to use. Finally a node modeller and scatter system I like , more or less. \nStill I have problems. To export instances into a game …	0 Last	gnoop Dec 2022
Maya Locking components, modelling toolkit help Hey, I was looking for a better way to lock specific components in place and I ran across this on the maya help site:To lock verticesIn your scene, select the components you want to exclude from your…	2 Last	Axcel Dec 2022
Looking for a character modelling/clothing software to supplement my concept art [{"insert":"Hello polycounters! As the title states, I'm looking to purchase some type of software that is primarily for adding characters to scenes; I've spent years mostly using free assets or mixa…	1 Last	Neox Dec 2022
XMD Custom Zbrush / 3D Coat / Substance Brushes Hello everyone! I have had these listed on my site for a while and have had 1000s of downloads. I linked them on zbrush central a while back and got some good feedback. Here are some custom brush…	169 Last	Cl3m Dec 2022
Best software to retopo hard surface CAD topology to use in games? [{"insert":"Hi, \nFusion360 -blender(?) \nI wana adopt this workflow. Many studios are using this workflow already and its actually going to save me a ton of time going further. Im talking about guns…	6 Last	SebKaine Dec 2022
[3ds max] Keep UV shells respecting objet orientation [{"insert":"Hi! \nIs there a way - could be using some script or plugin - to unwrap a model but keep the shells respecting the objet orientation? \nThanks!\n"}]	4 Last	Klunk Dec 2022
Maya keeps crashing when using the multicut tool [{"insert":"Hey everyone\nI'm having trouble multicutting this plane. Maya keeps crashing whenever I try using it. Any way to fix this?\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-…	11 Last	Ozwaar Dec 2022
Zbrush workflow for sculpting long bended objects [{"insert":"For example, I need to model snake and want to be sure it looks good when when it will be deformed at rigging stage. Also I need the mouth to close and open right. How I usually do this: …	2 Last	kanga Dec 2022
Alpha Image to Zbrush Brush Icons? [{"insert":"Does anyone remember the hotkey or shortcut to make your Alpha into your Brush Icon in Zbrush?\n"}]	0 Last	Xicano3d Dec 2022
Maya problem - snapping brushes when sculpting [{"insert":"Hi,\n\ni have this issue where everything snaps in maya while im sculpting , even when im trying to resize brush holding B i can see snappings.\n\nMy snappings are turned off.\n\nI tryed …	2 Last	focus_method Nov 2022
Normals in Movie Production [{"insert":"I need a hint on what could be a good guideline when to use normals for movie production.\nSee on my example mesh i've done, i did all the paneling with actual geo. Most smaller details i…	3 Last	sprunghunt Nov 2022
[ZBrush] Memory problem (Locked main mem in list-out) I get this message whenever I try to save my file, any ideas?	12 Last	iam717 Nov 2022
Pro Game Studio Animation Workflow for Asset Interaction? [{"insert":"Hello all, I'm new to posting to this Forum but I've been reading articles here for years. I am creating a game and am doing all of my modeling and animation in blender 3.x. Before i get…	0 Last	polymath256 Nov 2022
Artifacts due low poly gradient shading [{"insert":"I didn't see this problem when I was texturing on Substance, nether while rendering on marmoset. Only when I uploaded the model to sketchfab. Anyone knows what I can do to solve it?\n"},{…	4 Last	myxomatosis Nov 2022
Strong gradient variations on low-poly [{"insert":"Hello guys, I'm pretty new here. \nI would like to ask you for help in a piece that I've already finished. But, I notice a issue, after upoloading the model to sketchfab, a mistake that I…	1 Last	Ghogiel Nov 2022
Advice with proportions when sculpting likenesses [{"insert":"Hi\nHope this is the right place for this, but I was wondering if other character artists out there could give me some advice when sculpting likenesses? Specifically, for getting the prop…	15 Last	DustyShinigami Nov 2022
Does vertex painting a mesh make it unique? [{"insert":"I have a bunch of the same mesh in my level, a giant rock basically. Ive duplicated this same rock around my level and each of the copies of this rock has the same material on it thats se…	11 Last	Fabi_G Nov 2022
Maya to UE5 (Control Rig questions) [{"insert":"So, I am at a bit of a loss here and was hoping somebody here can help me.\nPROBLEM: When I am creating a control rig in UE5 (new feature) I am unable to get the IK bone chain to work pro…	0 Last	riuthamus Nov 2022
SBSAR files in Photoshop [{"insert":"Have just found Photoshop can read sbsar files now. Not any of mine although . Or read and crushes instantly. \nWonder if anyone found a good use of them there? I hoped to use …	0 Last	gnoop Nov 2022
DreamFusion: text-to-3D diffusion model (like StableDiffusion/DALL-E for 3D) [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"body":"DreamFusion: Text-to-3D using 2D Diffusion, 2022.","photoUrl":"https:\/\/dreamfusion3d.github.io\/assets\/images\/dreamfusion_samples.png","url":"https:\…	0 Last	armagon Nov 2022
[Tutorial] Using Procreate to Paint Textures [{"insert":"Heya, this is for those of you that have an iPad. Maybe you haven't even considered using it for painting textures, but I'm here to tell you it's not just possible but also a pretty great…	0 Last	JunkieKong Nov 2022
Prevent occlusion for some meshes on the same UV tile / AO on movable parts [{"insert":"Hello,\nI'm creating a game-ready weapon model and have started to bake my ambient occlusion maps, but have run into some problems with my first try. \n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"i…	4 Last	Shrike Nov 2022
Workflow nowadays taking megascans into account? [{"insert":"Just wondering how AAA studios making realistic graphics games (or really any studio in general) uses megascans in their daily workflow? Playing any newer realistic graphic game like MW2,…	2 Last	gnoop Nov 2022
[Marmoset Toolbag / Substance Painter] Normals look poor in Substance Painter but fine in Marmoset [{"insert":"Hello,\nI'm working on a weapon model for my portfolio and have started to import my assets into Substance Painter for texturing, but have encountered a problem. My model is going to be r…	6 Last	Shrike Nov 2022
What is important? [{"insert":"Good evening. I'm sorry if my question may be silly, please. What is important in games, vfx, renders?\n"}]	17 Last	kanga Nov 2022