Technical Talk

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WHAT IS A GOOD LAPTOP FOR BEGINNER? [{"insert":"Hi,\ni have been developing an interest in 3d modelling for a while now and have started to approach Blender with my laptop (Lenovo Ideapad 700-17ISK). As i had already predicted, i encou…	11 Last	poopipe Jul 2022
Convincing 3d that looks like 2d.... Wow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKGPhKu3jNg F**king magnets how do they work. Seriously how?	404 Last	Mask_Salesman Jul 2022
Zbrush - Invisible subtools So I have this stupid problem where my subtools are invisible. I must have activated some obscure option because any visibility settings I try does nothing. The only way I can even view and locate th…	4 Last	ArdyOlt Jul 2022
3-link watch bracelet rigging ¿? [{"insert":"Hi! I need to rig in Maya a metallic bracelet for a watch I have modeled and I can't find any tutorial that covers all I need.\n\nI know It mustn't be a very difficult rigging, but I lack…	4 Last	sarasumm Jul 2022
"...mesh with zero number of vertices and polygons." Zbrush dynamesh error. Hello, I have got that problem sometimes. I make highpoly in 3ds Max (, and sometimes when I try to dynamesh it with DynameshMaster, this window appearsI checked my geometry in 3ds Max, and it's perf…	6 Last	batuhankksl Jul 2022
why does decimation master give better result than prooptimizer? ive heard they have same algorithm? [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/QTVXQRUSB0U8\/bxudqtc0uf.png","name":"bxUdqtc0UF.png","type":"image\/png","size":1688844,"width":2769,"height":1…	9 Last	killnpc Jul 2022
Suitable software for ambient scenes and composition [{"insert":"Hi,\nI would like to create an ambient scene to place on YouTube. I envisage the scene having a castle as its focal point, surrounded by forest, with a glowing moon hue, failing snow, and…	1 Last	Alex_J Jul 2022
Bevel or use normal maps in VR? Hey guys. I've been developing a VR project for a little bit and have a question about making assets for VR compared to assets for a regular game.Is it better to just bevel edges instead of using nor…	10 Last	Ruz Jul 2022
Baking - where do the rays come from and go? [{"insert":"Im reading up on some baking guides and was confused on where the rays come from and where they go because some guides say the rays start at the low poly and go out until it passes throug…	8 Last	3D4Eva Jul 2022
Light Tracer Render -- Fast and simple renderer for web and desktop [{"insert":"Hello polycount community!\nIf you need an easy-to-use, convenient and fast tool for high-quality visualization of your models, please check out the fresh release of Light Tracer Render 2…	0 Last	DenisLTR Jul 2022
Only some UV faces Inverted in 3DS Max?? [{"insert":"Hey guys, I did a check for Inverted UVs in 3ds and I flipped all the ones that were completely inverted but I noticed some of the faces within the same UV shell were also flipped? Why is…	4 Last	guitarguy00 Jul 2022
VR - How to reduce polycount of these landscape assets without destroying the shape? tried zremesher [{"insert":"zremesher cant handle it without creating 10m faces lol. vr asset. thus normal maps are bad. parallax perhaps? how?\ncan i bake all the details as parallax and put it onto a 50k poly asse…	10 Last	napelazam Jul 2022
how do i create this clay material in UE? [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"height":500,"width":540,"imgurID":"fITJNho","url":"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/fITJNho.png","embedType":"imgur","name":""},"loaderData":{"type":"link","link":"https:…	1 Last	Fabi_G Jul 2022
What's the best AI for textures currently? [{"insert":"I do try Sampler once for a while . Here is my last one \n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/VN02U5X50QHF\/bricks.jpg","name":"bri…	0 Last	gnoop Jul 2022
Blender material normal map into Akeytsu trouble [{"insert":"Hi\nBlender 3.0 Win10\nJust textured my character in TB and trying to get it into Akeytsu from Blender. Finally got the texture included with the fbx but it seems only single nodes are re…	0 Last	kanga Jul 2022
3ds max - Auto Separate Mesh Into Material IDs? [{"insert":"I've got a lot of single meshes that are using multiple material IDs within the same mesh and it's tanking performance in Unreal. I was going to separate them into separate meshes to help…	13 Last	TorQue[MoD] Jul 2022
3D Artist's Handbook (wiki) [{"insert":"I've been working on a 3d character artist's handbook(github wiki) that covers the entire workflow as well as other things like composition, anatomy and so on. I think it's now at the poi…	0 Last	Sidney Eliot Jul 2022
Extreme pixelation after Xnormal bake Hey guys!I'm currently creating hair cards for a character of mine and encountered a problem while baking the Alpha and other maps in Xnormal - the bake becomes extremely pixelated. No matter if I us…	6 Last	poopipe Jul 2022
Confusion with producing Flow maps [{"insert":"Hi\nAfter some discussion in another thread of mine, someone mentioned Flow Maps. However, I'm still really unsure and confused with how to produce them or if I even really need them at a…	5 Last	DustyShinigami Jul 2022
Trim Sheet question: mouldings and cornices [{"insert":"Hi, i'm working on my first trim sheet and I have a question.\nHow I'm supposed to map the parts highlighted below on my low poly model ?\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"h…	20 Last	poopipe Jul 2022
Baking curves with low geometry gives poor results, inevitable or fixable? [{"insert":"Hello,\nI'm creating a bake for this muzzle device that I'm working on, but I encountered an issue.\nHere is the mesh in full:\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us…	1 Last	poopipe Jul 2022
Why using Star like tris? [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/B9MDKHZUHZDS\/screenshot-281355-29.png","name":"Screenshot (1355).png","type":"image\/png","size":1201113,"width…	1 Last	poopipe Jul 2022
Relax tool in 3DS Max doesn't work well Hello everyone. I want to unwrap my model but I have problem with one piece. Relax tool in most case can do the job but in this situation it doesn't do anything or it will make worse. Even when I wan…	4 Last	Empierius Jul 2022
Does it matter what size you bake at? [{"insert":"ZBrush often works in meshes that are super tiny compared to what needs to be imported into engine. What I generally do is just export from ZBrush and scale up both the high and low poly …	4 Last	jordank95 Jul 2022
Looking to make PSX style particle effects; where do I start with Unity (or Blender!)? [{"insert":"If you've played a PSX game, ya'll know what I mean; those particle effects that are often used to convey things like magic, smoke, lasers, fire, sparkly stuff; examples are attached. Whe…	1 Last	motionblur Jul 2022
Distortion under arms [{"insert":"Hey everyone, I've been making assets for a mobile game but the style of clothes is relatively realistic. So what happens a lot is I'll bake from a high res onto the low and it looks fine…	13 Last	pior Jul 2022
Low poly model resulted in smooth shading not hard. [{"insert":"Hi, so I try modeling the pieces for tabletop sim. The board game is called quadular and there is not a bord existed in the workshop. So why not try make it my own. Well I use 3ds max to …	1 Last	Neox Jul 2022
Creation Engine and others [{"insert":"I am just asking ut of curiosity , why do you think Bethesda Games Studios sticks with their Creation engine rather than move to something that seems better in graphics and else like Un…	16 Last	Benjammin Jul 2022
A huge Soviet electric locomotive for UE 5. [{"insert":"Hello everyone, I was given an order to make a detailed gaming version of the MID POLY of this model for UE5. I work in Blender, I know how to work with unique textures. I know about mid …	8 Last	Vassk Jul 2022
Ice Cube Realism [{"insert":"I'm stuck in the uncanny valley I think with my realistic ice cube renders. I'm attempting to produce this style of cube (wet)\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"postID":"CXzL51KhZ…	1 Last	rexo12 Jul 2022
The basics of creating pseudo volume textures in Substance Designer - Tutorial I've been working with a lot of volumetric rendering related stuff recently, and sometimes it involves creating volumetric textures. The another method is to use procedural content in the volumetric …	41 Last	anniezhao Jul 2022
XGen - Advice on changing direction of specific hairs [{"insert":"Hi\nI'm currently having problems getting specific hairs to point in a particular direction. At the moment, these fly-away hairs are all facing to the left, but I want one to face to the …	5 Last	Neox Jul 2022
[SOLVED] Math help! Accurately reducing edge length [{"insert":"Edit: solved it, see: below\nI have a cone and I need the faces to reduce by x down the length of it. The have to reduce so that each face is as close to a square as possible. I don't kno…	3 Last	okidoki Jul 2022
How many tris for a AAA modern Unreal 5 engine game? PC specs [{"insert":"What is a good tri limit for a main character in a modern AAA game?\n"}]	15 Last	dread_companion Jul 2022
Help find the right program for a Newbie [{"insert":"Hello everyone, I'm a concept artist and I'm quite new to 3D world. \nI need a program to sculpt and model assets. I felt in love with the workflow of 3dCoat, is so intuite to add and sub…	20 Last	Roash Jul 2022
Normal map problem [{"insert":"Hi, I baked Normal map in Maya but I have a problem. \n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/I4FC9EC9NJ8W\/image-2022-07-05-100405007.pn…	2 Last	taD083 Jul 2022
maya seperate multishape curve to individual curves ! [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/MDHA0BV4J4CB\/screenshot-1.jpg","name":"Screenshot_1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg","size":372403,"width":1918,"heigh…	0 Last	sinopiart Jul 2022
How do I efficiently retopologize a character like this? [{"insert":"I'm given a task to create a stylized character in the vein of the image below and one of the requirements is to make a game-ready topology. What puzzles me is what is a good way to do th…	15 Last	killnpc Jul 2022
Maya Xgen, region map problem Hello good people, I'm having an annoying issue with region map painting in Xgen. Thing is, it just won't do it. I can't figure out what the problem is, because sometimes, in others scenes, it does …	7 Last	oglu Jul 2022
hi Important question about Maya [{"insert":"As you know, in 3D Max, it is possible to temporarily turn off operations such as mirrors, and it is easy to go back to before the operation, is this also possible in Maya?\n"}]	9 Last	killnpc Jul 2022
Blender riging to UE4 – mannequin workflow without retarget & rigify workflow Hi!I don't really know if this more UE or Blender topic.I'm doing the rigging stuff to Unreal Engine 4 with rigify workflow. It works perfectly, but it requires from you retargeting animations fr…	5 Last	wuguyannian Jul 2022
3DCoat Print Released & Free For All! [{"insert":"3DCoatPrint 2022 Released !\n- Completely free for any, including commercial, use if the 3D models you create are intended to be 3D-Printed or for the creation of rendered images. Other u…	0 Last	Carlosan Jul 2022
Passing scene for train scene help? [{"insert":"I’m making a scene of a train car with a big window and I’m trying to make it look like an environment is passing by ideally without modeling an entire world any suggestions on how to d…	14 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2022
Real time 3d web engines Hey there, at the moment I'm doing research on real time 3d web engines targeted at interactive architectural visualization and I'm wondering if my list of up-to-date engines is complete or whethe…	17 Last	sacboi Jul 2022
[Maya] Adding noise to a curve? [{"insert":"Hey everyone!\n\nI'm currently modelling something that takes a segment, uses MASH to distribute it along an axis, and then Curve Warp to bend the segments along a curve. \n\nSo far so go…	4 Last	sprunghunt Jun 2022
Modo Modeling [{"insert":"how can i get this shape in modo shown in image attached ,i'm a beginner so i need step by step tutorial. \n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068…	1 Last	Cibo Jun 2022
Is this lowpoly too much? [{"insert":"Hey, I'm doing lowpoly and want to ask about this fragment:\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/WXP1CSJY4SME\/image.png","name":"imag…	5 Last	Kanni3d Jun 2022
3DS Max 2017 Viewport issue [{"insert":"I could really use some help here please.\nFor some reason in Max2017, In the orthographic viewports I lose visibility of aspects of my mesh when I'm in sub selection mode.\nWhen I select…	4 Last	killnpc Jun 2022
Scanned data or hand painted...? [{"insert":"Hi\nLooking at the head texture for Arthur Morgan from RDR2, would you say scanned data was used, or do you think it's hand-painted in Photoshop...?\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data…	22 Last	poopipe Jun 2022
Introducing Handplane Baker Hello Polycount,This is a long time coming for us- Handplane is now a full baking tool. Our goal with handplane baker is to build the most efficient baking tool for a production environment and make …	322 Last	poopipe Jun 2022