Technical Talk

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Need help with hard edges [{"insert":"Hello. I'm having hard times with hard surface modelling.\nAt the picture, thick edges need to be preserved when smoothing, so I added extra loops.\nThe problem is that I don't know how t…	2 Last	mimodeste Sep 2022
XGen Eyelashes/Eyebrows - Best Way to Convert to Hair Cards? Hello,I'm trying to bake converted xGen Hair to Geometry Eyebrows/ Eyelashes, into a Normal Map and Alpha Mask on Marmoset Toolbag 4 for better hair accuracy.But the problem is that nothing gets bake…	22 Last	CheeseOnToast Sep 2022
How can I set radial vertex normals in Speed Tree? [{"insert":"On a cypress style of a tree with all the brunches growing up mostly \n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/839RDAM5WECT\/image.png",…	0 Last	gnoop Sep 2022
[Zbrush] [Substance 3D Painter] Question about baking [{"insert":"Hi! I'm making assets which are to be used for destructible meshes in Unreal Engine. I'm running into a problem with the bakes and I assume the Ambient Occlusion. I don't know how not to …	3 Last	NicolaiLykke Sep 2022
Weapon Rig For Unreal Engine (Bone Structure) [{"insert":"I'm so bad at rigging something I cant build a good structure for bones please help me for fixing that problem How can I fix that? I want that part follow weapon bone but I dont want rota…	5 Last	Frigus Sep 2022
100 Post Process Shaders in 1 minute [{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"I created "},{"attributes":{"bold":true,"link":"https:\/\/elias-wick.com\/portfolio\/shaders\/post-process\/page-1"},"insert":"100 post process shaders"},{"attr…	0 Last	EliasWick Sep 2022
Edge decal not matching color of underneath mesh? [{"insert":"My edge decals aren't matching the color of the material underneath. Its set up using Deferred Decal, Translucent, Default Lit. It looks ok and correct with certain light hitting it, but …	6 Last	jordank95 Sep 2022
Struggling with weapon creation for games [{"insert":"Hello, I'm having problems with my high and low poly models for my take on the Ratchet and Clank Temporal Repulsor. Specifically my high poly mesh has non-manifold geometry in a lot of pl…	4 Last	Epitaph Sep 2022
3dsMax 2023.2 [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"height":150,"width":200,"photoUrl":"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/PNvjSh7s_yU\/hqdefault.jpg","videoID":"PNvjSh7s_yU","showRelated":false,"start":0,"url":"https:\/…	0 Last	gandhics Sep 2022
Bend a mesh inward with rotation? [{"insert":"Hello, :) \nI would like to know: \nhow can I apply any kind of modifiers or whatever, that can bend a mesh inward following a circle spline please ? I already tested Bend and twist but …	1 Last	zippper4 Sep 2022
Do videogame characters have legs under the pants? [{"insert":"Im creating my first videogame character and this question just popped in my head, do game ready characters have legs under the pants? or torso under the shirt? hands under gloves? to my …	5 Last	pior Sep 2022
topology for subdivide [{"insert":"hi\nI hope you will understand me\nI'm trying to create a mouse model.\nI made a model base, low poly \n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/upl…	15 Last	andy939 Sep 2022
Blender Asset Manager rendering thumbnails without Materials [{"insert":"Hi guys Blender Asset Manager is rendering thumbnails without Materials, does anyone have any ideas how to solve this? The asset is from a kit from Kitbash3D and I am trying to make a fol…	0 Last	Method14253 Sep 2022
Opening a Kitbash3D file to blender and they won't load the textures help! [{"insert":"Hey guys I've spent an hour tryin to figure out why when I open up my Kitbash3D file it doesn't load the textures. Below is what I get instead, just pink meshes. Any ideas how to fix this…	1 Last	Method14253 Sep 2022
Different Materials for Alpha, Transparency, Emission [{"insert":"I saw people separating uv islands that have alpha or transparency on them into a different texture set. And a new material is created for it.\nFor example: if there is a broken window ob…	3 Last	rexo12 Sep 2022
Lods having its own normal maps ? [{"insert":"I see many rock objects in megascan have each own normal map texture for each lod level. Is it a common practice nowadays? Just wonder because I always tried to do it look ok…	6 Last	gnoop Sep 2022
Why does GOB bridge export partially an object from Blender to Zbrush [{"insert":"The body of my character is a single object and I'd like to send it over to Zbrush, but this is what happens instead:\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.ne…	4 Last	kanga Sep 2022
Characters - Quick question about mouth bags... [{"insert":"Hi\nWhat's typically done first - adding a mouth bag to the low poly and then do the baking? Or do the baking first and then add a mouth bag?\nI figured it was best to do it afterwards as…	11 Last	Mark Dygert Sep 2022
How to use channel packing in Sketchfab [{"insert":"Hello guys, I was wondering if there's a way to use packed channels in sketchfab? I have many texture files and I would like to increase the performance.\n"}]	3 Last	pior Sep 2022
UV'S Workflow [{"insert":"Hello, i'm a beginner and i'm trying to have a better workflow actually, i was wondering :\nWhen you have many same objects on a scene for example : screws, nails, wheels etc. do you need…	4 Last	zippper4 Sep 2022
[3ds Max] Straighten UV map [{"insert":"It's been a while since I open 3ds Max, and I kinda forget some tools or maybe this one is not exist yet. I want to make the UV straight without getting rid of the triangle on the mesh. I…	8 Last	Ghogiel Sep 2022
How do I go about fixing these baking distortions on a stylized character [{"insert":"So I've been trying to fix these distortions when baking but I'm facing a dead end, I'm afraid. I was wondering if the experienced folk around here could advise on what would be the best …	2 Last	Lifelover Sep 2022
Ivy Generator for Blender Leaf Alpha Not functioning [{"insert":"Hey guys I am using this Ivy Generator linked here: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/app.gumroad.com\/d\/21a8fe9c625ef31881b101b5990858e4"},"insert":"https:\/\/app.gumroad.com\/d\/21a8…	1 Last	Method14253 Sep 2022
How do you Import everything from an older version of blender to the current version? [{"insert":"Hi guys I have been trying to update blender for years now, the pop up prompt to import older settings never works and I have to wait for the next release to even get another chance to tr…	3 Last	Method14253 Sep 2022
Keyshot 9 // Why my alembic from Maya is missing UV !? Please help :( Hi there :3For my final exam, Im trying to export an animation from Maya to render it in Keyshot and its almost impossible. I tried everything OBJ, FBX, The Keyshot plug-in and nothing works. I have …	4 Last	carstrek3dart2101 Sep 2022
Texel Dencity question. [{"insert":"Hello, I have a few questions about texel density.\nI have a model of an industrial air conditioner and my task is to make a texel density of 20.48(+-3 px\/cm). I tried to set this value …	3 Last	Vedro Sep 2022
xNormal Batcher Hello people Link: https://www.artstation.com/marketplace/p/2NYdy/xnormal-batcher Tutorial : [ame] ChangeLog:v 2.0.0- NEW UI / UX. should be clearer to use.- Batch log- Less bugs.I'll have t…	130 Last	trebor777 Sep 2022
Mille webbing [{"insert":"I’m making a model that I’d like to look very good and I’m wondering if it makes sense for me to model the Molle webbing so that it looks better?\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":…	2 Last	Neox Sep 2022
Maya randomly locks me out of selection? As I'm modelling this occasionally happens. Some days I can go 10 hours without running into it, but other days it pops up every 5 minutes. I either need to completely close my file and create a new …	5 Last	DHRUVIN Sep 2022
[3DS Max/Vray] Problem with alpha opacity PNG [{"insert":"Hello! i would like to have some help please, i'm having an issue with a bitmap i made to only show the black text on it.\nI don't know why it's showing a dark background during the rende…	6 Last	zippper4 Sep 2022
Retopology and baking help (Blender, ZBrush) [{"insert":"I'm fairly new to doing retopology so I'm not sure if the way I'm going about it is right. I would usually bake the normal map in ZBrush, using the low subdivision model as the low poly.\…	4 Last	kanga Sep 2022
Brick arch texturing issue. I have a model for which I need to make brick arch. But I can’t do it because I don’t understand how. Please, give me any information and/or tutorials. Screenshots from 3dsMax this is what I did(I th…	5 Last	Vedro Sep 2022
Weird Shading [{"insert":"Hi\nI swear I already started a thread about this, but I can't seem to find it in my post history. Not sure if I used a different account...\nBasically, after mirroring a symmetrical char…	9 Last	DustyShinigami Sep 2022
Trimsheet Help [{"insert":"Hi,\n\nI'm making a trimsheet and I want to include textures for the parts that I marked in the image.\nHowever, I'm not really sure if I can just lay the texture down in a long rectangle…	2 Last	ZacD Sep 2022
[Blender] Node Kit - Add-on to manager nodes tree Did you ever want to share your nodes across all blender files, and feel it is messy to do this in a right way, here is why Node Kit coming in.Node Kit is a convenient way to man…	65 Last	rkt Sep 2022
How to drop fbx object to 3dmax with keeping actual xyz position/transforms? [{"insert":"I hate open file dialog in max , It's ancient from around windows NT with always wrong files sorting and extra headache . So I usually just drop an object to viewport. Is there…	4 Last	gnoop Sep 2022
Is there a way to instantly turn lowpoly model to rough highpoly model? [{"insert":"I really want to find a way to turn a rough lowpoly model done by using ton of boolean operation in 3ds max (with propperly set smooth groups but crappy topology) into good looking (but n…	14 Last	roznick Sep 2022
UV Shell Too Large To Fit In UV Map! [{"insert":"I'm making a simple modular road asset that will be used with the UE5 spline tool to make a highway in my scene. However it is giving me some problems when it comes to UV mapping. I'm try…	28 Last	poopipe Sep 2022
Second /detailed normal map blending to provide seamless look over hard edges/uv splits ? [{"insert":"Is there a proper normal map blending for \"detailed\" second normal map that could preserve rounded look oh hard\/split edges . \n \n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url"…	9 Last	gnoop Sep 2022
ZBrush Texture from Polypaint Distorts [{"insert":"Hi, I am fairly new to ZBrush been using for about 6 months. I created a 3D model using photogrammetry and Agisoft Metashape. I then exported the model and imported it into ZBrush then du…	5 Last	pior Aug 2022
[ZBrush] Overlapping geometry on imported assets [{"insert":"Hello,\nI've been having a problem for a while now that I've mostly just ignored or worked around, but I figure it's time to save time by finding an actual solution. My workflow for creat…	1 Last	kanga Aug 2022
Aliasing on normal map [{"insert":"Found those lines on normal map where UV islands connected\nI can't paint on them or cover up\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/SZ…	2 Last	killnpc Aug 2022
How do I fix this texture stretching? [{"insert":"So I've been trying to find a ways to correct this absolutely awful stretching on my model, but I fail no matter what. I'm not sure what is going on - is my topology that terrible or mayb…	4 Last	Neox Aug 2022
[MAYA] CREASE+ - Tool for Hard Surface Get CreasePlus RAW's Playlist[noparse]https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl5N-fdxqTYSp5awUUDYoRyH0PCrctmA6[noparse]Update! It's version 1.0 guys ! [noparse]https://youtu.be/JMx-GLaCtxE	407 Last	moofactory Aug 2022
Maya LT issue-UV Editor [{"insert":"So I was using the UV Editor awhile ago, and under \"Modify> Layout options box\" and nothing... every time I click on the options box menu and it never shows up? i can get tool settings…	1 Last	sprunghunt Aug 2022
Generating low poly from a texture's height map [{"insert":"Hi! I've started making my own materials in Substance Designer. I'm really loving the results so far, but I have a little problem. Let's say I have a brick wall texture for example. It's …	3 Last	gnoop Aug 2022
XNormal bakes normal map with transparency [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/0OG5PMEJO309\/screenshot-2022-08-26-205844.png","name":"Screenshot 2022-08-26 205844.png","type":"image\/png","s…	1 Last	Ghogiel Aug 2022
Can not find bonus tools foy maya 2018 anywhere on internet. [{"insert":"Hello everybody. I have Maya 2018, and I am unable to find bonus tools for this specific version. I have installed the bonus tools 2019-2023 version but the menu does not appear in maya 2…	1 Last	Alex_J Aug 2022
Can GPU cause baking artifacts? [{"insert":"I have very old card (radeon hd 6700), and always have visible seams on my normals(baking in Marmoset). Can i get rid of this problem if i use newer card?\nCan mesh format affect seams to…	2 Last	Fabi_G Aug 2022
Trouble with finer details and dynamesh [{"insert":"I am trying to model a hard surface prop using the DYNAMESH workflow. Need help in figuring out how to go about modeling and then dynameshing the circular detail (the visible black circle…	6 Last	kanga Aug 2022