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Mesh scale in baking texture maps, workflow question

Hello!I'm trying to get better understanding of workflow for game characters.I sculpted model in zbrush and made retopo in blender. For this I used decimated export of the model. Now when I'm moving …
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poopipe

[SOLVED] Transfer normal maps from Low Poly to Low Poly correctly or Transfer normals from map

Hi,This will sound insane.But I'm currently working on a task where I have to upscale a texture and I don't have the high poly for the bake anymore. ( I don't really care about my problem, I'll solve…
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Hitprady

Maya 2020 - Layout tool always putting everything upside down on the UV map

Hi all,I have been using Maya for years and this seems to always have been how it is - when I use the automatic layout tool my maps are always upside down on the UV map.  99% of the time this do…
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KieraB

Do people still create trees like this?

Hi, I am a beginner teaching myself how to use Maya and create game environments/ architectural visualisations. I've been trying to find a way that I can create low poly trees to use in my work, but …
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gnoop

is it possible to curve the multi-cut tool in Maya

Hi. I have this blade and I want to change the way it is curved - I thought i'd take the multi-cut tool and take a starting vertex at the tip of the blade and a second vert towards the handle end of …
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poopipe

Is topology still important?

Ever since I picked up 3d topology was my favorite thing but judging by how every thread and resource I find is ancient it feels like I missed the moment when good topology became automated or irrele…
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poopipe

Baking textures and texturing pipeline problem

Hello, guys, my first question here ever, so I'm a bit shy, but anyway I have to ask, 'cause I'm stuck. So, I've been making my first game ready model for a contest and there is a rule to have two te…
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PIXLm

[Rigify] How to add master subroot bones

Hey, I’m using the base horse rig, but it only has one master control, the root. How can I add subroot master bones? I was searching all over the net and I can’t find any tutorial. Is it not possible…
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Blendermonkey

Bit depths and Substance Painter and baking

Main question is, bit depth of bake (i bake in marmoset) and final output bit depth must be same ?How flexible am i ? If i bake 16 bit can i use 8 bit and 16 bit ?  8 bit dithered targa loo…
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KebabEmperor

How would you model shapes like this?

I honestly can't figure out how would you model a shape like this with a clean result. Box modeling ends up all dirty and jaggy.  
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Neox

MARI Alternatives for 8k projection texturing

Are there any viable alternatives for the 8K projection texturing that MARI can do? For example for faces.
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OccultMonk

[3DSMAX] Where can I find the best OSL shaders

Where can I find the best OSL materials for 3dsmax?For example a curvature shader? Or other cool shaders?
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OccultMonk

Can't pinpoint my (GPU?) Problem

Greetings guys, I recently bought Nvidia RTX 3090. However I find there are various issues with different programs and games, and I can't pinpoint what is happening and why.in UE4, after a while ther…
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poopipe

Photoshop - How do you add a levels adjustment inside a layer mask

Hi! I'll get right to it.What shortcut is used to add a levels adjustment *inside* a layer/vector mask? Photo example from tutorial below.
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Eric Chadwick

Is there a way to merge two displacement maps in Arnold/Maya?

I have a piece of clothing. I have some medium and small details sculpted on it in Zbrush. I also want fine fabric details on top of all. The easiest way would be to add them in Zbrush with the Surfa…
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Eric Chadwick

Maya 2017: Maya won't save my Preferences!!

Hey everyone. So I'm using Maya 2017 on Windows 10 64 bit, and for a while now I have been having trouble saving my preferences. Even my shelf items won't save. If I click on the auto key icon, …
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oglu

Animation with soft bodies… I think

Hello community, I'm trying to create an animation, where i fill an space with floating spheres (as is shown in the image attached) but when they collide with eachother the geometry deforms a bit, a…
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ECM10

Rigged avatar for Marvelous Designer with realistic body proposes.

Hello everyone. I'm not happy with the default avatar in Marvelus Designer (not realistic body proposes). Four years ago I downloaded a wonderful avatar from FoldsInTris. Then I lost this avatar and …
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User2021

Asset flipping and using 3d asset from quixel bridge okay for 3d portfolio?

I have recently seen a video from Thomas Brush on his resident evil maiden remake using Unity Engine and paid assets from the Unity Store. He talked about asset flipping and how a lot of artists try …
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phaedarus

Modo Height Map Bake

For various reasons, I need to bake a detailed height map from Modo, but I can't figure out how. It doesn't appear to be possible through anything as simple as selecting a Render Output, and searchin…
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Elowan

Looking for software that plays nice with Sculptris texture maps

Hello. First time here. I want to create models with texture maps in Sculptris, and then import into a 3D program to do the animations. Blender doesn't handle Sculptris texture maps for some reason, …
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Ghogiel

[SOLVED] Export heightmap from Zbrush

Hello everyone,I made a simple terrain in Zbrush and I want to export its heightmap. It should be easy, but I cannot figure out how to make it.Could you help me?
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rocketjump4d

Maya - Displacement map clamping problem

I'm gonna be straight ahead: Maya isn't loading my textures. it doesn't matter if 32bit or 16 bit .tif or .png. Sometimes, depending on the configs it loads but then, my displacement maps get darker …
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oglu

Weird Triangle Artefacts BAKE

Hi guys, i have a little bit problem.When i'm trying bake this hardsurface part, in the places where are triangles, appear these weird triangle.I have been seeing another post with the same problem, …
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SuSo

How to quickly and accurately model buildings?

Hello. I am creating buildings for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Now I want to improve my skills in terms of speed, because I have big problems with this. When I work on buildings, I constantly dou…
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morgarin

What is the best file format to export texture maps?

Hi,Let's say we talk about 4k maps. Realistic characters, (But not hyper realistic!)TIFF? TGA? JPEG? Ps?JPEG is compressing images and might loose a quality?thanks in advance
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pior

Keyshot Depth Pass, Help!?

Hi everyone,I am using zbrush to bridge to Keyshot and export a depth map to add some atmosphere to my concept work. The issue is my depth map is only black and white, there is no grey-scale  gr…
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gnoop

Environment Art 101 - What would you like to learn?

I'm thinking of creating a youtube series where I'll create a complete Environment from A-Z and guide you through the process.It would be great to know what you would like to see or things I can touc…
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YF_Sticks

MD cloth animations, Zbrush, Maya, Unreal workflow conundrum

Hi all I am struggling here to create a workflow. Would love some input from anyone.My goal is to have either morph targets or alembic animation data, of a baked cloth simulation that I can use in un…
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burrotito

Motion Blur turns solid objects transparent [Maya + Vray]

Dear members,Can anyone help me out with these motion blur issues within Maya + Vray 5? I animated the rotating parts for 1000 frames and took a still from somewhere in between, having checked "motio…
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FP_

New geometry nodes in Blender

Does anyone managed to use it for something other than  vertex paint  based scattering of things ?       I am trying to  make  randomized  array…
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kio

perceived scale in blender vr renders

So I am bit confused re the whole perception of scale in vr. In some of my scenes , It looks like a model villagethen in others I am tiny and the room is huge. Played around with various settings lik…
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Ruz

[General Question] How do they animate the tear on the eyes in cinematic trailers?

Like the cinematics from "Blur" or "Blizzard. Do they stick it with deformers on the skin? Also I would like to know if they make the eyeball complete sphere? I know in game characters they do.
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Worldevour

Maya Export: multiple meshes as single files with meshname?

Is it possible to export multiple selected meshes as single fbx/obj files with their mesh names?like my selected meshes are:"ring4""plane2"then i would get the files:ring4.fbxplane2.fbx?is there such…
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goekbenjamin

Impossible planet texture problem

Hi all,So I recently been facing an impossible problem, in a project I am working on, one of the game mode includes zooming and rotating around a planet.This means the planet can both fill the whole …
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Eric Chadwick

How to delete/unlink geometry in 3ds max?

Hi,i am trying to delete geometry in 3dsmax but nothing happens.All started with importing FBX files, suddenly i couldn't import them with "import" option, so i googled a lil' bit and discovered i ne…
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Eric Chadwick

Modelling and Texturing help - 16th Century Ship

Hi, I'm a second year student at uni - still pretty new to this. I am texturing a 16th Century Ship for a group project for a museum. I've just been given the model and wanted some feedback befo…
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Ghogiel

Best practice for modular weapon UV/Textures

Hello everyone! I apologize if this question has been asked before, I searched and couldn't find an exact answer. I'm working on a small FPS game project un Unreal and am getting ready to start on so…
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BeardedMike

Baking errors with curved models

Hi! I have this model and it's giving me strange artifacts. My low poly is very similar to my high. I thought it would be straightforward where the edges would get smoothed but no luck... I really do…
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Eric Chadwick

Anyone got to import properly FBX animations in Blender?

Hello, I have an issue trying to import FBX animations in Blender, I have the skinned model with its bones in one FBX file and the animation files in several FBX files, in Unity the animations are lo…
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oglu

3ds Max: Gun sling rig

Hopefully this is clear. I want the strap (bottom of the image) to droop over the side and behind this bolter (pink line). The strap ends (green) need stay fixed to the rings (in yellow)I've had a lo…
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poopipe

Problem with real time/rendered images in unreal engine

Hey guys, for all Unreal Engine users out there...  I'm an environment artist and I tend to make and render all my environments in real-time with unreal engine, however, The best result possible…
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gnoop

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eEnumStatus

How is animal fur made for modern (AAA) games

With this I mean both long fur and short fur.Here is a picture of a squirrel from rdr 2 and it seems that the fur is using some sort of shader or something like that? I have seen similar fur in other…
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poopipe

How best to approach clothing fuzz?

For realistic rendering in Arnold, how is fuzz on clothing usually done? With Xgen or with some fancy shader?
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Neox

How to handle texturing of large objects for games?

Let's say I have a unique large rock asset, 3 x 4 x 6 meters, but the texel density is 1024px/meter. Should I use UDIMs? Should I make one huge texture (10k x 10k or something)?
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poopipe

Maya freezes when opening scene file...help

I just started learning Maya, making a hard surface model. It worked fine but now when i open it (open scenes) it loads the tools in the outliner but not the model and it freezes.I tried importing it…
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LalaKannibala

Adding thickness to clothes?

Hello,When you make a garment in the marvelous designer it is made of flat plane actually, right ?so my question is do you add thickness after in zbrush (or other software) ?
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usway

[3DSMAX] Spline tool script (sort of like ZBrush Curve brush) for repeatable geometry along spline.

Paul Graveson has a tool, that he did not publish as far as I know: Spline tool. This is not the same as objects that are repeated along the spline with the snapshot tool. These objects are bend alon…
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nhatnguyenmodz

Blender - Adding and Splitting screens

Hi guys I am looking to find out how to have object screen, camera screen and node graph screen all visible in one layout. What I want shown below.Thanks!
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Method14253

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