Technical Talk

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Changing Maya's default smoothing algorithm to match Redshift My work uses Redshift, which apparently has a different smoothing algorithm to Maya's default OpenSubdive Catmull-Clark.In Maya's default smoothing, border and corner vertices are not pulled. In Reds…	4 Last	Ashervisalis Dec 2020
Issue with Bakes and UVs Need some help! Hey guys I have a couple of problem areas in my baking and was hoping you guys could give me some ideas on what's going on. I can provide the model if anyone wants to take look at it.	4 Last	kanga Dec 2020
TurboTriSmooth released Hello Polycounters,Wanted to show you my latest plugin!TurboTriSmooth is a modifier for 3ds Max which subdivides triangle meshes while producing smoother results and nicer topology than the standard …	1 Last	Joao Sapiro Dec 2020
ZBrush 2021 startup not loading custom menu I'm trying to install the Michael Pavlovich Zbrush startup. I've followed the simple readme, backed up the default Startup and unzipped the content into the Zbrush folders. All simple enough.But for …	1 Last	carvuliero Dec 2020
How to lower line count in 3ds max without losing shape detail? I want to reduce the poly and line count inbetween the edges that actually make the shape without losing the shape itself. No matter which optimizer i use it ruins one or more of the lines or curves …	1 Last	sprunghunt Dec 2020
[Maya] Is there a way to preserve seprate uv shell texel density in UV Layout? I'm trying to use the UV Layout function to pack my uv shells for a model im working on and I have most shells set to a texel density of 40 some smaller pieces set to 25 and a few set to 70. However …	2 Last	Irraka Dec 2020
Zbrush UI Hi guy, a bit of a newbie question here but while I was customizing my UI for Zbrush, the gap on the right side between the toolbar and the sculpting screen appeared. I tried to look for a way to clo…	0 Last	tuananhrobert Dec 2020
Texturing Lighting Fixtures This is an area I struggle a lot with. How would you texture the green glass shade and a regular cloth shade so that it look realistic when the light is turned on? My knowledge thus far and how I wou…	2 Last	ZacD Dec 2020
Issue terrain texture UE4 Hi everyone! ^^I have a little problem with the texture in UE4 and i don't know how to fix it.The texture created by me, it should look like the first image, but, one time is used in my environment, …	0 Last	SuSo Dec 2020
Fusion 360 to Substance Painter shading issue Hey guys, how do you approach texturing models from Fusion 360 if even? This is an FBX export from a BRep to Mesh, medium refinement unwrapped in blender (No retopo). The shading looks correct in Ble…	0 Last	dan001 Dec 2020
3dsMax 2021.3 New Retopology modifier Original model. https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/lowe-von-asparn-57a57a99ce1f4e45adee5ae37a91f51b?fbclid=IwAR2Fd28CRV6_LmMzQVHKqxqjN5BSdn2sDDTTZ60FmuSnPka3SbO2M_kPJdshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE…	8 Last	gandhics Dec 2020
Environment Art; Single Room - Techniques and Tips How would you approach modelling a room? I mean would you make every model with its own texture or would you use trim sheets? And what for? My idea is to create a single sci-fi looking room for …	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2020
Cannot get YouTube video to embed I have honestly tried everything, including all the stuff outlined here on thus very website. When I click on the page it just has the url dispayed, no embed. Why?	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2020
Xgen "Save Textures" what does it do exactly? I heard that i have to click this button when i'm done but i never had any problem when i don't.Do you what it is exactly and if I should always click it when i'm done painting?	2 Last	Worldevour Dec 2020
What software can I use for a (very) short film ? Hello,I have an assignement to do a short 'movie' (less than a 30 secs, including 2d title screen) for my class. I was wondering what software was used for this type of work, as I've mostly done stil…	7 Last	efwfew16 Dec 2020
Retopo for film? How'd you go about prepping this model to be UV'd + Textured for Film Hey everyone!Been pretty stuck on how to solve this problem. Want to try make a character that could be used in film. Every tutorial I look at for film uses models that are SubD models and they creat…	2 Last	oglu Dec 2020
Center Pivot based on another objects center What is the method to accurately take an objects pivot, and center it based on another object center in Maya ?	26 Last	seb3d Dec 2020
How do i get this right? How do you model this keeping the edge flow with the circle?(This is my first question i don't know if i did it right) :)	6 Last	Jossy Dec 2020
Help Me Project a Spherical UV Map Like this I am creating a displacement thumbnailer and need to UV map a Sphere in such a way that it looks perfect on one side without poles. I could care less how the backside looks since the mesh will only b…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2020
Weird reflections with normal map Hello,I've some issues (only on some meshes) on reflections when I apply the normal map (I tried different ones to exclude the cause were normal map).Face and vertex normals seem all r…	1 Last	Barbiturat Dec 2020
What is this color style/scheme called? Hi,I'm going to borrow Pascal's great image here to illustrate the color style/scheme I'm interested in learning more about.https://www.artstation.com/artwork/KrOXPoI've seen it around and always lik…	3 Last	Daf57 Dec 2020
unBevel and arcDeformer for Maya Hi, I have published two small tools for maya, check out if you interest.unBevelhttps://youtu.be/eTl8jtS6lPw arcDeformerhttps://youtu.be/5QHgNrZK7J8 any feedback are welcome, love to improve the tool.	0 Last	tsungyuw Dec 2020
How do I model or texture this? I wanna model this and texture itthis is what I get I kinda elavorated for this but this is quite endless. what should I do?How can I texture it properly or How do I recreate this scene from referenc…	4 Last	kanga Dec 2020
Advice for Low Poly Character Topology for Games? Hi Polycount this is my ~2000 tri modelHaving some issues with character I am modeling, cannot seem to get deformation right. I've made several adjustments to the topology and cannot seem to get my j…	5 Last	robotinfluence Dec 2020
Baking details into texture Hello,How do you bake textured 3D objetcs into a texture ? Howdo you call this process ?For example, I would like to texture the pipe and flatten it into the plane texture.This is what I'm speaking o…	2 Last	BradyJ Dec 2020
Foliage in AAA games, sculpting of leaf VS having photo of it. Hello,I´m 3D Enviro student artist and I have problem to decide on my pipeline.Should I use in my portfolio textures of foliage I did sculpt, painted and used albedo to create atlas -> game ready …	5 Last	icegodofhungary Dec 2020
3ds Max Helix Interpolation Problem Is there a third party script or plugin that gives control over the interpolation of a helix inside 3ds max? Normalize spline modifier doesn't do much to fix it.I'm coming from c4d and the helix ther…	1 Last	jesselarson Dec 2020
Begginer's rigging question Hi Everyone,After watching many youtube rigging tutorial, I have been trying to figure out for some time now, why people create groups for curve controllers. What do those groups help to offset? Very…	3 Last	carvuliero Dec 2020
Rotate an HDRI Blender 2.8 addon Addon allows you to rotate HDRI with the mouse in the style of “Marmoset toolbag” . Supports LookDev HDRI and World Environment Texture. Default hotkey <Ctrl+Alt+Left Mouse Button> it can be …	6 Last	kanga Dec 2020
Some images not loading Hello! I'm new here and there was this thread I was looking at. For some reason some of the images aren't loading. It just says "The image could not be loaded." I know it's there since that's where t…	5 Last	mastert3318 Dec 2020
looking to buy the new rtx 3070 for my pc... have a question about hardware: my pc is about 4 or 5 years old. its a Core i7 6800K @ 3.40GHz, 64 Gb RAM, 600 Watt PSU, with 1 ssd, 1 hd and 1 external ssd. Mobo is Gigabyte X99-SLI-CF with quadro k2200. Can I take out t…	2 Last	choochee Dec 2020
Which pipelines and technologies to use for both animation film and video games in 3D modeling ? Hello, I am new to 3D modeling and I was wondering : Is it possible to use the same model in an animation film (high poly) and in a video game (low poly) ? If so, how would it be possible and which s…	3 Last	oglu Dec 2020
Cat Rig Question First of all - last time I posted something about rigging or animation I was told to post in appropriate ForumSo please tell me which one is better then the Technical Talk Forum. Then I will off cour…	3 Last	borgen Dec 2020
How to fix double transforms on a character that has blendshapes and changes proportion[Maya]? I am working on a rig in Maya where a human turns into a creature and am trying to figure out how to prevent the double transforms that are caused on the skin from moving the joints from the human po…	3 Last	CheeseOnToast Nov 2020
[Maya] How to stop animation mode for renders? Hey, I was playing around with this project, I did a few still renders then an animation render with a few keyframes, I now want to go back to play around and take some still renders, I removed …	1 Last	wonkza Nov 2020
which 3D software to use ? Hello everyone ... i know it is maybe a very simple question, but i am a kind of a newbee in the field of 3D design so i hope i can get some suggestions.i am trying to make a printable 3D model of th…	6 Last	stregoi Nov 2020
High to Low Poly - Transfer Maps issue Hi everyone!I hope someone out there may know how to solve this! I'm facing an issue while trying to bake a high poly to a low poly in Maya 2020.2. I tried to use the Transfer Maps and output a Norma…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2020
Seamless Shingle Texture? Hello!I'm working on a castle model and trying to use tiling materials throughout the whole scene. Right now I'm trying to make a spired tower with shingles that wrap seamlessly around it. For refere…	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2020
[Blender] Snap To Floor Snap To Floor is a port of this C4D plugin to Blender 2.8. It keep your objects snap to floor while you are modeling, animating.You can buy this addon on Gumroad and Blender Market.htt…	2 Last	rkt Nov 2020
[Blender] Slash - Add-on for Blender 2.8 onion skinning animation workflow Hi, allHere is my new add-on to do onion skinning for your Blender animation workflow.Onion skinning is a technique used by animators to see multiple frames at once. By using this technique, art…	8 Last	rkt Nov 2020
[Blender] Helix Generator Add-on What is Helix Generator?Helix Generator helps designers create complex helixes in just a few clicks, like helix around a line, helix around bezier curves. You can also modeling ropes, braid…	7 Last	rkt Nov 2020
Very large UV shells. Please help I have recently come across a problem that I have never encountered before. My UV shells are absolutely massive and do not fit inside the 0 to 1 space. I am trying to model a house to take into Unity…	8 Last	stephenq80 Nov 2020
Should I use "Smooth mesh preview" or not? So I'm fairly new to 3D modeling and as I want to learn to model buildings in general I was wondering if I should be using the "Smooth Mesh Preview" in Maya at all or not? When it comes to modeling h…	1 Last	throttlekitty Nov 2020
ZBrush "Fundamentals" Advice G'Day I'm about to start on a new project which by the looks of things is going to be pushing a much more stylized art style and with that comes Zbrush! I'm pretty excited to be digging int…	3 Last	icegodofhungary Nov 2020
Baking sharp deepening problem Hello!Can someone explain how should I solve this common baking problem with sharp deepening? I mean sharp deepening with ray distance produce bad result in these deepening is the…	2 Last	Ghogiel Nov 2020
Reality capture I am having a message in my Steam version that I am missing lots of features of a full one suggesting to upgrade. Does anyone know what exactly I am missing beyond 24mpx…	2 Last	gnoop Nov 2020
Houdini \| Implementing Catmull-Clark Subdivision - Introduction & Rules https://vimeo.com/457274458Subdivision surfaces are piecewise parametric surfaces defined over meshes of arbitrary topology.It's an algorithm that maps from a surface to another more refined surface,…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2020
Artomatix Ai Does anybody use it currently? i had been super exited initially when company subscribed but then found out myself rather using patch tool in Aphinity photo than AI content aw…	0 Last	gnoop Nov 2020
Any successful experience when using Blender in order to animate characters for games? I use Blender as my main software of choice but there's a huge problem that I noticed. Blender has terrible animation baking so whenever you export an fbx with animation it would be inaccurate which …	3 Last	pior Nov 2020
Getting into Character design Good evening all,I've been getting back into 3d for a few months now after a break. I used to visualise hard surface mainly, but my boss is trying to get me our of my comfort zone and do some organic…	1 Last	kanga Nov 2020