Technical Talk

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Ati FirePro maya display issues. I just got my new graphics card today, an ATI FirPro v4800 1GB, and all seemed well. I got the catalyst and latest drivers installed. Did some test with PS everything is nice and crisp, messed around…	12 Last	milmandre Feb 2011
3DS Max, how to make the cut tool work! The secret to making the cut tool behave -all- of the time in perspective view: Turn on 3d snapping with face snapping enabled. If you turn off the marker display, it's a bit less annoying to work wi…	8 Last	dextor Feb 2011
XnView tag images with searchable metadata? Does anyone know if XnView can tag images with metadata, like could I tag a bunch of reference images with the tag brickwall and then search for brickwall.	4 Last	r_fletch_r Feb 2011
Guillaume Provost's article 'Beautiful, Yet Friendly' How prevalent is this article([URL="http://www.ericchadwick.com/examples/provost/byf1.html"]http://www.ericchadwick.com/examples/provost/byf1.html[/URL]) with current gaming platforms?	8 Last	00Zero Feb 2011
maya marking menu madness I'm trying to load up some custom marking menus i created at work but for home. Usually i just copy/paste the documents\maya prefs from one computer to another and it works. This time, it did not wor…	8 Last	Bobby J Rice 3rd Feb 2011
Wavy Normal Maps I'm not sure why I didn't run into this problem with the first part of my mesh, but I'm getting wavy normal maps when I bake out my textures. I'm thinking it has something to do with the fact that I'…	4 Last	EarthQuake Feb 2011
GetMaterial from face (3ds Max) Hi, To obtain the material that a face is mapped to (for an editable mesh) there is a function called: "getFaceMatID". However this function often gives me an ID that is higher than the material cou…	3 Last	dikkop Feb 2011
Armor and clothes modeled on top of a character Hello, I'm working on two character (male & female) for a game which will have a number of different suits of armor and clothes. My question is this: Should I create separate character for each armo…	1 Last	RedMattis Feb 2011
How to quickly select edges with XSI? I am learning how to unwrap with XSI, but in the tutorials I follow the author is able to quickly select multiple edges that seem to follow along a line, like here at 0:50 seconds: [ame]http://www.y…	5 Last	ZacD Feb 2011
Texturing black leather hey guys, i'm currently trying to texture some black leather gloves. the problem i'm having is that they need to be BLACK, not dark grey. currently the "best looking" way that i've done is to have …	10 Last	almighty_gir Feb 2011
UDK Terrain Lighting Problem Anyone know what's causing this, and how to fix it? Rebuilding the lighting does not help, and it seems to manifest when I actively modify the terrain. [IMG]http://www.exisinteractive.com/udk_light…	3 Last	PeterK Feb 2011
GetMaterial from face (3ds Max) Hi, To obtain the material ID from a given face in 3ds max for an editable mesh there is a function called: "getFaceMatID". However, this function often gives me an id that is higher than the amount…	0 Last	dikkop Feb 2011
Turn a Cylinder to a Tube. I guess this is the forum section to post this. I googled everywhere. is it possible? can it be done on max 3sd? How do you turn a perfectly good cylinder into a tube without deleting it and starting…	11 Last	PogoP Feb 2011
Building a Low Poly What is the normal way to do this? I usually use Zbrush's retopology tools and find them pretty easy to use, but my verts are always a bit off. In order for me to cast the highres onto the low poly a…	0 Last	LRoy Feb 2011
Copy Paste CS4 Windows 7 64bit At work I'm quite used to the workflow of hitting printscreen to take screenshots for checkin emails or painting over them for various feedback and whatnot. I would do this typically dozens of times …	10 Last	Hazardous Feb 2011
Free Character reference? Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew of any good character reference websites, I have started giving character modelling a try. I don't really have the funds for 3D.sk so anything either cheaper or …	5 Last	cryrid Feb 2011
Just a Quick Question About MAX... Ok so here's my question (it maybe sort of noobish), if i setup RENDER Iterations for my mesh, do they also apply to Render to texture? Thank You. :)	0 Last	Alberto Rdrgz Feb 2011
Highpoly for cars. Hy there. As some may know if you have been to my topic, my current project is making this vehicle from paul richards concept: [IMG]http://www.autodestruct.com/images/quake4_vehicle11.jpg[/IMG] And…	6 Last	Stromberg90 Feb 2011
Switching Between Objects' Sub-Objects (3ds Max)? There was a thread about somewhere on this, but I can't find it. If I have an object with modifiers in its stack, what's the quickest way to select the object and get to the sub-object mode at the…	5 Last	Playdo Feb 2011
World position based shading lerp Hey guys, Decided to give this idea a go which I had been playing around with in my head for a while now. It uses a world position in your specified axis (x,y,z) and lerps between two shading solut…	0 Last	kodde Feb 2011
3ds Max - Custom Rig Interpolation Issue I'm currently animating a tarantula for one of my classes. I built a custom rig for it and animation has been going pretty well so far. The image below shows the rig, and how the dummys are linked u…	6 Last	ikerCLoN Feb 2011
Storing UVW info problem - 3DS Max Hey. I'm currently working on a brick wall for my red riding hood scene but I'm having problems when unwrapping the low poly. It's a simple box so isn't hard to unwrap but the checker pattern does…	1 Last	renderhjs Feb 2011
Baking normalmap as diffuse instead of lots of highpolys. I got some stones i'm doing for a smaller scene. Atm i'm at 1.5k stones with a tris count on 3.5m.. Not very easy to work with. So my friends ask me, why not bake the highpoly stones, it's five dif…	15 Last	sltrOlsson Feb 2011
Is it possible to seamlessly texture a lowpoly in Mudbox? I know Mudbox has the feature allowing you to export the screen to a PSD and skin that way, but is it possible to make the changes appear in an unwrapped texture file? How can I do this? Also, how d…	2 Last	John Baxter Feb 2011
Maya: Exporting specific frames only? Hi Guys! I hope this is not a stupid question, but I can't seem to figure out how to export only a specific couple of frames... for clarification what I have is frames 1 to 100, but I only want to…	12 Last	asjo07 Feb 2011
'Wrap/Lay' meshes onto another mesh in Max Hey all, got a bit of a question for you technical guys. I'll preface by saying this is an Arch-Viz job so realtime optimisation isn't important, just what looks best. I'm working on a job which in…	7 Last	Tom Ellis Feb 2011
Tree, Shrub generator? I'm doing a scene that will need lots of tropical plants and stuff in modo. I'm not going to model all these plants of course. anyone recommend any programs that can generate vasts types of...plants?…	2 Last	Justin Meisse Feb 2011
CycleThrough Stack? How can I cycle through the stack in 3ds Max? I can only see Sub-object Level Cycle.	8 Last	Playdo Feb 2011
AO artifacts when using MR I'm getting some strange artifacts when baking AOs using MR in Max 2009. They look like... stains? It's not only happening with this particular model, same deal when trying to bake other objects. 16…	5 Last	Jet_Pilot Feb 2011
Maya uv set manager? I'm looking for a way to easily shift existing uv sets up and down in the hierarchy, anyone got a custom tool to do this? I've been doing this for years by creating a empty sets and copy pasting the …	7 Last	m4dcow Feb 2011
Editing single pixels in PSE? I can't seem to edit a single pixel in PSE. Even when I select a 1px brush, or even a 2x2px one with 100% hardness, I always get a smooth falloff and end up touching more pixels than I intended. Is t…	8 Last	Daaark Feb 2011
What's the best way of saving all your texture maps from one PSD? So I've tried all the plug-ins for Photoshop on [url]http://wiki.polycount.com/PhotoshopTools#Export_Tools[/url] I used and still do like vTools the best. What is everyone's preference for saving o…	10 Last	cw Feb 2011
Looking for a Budget 3D Package Hello everyone, I'm brand new to polycount here, but have heard many good things and have decided to register today. First a bit about myself. I'm a young 3d artist just starting out. I do have abou…	32 Last	r_fletch_r Feb 2011
[Maya] Lag on nVidia 460 card, but not on 480? Yeah, built my system a few weeks ago. It's a Intel 2600K 3.4Ghz, 8Gigs of ram and a 460Gtx 768Mg card in it. And a SSD 64Gb as system drive. Now i got this super annoying lag when i select somethin…	5 Last	sltrOlsson Feb 2011
NeoTextureEdit texture generator Seems like a cool little tool, along the lines of Genetica, though not really as powerful yet. However it is free under the GPL. Obviously unfit for finished texture work, but it may be interesting…	1 Last	xXm0RpH3usXx Feb 2011
XSI Flat Shading Looking for a alternative of Max's 'Flat Shaded' view, in XSI? Anyone know if it exists without resorting to adjusting the meshes 'discontinuity' value or applying a constant material.	5 Last	Ark Feb 2011
njob, a tool for normal/height/ao related stuff njob is a tool my friend Charles has written for converting photos to heightmaps/normals/AO. It's a side product of our recent indie bungling - not very complex at all, but we thought it might be of …	34 Last	rebb Feb 2011
Unwrapping with XSI or Max? I am trying to learn modeling, and I successfully unwrapped and textured a crate with XSI Mod Tool 7.5, however when I try to unwrap the Man model included in the program, the result is a mess. I can…	2 Last	cryrid Feb 2011
Adding bones to Biped for Hair on my Character I too have a question on this.I have just started rigging my character using Biped/Skin in 3d Studio Max 2011 She has long hasir (Shoulder length). At the moment I have weighted the hair to the head.…	6 Last	Saman Feb 2011
Mudbox mirror issue. Hi I´m currently having a problem with mudbox not mirroring correctly. It´s not something that I will see straight away but after a while I can see how things aren´t symmetrical. I was wondering if s…	3 Last	KoldIt Feb 2011
Winding and Normal Maps i have a problem regarding the winding of uv's, when mirroring normal maps. usually the reversed winding(=flipped uv's) is fixed by the shader in the engine, so the normal maps render right on both s…	8 Last	Numerator Feb 2011
UV Mapping of larger vehicle Hello everyone. I tried searching for a similar problem to this but I couldn't find anything so apologies in advance if there already are threads like this one. This one is a bit specific too so I fi…	1 Last	Bal Feb 2011
Working Linear Unit not saving So I'm trying to get Maya to save my working linear unit as centimeters as default in my preference. However when I save my preference close Maya, and open it again. My working linear unit is back to…	0 Last	pandaSmore Feb 2011
2048x3072 ? I need it! The issue I have is that I am creating some modular level pieces. And this particular piece was going to go on a 2048x2048 map... but I need an additional 1024 space. I am pretty sure usi…	10 Last	jeremiah_bigley Feb 2011
Lerp 3 textures Hey all. What I'm trying to get done is basically a Lerp between three textures. For the sake of discussion, assume we're talking about unreal, as our engine's material creator has similar nodes. My…	8 Last	Bigjohn Feb 2011
Composite Material 3dmax Hey guys, I'm looking for some insight/help on how to make a composite material in 3dmax 2010. I've got a diffuse map for UV channel 1, and a light map for UV channel 2. Now I just need to somehow…	11 Last	jeremiah_bigley Feb 2011
new computer.....new problem...... i just got a brand new computer with all the regular bells and shennanigans. but a problem has arised. i installed cs5. got all the new drivers and blah blah. i have a wacom intuos 3. updated dr…	7 Last	keizza Feb 2011
An FFD Modifier That Works? Does anyone know of a decent workaround or plugin for a working FFD modifier in Max. [B]Set Volume[/B] and [B]Deform: Only In Volume[/B] doesn't work. I've got half way there by selecting the faces…	7 Last	Playdo Feb 2011
Maya 2011 - Snapping rotation of an object to a specific angle This might be a dumb question. Seems like something that'll have a really obvious answer, but it's kinda doing my head in. I've got an object with a random rotation value. I'd like to rotate it to a…	7 Last	sltrOlsson Feb 2011
Blue normal map Hello world, I was creating a normal map in xnormal and I received a blue normal instead of the 3 colors you're supposed to get. [U][URL=http://img687.imageshack.us/i/rocktestnormals.png/][IMG]http:…	1 Last	Bledadeva Feb 2011