Technical Talk

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How to Take Screenshots on an Xbox 360 has anybody tried taking screenshots on their retail kits? any kind of special hookup/software for it?	1 Last	ZacD May 2010
Acropora release candidate RC1 available [FONT=Arial]Acropora (1.0.0012 RC1) Release candidate is now available for download. Acropora incorporates some of the latest advances in voxel modeling technology. Features include: - A widevarie…	2 Last	tncomp May 2010
character modeling in 3dmax hi guys i am wondering if it exits any tutorials about character modeling for 3dmax would really appreciate if someone could lend me a name on some tutorials :)	6 Last	mackan4766 May 2010
Floating Geometry Are you supposed to scale your mesh to cover the geometry? If yes, then im doing that right. My main question is when pulling out faces or scaling the mesh on an axis you will get weird black stuff w…	6 Last	PredatorGSR May 2010
Environment sounds Hello , I dunno if it can be posted here a non graphic related subject , but I was wondering if anyone knows of any good environment sound loops site , possibly frree or for buying?	4 Last	renderhjs May 2010
Path Deform Help Hey Guys im having some path deform help. Im creating a hockey rink, and the rink is made of several panes of glass with stantions in the middle. I have a spline set for the rink, and 140 stantions w…	2 Last	nick2730 May 2010
reassigning neutral moprh target I have a head with a bunch of morph targets on it in 3dsmax which is fine . The problem is I lost the neutral tweaked pose where the head is a lot better looking/thinner and the eyes are further up …	2 Last	Ruz May 2010
Normal Map Banding So I I have this normal map I baked in xnormal, also tried in modo, and got the same result. It has banding pretty bad, I'm wondering if anyone knows any tips or tricks to remove it. Here is a li…	56 Last	EarthQuake May 2010
n00b mistakes you've made. Thought it might be fun to have a thread showing moments of 3D "blondness", I'll start it off... 1. Spent 2 days trying to fix seams on a normal map, couldn't figure it out. Tried painting, rebaking…	104 Last	mayaterror May 2010
Smoothing group issue? I already posted this on the UDK thread, but got minimal responses, so I'm trying it here. If you look at the pic, you'll probably know what's wrong: [IMG]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPjGuW2mYGY/S_C…	13 Last	3DRyan May 2010
good quality zbrush tutorials hi there, just wondering if anyone knows where i can find good quality zbrush sculpting tutorials to download or stream. I found eat 3d but i really cant afford their stuff :( hopefully you guys know…	5 Last	SpeCter May 2010
Hard Surface Modeling in 3ds Max I am starting out to learn modeling in 3ds Max. I am trying to model a hard surface object that has smooth curved surfaces as well. I am working on a gundam model (from gundam seed series). Here is t…	8 Last	KiLLSWiTCH May 2010
Viewport Refresh Error Max 2011 I've been having an issue with Max where the viewport only refreshes when I do something in the viewport. For example, If I press F4 to turn on Wireframe, I have to move in the viewport for it to tu…	2 Last	renderhjs May 2010
Are Ambient Occlusion Maps outdated? I am confused as to why Ambient Occlusion maps are used in tandem with Normal Maps. A Normal Map is a dynamically shaded texture. Wouldn't an Ambient Occlusion overlay remove some of the dynamic shad…	26 Last	r_fletch_r May 2010
Why the plugins do not appear in the maya plugin manager? Hi,everyone~` Today I found that all the plugins disappeared which should appear under the Other Registered plugins column in maya 2011. I had just downloaded a plugin from highend3d, but when I ope…	2 Last	guangh69 May 2010
anyone here work with hero engine loo0kin for someone crazy experienced with hero engine have a question about how it handles detail and macro maps	1 Last	[iWi] May 2010
Using Left Over UV Space For Decals Hey Everyone, I'm wondering how common it is to use left over UV space for decal textures. It makes sense on the one hand to use this space so it isn't wasted, but if your just using left over spac…	11 Last	3D-209 May 2010
Why such ugly normals? Tried my best to UV map this handle and check for any over lapping uv's and im still getting errors with random color blotches [IMG]http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/1610/uglyp.png[/IMG]	14 Last	Racer445 May 2010
Making mouths? Or the best way to go about making em? Ok so this has bugged me for a while but what is the standard procedure for making openable mouths? as far as I can tell there would be several different ways: 1 sculpt it in the closed position and…	4 Last	Unleashed May 2010
Maintaining Texel Density Across Multiple Props - How To The recent thread asking how to maintain texel density got me thinking, as many of the answers were needlessly complex or the opposite, i.e. just eyeball it. There is actually a fairly accurate an…	5 Last	mukuluppal May 2010
Texel-pixel ratio Hi fellow artists, I am currently giving a test on a 3d asset creation but I am facing 1 major problem which actually is quite tiny :\| I have been onto a "Texel ratio needs to be consistent (256UU …	21 Last	mukuluppal May 2010
Switch Between Material Opacity 100% and ?% When I'm modeling off of blueprints, I'm constantly finding myself changing the material's opacity back and forth so I can see the blueprints when modeling (?%) and so I can see the form better (at 1…	13 Last	kodde May 2010
Is a twisted mesh acceptable? Hi guys, I'm after some help with a rope model I've made... I've made a hi poly, modular rope, with matching tiling textures, as part of a bridge model. I'm now making the low poly rope, and have…	15 Last	Mark Dygert May 2010
Detach all elements is there any simple way to detach all elements at once in 3ds max?	6 Last	omid3098 May 2010
Normal problem Maya/Marmoset So here's the problem, I created an object.. duplicated it, inversed it -1 on its x axis for a quick mirror of the duplicate, freezed it's scale, and then went ahead to uv it and normal map it, k, so…	1 Last	ENODMI May 2010
Help required: Grass movement Hey, I'm pretty new to particule flow and I'm experimenting things. I am doing a standard grass field, It works quite ok, except when I want to put wind in it. I'd like it to act only the top of t…	2 Last	Kebilo May 2010
LP disk question, So I see a lot of modelers cleaning up polydisks by eliminating the converging triangles from a center point (middle), to to making new edges that pass back and forth across the disk(left). This only…	5 Last	r_fletch_r May 2010
Smak 1.6 amboc/normal baker [url]http://getsmak.net/[/url] I'm not sure how this compares with free tools like xnormal but I hadn't heard of this before so I thought I'd post it. I think it's still in beta so if anyone sees a …	10 Last	BeatKitano May 2010
custom refraction map? Hi, I'm working on a 2d project where I need to produce a refraction map for a rendered image, so that when it moves it deforms the pixels beneath it. Say I have modelled a glass, and rendered a fr…	3 Last	davivid May 2010
Eat 3d or the Gnomon Workshop? hey guys. Ive been looking through these sites for character modeling videos . Both sites have excellnt looking tutorials. Eat 3ds using zbrush r3.5 to sculpt a character. gworkshop character modelin…	23 Last	haiddasalami May 2010
Anyone Good With Electronics? My WD external hard drive is playing up on me and I need some quick advice. Basically there's no power getting to the hard drive. It powers from the mains and goes through an AC adaptor. If I detac…	13 Last	haiddasalami May 2010
Looking for black women reference Hey guys, went to 3d.sk, but there's only 2 women black bodies over there and it's not what I'm looking for, do you guys know where else I could find something like it? edit: also, the 3d.sk website…	14 Last	achmedthesnake May 2010
Getting rotation/translation data per keyframe Hello. I'm trying to animate a model for the Spring engine, which for those that don't know handles animations on a piece-by-piece basis in code (it's [I]sliiightly[/I] outdated...). I've made an ani…	8 Last	Guessmyname May 2010
Moving to the next version I use 3ds max, so any information specific to that would be great. I see a lot of great workflow improvements for all of these various apps, uv scripts, interface adjustments, so on so forth. But th…	5 Last	pior May 2010
Blending 2 tileble maps in 3ds max Hello everyone, I've decided to make this test, abandoned military base. I've modeled, mapped, but now, at texturing part(applying maps), I'm having problems. So, the texture should be at max of 256*…	9 Last	Mark Dygert May 2010
ps painting tutorials anybody know any helpful tutorials for painting in ps? painted some manga a long time ago. loking at it now it suckz!! I just need to know how to work with layers better, shading, painting skin, a…	6 Last	pior May 2010
3DSMAX - A way to "loop" lines one by one? Hey. I wonder if anyone know if it´s possible to select a line and then "grow" the selection along the line. I know there is a grow option but that selects all edges connected to the edge you have s…	4 Last	Ghostscape May 2010
Normal Map seams in 3ds Max Hey, So I'm having some seam issues in Max. When I display the normal map on my model in Crazybump, everything is flawless, not a seam anywhere. However, once it's in max, there are lighting seams ev…	11 Last	Eric Chadwick May 2010
Floating Geometry in Maya? Hey I don't know if there is a thread already on this, but is there an easy way to make rivets/bolts small little sci fi recceses in maya by floating geo? as a side note how do you float geo in Maya …	17 Last	SHEPEIRO May 2010
3dsMax single axis Orientation Constraint? Hi, quick (probably noob-ish) question : I'm pretty comfortable with rigging in Maya, but I'm trying to learn how to do it in Max (mostly just to know that I can), and at the moment I feel like a com…	5 Last	yiannisk May 2010
UVW Unwrapping Isues Hey guys i need some help with Unwrapping i cant seem to bake the Normals maps. I am unsure if i have to delete the Unwrap UVW and then make the cage ore do i leave the Unwrap UVW mod and add the Pro…	30 Last	Eric Chadwick May 2010
Cage shading in Max not working.. Seems like something always doesn't work with me and Max... Suddenly I can no longer see cage shading when setting up bakes anymore, I check the box and nothing happens, making it very hard to adju…	4 Last	Mark Dygert May 2010
Max 2010 vs 2011 I have the ability to get either as a present. Which one should I go with? I want to use max instead of maya because I think the 3d community is much bigger plus there are more tuts out there for it.…	21 Last	Eric Chadwick May 2010
Maya - replacing multiple references Not sure if this is possible or not, particularly with newer versions of maya as I'm stuck on 8 here at the moment but is there a way of replacing multiple refs all at once? i.e. replace all refs of …	1 Last	MoP May 2010
Light programs that can make alphas? Anyone know of any light programs that I can use to easily make alpha'd TGA's?	2 Last	renderhjs May 2010
Rendering vertices This may be a silly question but is there a way I can render a model in 3ds max that will show the little dots that represent vertices? I'm only doing this for a small simple model to demonstrate a w…	5 Last	IronicallyMaiden May 2010
3DsMax Realtime Environment Hello, i'am doing an environment and I must screengrab-it from 3dSmax. I'll use a second uv channel for the global AO. My question is what shader is my best shot. Xoliul's shader doesn't have a AO mu…	1 Last	Mime May 2010
3ds Max 2010- Unwrap UVW issues- Shortcuts Hey, I'm having a problem with Max 2010's Unwrap UVW shortcuts. The move, rotate and scale shortcuts aren't working when I am editing my UVs. It makes it rather annoying having to manually click each…	2 Last	Ott May 2010
Need Improvement : Techniques? Hello all. I have been getting a bit discouraged by my recent lack of improvement in modeling. I was wondering if there were any artists out there that would be so kind as to share any tips, exercise…	13 Last	PredatorGSR May 2010
~What's your workflow?~ Hey guys, I'm interested to know what kind of workflow polycounters use, may help some people find a new way of doing things, or another app to help us work better. I'll start it off. Software: …	3 Last	BradMyers82 May 2010