Technical Talk

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Workflow help Hi, I'm modelling the above crypt and have a few questions. This is a stylised piece and I need to sculpt a high poly in Mudbox, and was hoping to paint it in there too. However for UV'ing purpose…	3 Last	Chrismartinartist Aug 2020
Normal Map To Displacement Map I have a model that i downloaded from internet which comes with normal map. I want to take it in Zbrush. Because in some area the details aren't correct. As Zbrush doesn't support normal map, How do …	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Aug 2020
3ds Max Biped Keyframes Hi I am working on biped rigs in 3dsmax and have a struggle with their keyframesI have a Bip01 L Hand with many keyframesSee the hands in this videohttps://youtu.be/psYC3x2kLJc?t=960 I want…	2 Last	borgen Aug 2020
Maya model is missing... sort of ? Weird display Working on a project and adding parts from other scenes, kitbashing i guess it's called. some are of various sizes, etc and i resized in a different scene the parts i was going to add and then copied…	2 Last	throttlekitty Aug 2020
2D and 3D Materials Confusion. Hey guys,I'm having a hard time differentiating between 2d and 3d textures/materials/substances/shaders. It all seems so complicated.My goal is to render semi-complex scenes with walls made of indivi…	1 Last	poopipe Aug 2020
Hair is really matter Hi guys, I'm working on a Star Wars-style character these days. and it's almost done.I think it's pretty good, except for the hair.so if you don't mind, can you give me some advice about hair?yo…	2 Last	Alex_J Aug 2020
3D normal map bakeing problems Hello,I want to bake my HP on my LP in Marmoset Toolbag 3. But I always get a problem.The problem is that my HP bolts get baked over my LP bolts even when my LP bolt is bigger then my HP bolt.Red is …	5 Last	SxitG Aug 2020
Lookdev lighting question Hey, I've got a question about lookdev and lighting. When lookdeving a character, how do you make sure your textures are working in all lighting conditions? Do you exclusively use hdris f…	8 Last	poopipe Aug 2020
Houdini: How can I use an HDA in another HDA? I'm sorta new to Houdini and have been following quite a few tutorials including buying some on Udemy. This is my first time trying to build something from scratch without guidance and have run into …	1 Last	tigerija Aug 2020
What is the best way to solve this chamfer problem in curved objects? Crease set "1,0", or Hard edges, in all bordersTurbosmoothTurbosmooth againThe problem. I've tried all the ways, but so far I haven't found a solution :( I used chamfer modifier, cut tool a…	2 Last	sandrokaza Aug 2020
UVLayout packs without padding UVLayout packs without padding (1). Why is this happening? And what to do? It seems to me that the problem arose after using the "Slf" mode (2). It automatically reflects the shell and sup…	0 Last	XzY Aug 2020
[Blender] Making clothes with NURBs editing, worth it? So I'm considering learning how to use the NURBS system (I think thats what modeling with curves is called) to create clothing for my character. Wondering if anyone here has experience with doing so,…	3 Last	myclay Aug 2020
Maya 2018+ - best/correct way to bake displacement onto flat plane? Hi,I've got trouble getting a usable displacement bake from Maya.introduction (you may skip it):I am used to the transfer maps tool from Maya 2010 (which we used at work). With 2017 (or even earlier)…	3 Last	poopipe Aug 2020
Zbrush weirdness - disappearing menu Zbrush 4R4 P2 - anyone experienced this kind of thing? I have my own custom menu, that now seems to only be displaying half of the buttons I've added. It was previously working fine. Restarted Zbrus…	18 Last	monou Aug 2020
How can i improve this Topology ? Hi,I would love to know if it would be possible to make this Topology look more beautiful because right now it doesnt really look organized and cleanDo you know how to do that and with which tricks ?…	3 Last	sacboi Aug 2020
Zbrush multip map exporter issue Hello Polycount,I'm trying to extract some udim maps from Zbrush using Multipmap Exporter and having some problems.Since I'm using udim I expect the file names to be dragon_DM_1001 - 1009 but not onl…	2 Last	laylala Aug 2020
I forgot the pipeline...what happens after projecting details onto the low poly in Zbrush? Hi. I'm trying to get my character into Unreal.i've got the high poly in zbrush and imported the low poly that was retopod in Maya. In Zbrush I've projected the high onto the low....now i'm a bi…	2 Last	kanga Aug 2020
3D's max projection method Hello everyone.I've been browsing the internet lately for some tutorials on projection in 3ds max. and i came across an old post by a CS:GO workshop artist Apel. He showed some of his prog…	21 Last	Eric Chadwick Aug 2020
Trying to retain nanomesh details I have modeled a low poly robe in zbrush with uvs and thickness and then I created a nanomesh weave texture on a copy of the robe. I would like to retain the details from the nanomesh robe in the low…	0 Last	DoingJustFine Aug 2020
Request with help to understand why creasing works this way with edge loops I’m having a difficult time understanding why edge creasing is working this way, is anyone able to elaborate why it doesn’t crease on the left with the outer edges selected:I can't wrap my head a…	2 Last	Yogifi Aug 2020
Environment Art - Multiple Props in a scene Hi guys, sorry to bother you again with silly questions, but as I said in a previous topic, I've started 2 months ago, so there are a few concepts that I still struggle. Every course that I've taken …	5 Last	poopipe Aug 2020
Maya Rigging Tutorials for Video Games? Hello there. I'm trying to learn some rigging so I can make a playable tank I'm making for use inside Unreal, but I can't find any tutorials that help me. Nearly all the tutorials I come across are e…	0 Last	NURBS Aug 2020
Minimising Modular character seams I'm trying to figure out how to minimise the seams on a modular character. As far as I know the seams are caused by the edge vertices having different normal directions. I've had success using averag…	8 Last	Ottomotto Jul 2020
Advice on matching 2D silhouette in 3D Hey,I was wonder how other artists work when translating a 2D stylized character concept drawn from one angle into 3D. Specifically matching the 2D silhouette and making sure the 3D looks good from a…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2020
Advice on monitor setup Hi all! I hope this is the right thread to ask this in, if not, feel free to correct me.I'm looking for some help, advice, use cases and anything that could help me decide which monitor to buy.My cur…	4 Last	Nixellion Jul 2020
Unwrapping a bit more complex cylindrical shape (issue with vertical faces) So I'm attempting to unwrap this "wheel thing". After the unwrap, the faces located vertically appear as big cirles on uv-space. When trying to turn them into belts, texel density becomes distorted l…	5 Last	Creepezel Jul 2020
Zbrush Dynamesh Smoothing Not Working Hi there, so I'm just recently wanting to get into the High to Low poly workflow, which means I am starting to learn about dynameshing and other Zbrush features. Im currently having issues figuring o…	2 Last	ChristheLancer97 Jul 2020
Xnormal, Lowpoly faces are visible on normalmap See gifs below,My lowpoly faces are somehow baked onto the normal map when using Xnormal, and are showing up in Marmoset Toolbag 3. I was wondering if anybody knew how to fix this.When I use the "use…	1 Last	Alkarath Jul 2020
TetxureWorks: Any Original Texture Synthesizer from small patch - PBR and procedural PBR Take a look at my original texture generation in TextureworksTextureworks on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1140360/TextureWorks/	2 Last	redneck0007 Jul 2020
Architectural modeling for games. I have been modeling with 3ds Max, Maya, and now Blender for many years. I have made character, props, and environments- but I have found the process of making buildings particularly slow, especially…	3 Last	Prime8 Jul 2020
This topic is question more than topic (3point shader) after saying hello to you guys , and saying its been ages im jumping to my mind sticky point which is how thats 3point shader work , i tried xiolul shader and it didnt work for some reason for both (…	5 Last	ahmedcutestudio Jul 2020
How to retopo and rig a model with loose flowing fabric? So as a personal project I'm attempting to make my own unreal game character. My goal is to get this guy into the engine with a walk animation to start and have the lower part of his robe and rope be…	2 Last	Purplenurple Jul 2020
xnormal 4.0 features notice you can choose more than one [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]	131 Last	Avis Para.doc's Jul 2020
Maya - Unreal rig Hi!I'm new to Unreal and currently trying to gather all the info I can about it before start.What's the basic workflow to get a rig going in Unreal? Can we import our own rigs from a DCC into Unreal?…	0 Last	Yerus Jul 2020
zbrush update 2020 1.4 borked so just upgraded to zbrush 2020 1.4 and its stuttering madly when i zoom 3d an do many other operationsanyway to get back to the previous version?I knew I should have left the update intil 2021 comes…	2 Last	Ruz Jul 2020
Environment Art texturing doubt Hi guys, I've started studying 3D two months ago, focusing on environment art, but there are some concepts that I'm not quite understanding. At first I was told that UVs should always fit into the 0 …	3 Last	kapgowild Jul 2020
Basic questions about video game assets pipeline Hello, This is my first topic here, I hope I am not doing wrong by posting in this section for my questions. So I am currently learning 3D, as I want to be environment artist in videogames.…	6 Last	sketchem Jul 2020
How do I create a uvmap from planar in Lightwave? Hey there. I'm working on a mod for a game engine. Anyways, it supports lightwave objects and an associated TGA file with a uvmap. My question is.. right now my textures are planar and I scaled and r…	0 Last	zerzic Jul 2020
Vertex Normal Toolkit for 3ds max Hello :)I would like to show you a script which allows to generate, manipulate and align vertex normals.Everything is based on layer system.It has 3 different generation algorithms:1. topology based2…	48 Last	just2see Jul 2020
character imported into maya from zbrush with head at the level of the grid Hi. I've got a character sculpted in zbrush. With the floor grid 'y' axis turned on in zbrush the character is standing right on it. But when brought into Maya the head of the character (not the feet…	2 Last	kanga Jul 2020
How does the process of preparing "easy to understand" uv-map for game asset looks like ? I got stuck in part where I should prepare uv-map the way that if someone else looks at it, he can easilly see which part of mesh is at which part of uv-space. I will go with tank as example again. L…	5 Last	pior Jul 2020
How to approach modeling game asset you have no measurements for ? As far as I heard game assets should be close to their real world scale but what if, the object I would like to make a model of, doesn't have any measurements in internet left ? Like pre-war tank pro…	6 Last	FrankPolygon Jul 2020
In what render should I invest time (or money)? Hello there, (once again ^^' ) I'm very new to the 3d world so please cut me some slack because this is probably an obvious subject.I've been looking around several places but usually, the discu…	3 Last	gnoop Jul 2020
Aspiring 3D Artist questions Good day everyone!I am a 27 year old public servant aspiring to learn and eventually have a job in making 3D Environments. The problem is I do not know where to start. Here are the following question…	2 Last	Rangaros Jul 2020
Take items hi everyone , in Daz3d how can I take an object from the table like a glass that sticks to my hand? thanks	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2020
Edge loops running through mesh Im fairly new to modelling and now i am starting to question my workflow. I am always trying to model in only quads using edge loops. Thats way when i try to add some detail to certain part of the me…	4 Last	DiamondDog Jul 2020
Trouble with normal map in separate parts Hello everyone. Help please. I want to create modular character. But in connect point i see seams on normal map. If this solid mesh, it's ok. How to bake separate mesh without seams?	3 Last	gnoop Jul 2020
Simple, artist friendly version control? Anybody have a recommendation for some version control software that's relatively easy to pickup and foolproof? I only need it for local backup and revisions, no collaboration. I have some storage sp…	29 Last	poopipe Jul 2020
Can someone help me fix a problem with alphas creating artifacts? I made several custom alphas for Necron style glyphs in Illustrator.They work fairly well, but they keep leaving small artifacts (see pic):	0 Last	mechanicalhorizon Jul 2020
Game asset - good practice about hidden faces/ geometry? Hello there,I am a beginner in this entire 3d world so the question is probably stupid but I couldn't find an answer online that felt right so here It goes.For simplicity, let's pretend I am trying t…	4 Last	NunoB20 Jul 2020