Technical Talk

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Newbie modeller question - modelling wings Hello fellow polycounters I hope I'm not posting this in the wrong section, so here goes. I plan on modelling the image below, its taken from an Illidan Stormrage figure I have (apologies for the ba…	5 Last	ralusek Mar 2010
Edge Flow and Polygon Theory Okay, I am working on modeling a pulse rifle from aliens for my portfolio. I have a good friend that works for a blizzard/activision GD company. Whenever he looks at my meshes he says I have WAY too …	0 Last	loganfredericksen Mar 2010
Closed UDK: help with Fog and Lights	0 Last	JDLOKI Mar 2010
"getting into" shader writing? do we have a kind of thread for good resources on starting this kind of thing? GLSL, HLSL kind of witchcraft? I've wanted to have a bash at it in the past and got some openGL shader editor, stuff lik…	8 Last	Harry Mar 2010
Normal Mapping - Surface vs Geometry Normals I've noticed when normal mapping that selecting surface normals or geometry normals in the Maya bake settings gives much different results. Both methods result in errors in the maps, but in differen…	5 Last	EarthQuake Mar 2010
PSU Problems Not quite sure if it is my PSU - My PC keeps rebooting at random times, i intially looked around at harddrive failing symptoms and have turned off the XP Restart on error as well as done a CHKDSK wit…	9 Last	Calabi Mar 2010
ASE exporting. Hey guys, quick question. I'm trying to export a mesh from 3dsm2010 for use in UDK. It used to be that if the mesh had two materials applied to it when exported, there would be two material slots wh…	2 Last	brandoom Mar 2010
Straight Line Between Two Points (Simliar tTo Make Is there a way to select two vertices and then have all the vertices inbetween align? The way I've been doing it is to use Make Planar and then rotate but it's tedious and problematic.	21 Last	CodeFather Mar 2010
Maya Bump Map stepping - how to fix? Hello, Been visiting Polycount forums for quite some time now. I've been playing with Maya for the last 5 years or so, but I am still a major beginner. I am having some problems with Bump Map stepp…	6 Last	chronic Mar 2010
Mental Ray Batch renders lighter than Test renders. Hi everyone, I'm rendering out an animation for a music video and I'm having a problem. When I render out the test stills it looks great but when rendering batch it makes the image significantly lig…	0 Last	Gibbs Mar 2010
AO Bake in Max Hey all. typically i do not get this problem, though i do run into it from time to time. im rendering out a normal and AO map for an object (if it matters, the high poly was done in zbrush). the norm…	19 Last	Oniram Mar 2010
how I thicken this equal ear of the photo to the side of it? hello, I would like to know as to thicken from above part of the ear. the first image I I used boolean without modifier.[IMG]http://www.tresd1.com.br/miniatura.php?id=76118&modo=normal[/IMG] the seco…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Mar 2010
3ds max animation questions - mocap Have some questions regarding animation and key manipulation for 3ds max. I am only using max for animation because i still prefer maya for anything i cant do in zbrush/3dcoat. So instead of perusing…	3 Last	achillesian Mar 2010
Max 9 plugin error (code 14001) Sorry for two help threads in one day guys, but this is urgent. :/ I went to maxplugins.de, and found a recompiled version of the .md3 exporter plugin for max 9-2009. I get a strange error code, "si…	2 Last	renderhjs Mar 2010
Closed UDK: Terrain & Foliage related questions	0 Last	adam Mar 2010
how to make from above tip of the thick ear? hello, I do not know well to use 3ds max, I am starting now then I do not know the tools well the first image I used boolean to cut without no modifier[IMG]http://www.tresd1.com.br/miniatura.php?id…	0 Last	thiago_balancin Mar 2010
graphics card/RAM question I just want to make sure i have my facts straight... the graphics card would be used to render stuff in the 3dsmax/maya viewport (since real-time rendering passes through the GPU). the RAM would b…	1 Last	chronic Mar 2010
Maya : geometry warp when I rotate an object - need help Hello (again) guys, I have yet another problem : I am modeling one slice (one third) of a cylinder object and planning to copy/past the slice, rotate 120° and produce my final cylinder shaped objet.…	3 Last	PredatorGSR Mar 2010
Closed UDK : Stained Glass Window Lighting Effect & Materials	0 Last	Flava-Fly Mar 2010
Copying keyframes in 3ds max OK guys, I need some help. There is an older mod for quake 3 called TrueCombat. I am, upon request, adding new weapon models and doing a general graphical update for the mod. I am running into some …	0 Last	Rang3r1 Mar 2010
Car for Portfolio specs o.O Hey guys, Im working on a next-gen car model for my portfolio and I had some questions about specs. So polycount, I know everyone always asks that, and a quick google search would work, but if an…	6 Last	Tom Ellis Mar 2010
Maya : selection region - need help Hi guys, I am ashamed but I really need some help : in Maya, I can no longer select multiple egdes or vertices. I must have turned some region selection tool by mistake and now each time I select an…	4 Last	cornu Mar 2010
3D MAX 2010 Viewport Shader Which fx you guys recomend to use ? Thanks so much :)	14 Last	renderhjs Mar 2010
City Builder - CityEngine 2009.3 - MAybe useful for someone here hi guys, here is a cool citybuilder, maybe useful for someone of you ... make sure to check the examples... [url]http://www.procedural.com/[/url]	3 Last	divi Mar 2010
maya rigging uggh!!! Still trying to learn rigging in maya, i found a script called rigomatic that looks like it will help me with ik/fk (the stuff i can't figure out) but i'm still having problems, mainly with the orien…	5 Last	achillesian Mar 2010
Complex modeling in maya Hey guys, I got a question for you. I have used maya for like 2 years. I've done character and stuff but nothing mechnical or too complex. Its a great software. But now I'm trying to become a hard s…	18 Last	Cheesestraws Mar 2010
Need help on making hair in maya. [url]http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/CreatingHairUsingAlpha.html[/url] I saw this tutorial on how make hair. But i don't know how to render hair in Maya and bake them into sheets. Can any one recomme…	1 Last	verybad Mar 2010
NEWBIE Q: MAYA- Textures UVs and why they move (or don´t) Please excuse the newb Question. I have 2 related questions (slightly cross-posted from another forum, that seemed a bit dead - no response) I am modeling a book, based on a scan of the books cov…	5 Last	Rurouni Strife Mar 2010
Help with XSI uv unwrap I'm having trouble trying to find the uv unwrap tool in XSI mod tool, I was hoping that you guys could point me in the right direction. thx	2 Last	cryrid Mar 2010
Videa capture from viewport to Adobe Premiere? I'm currently trying to create a video form Maya viewport and then import it in Adobe Premiere. I tried Ｃamtasia but it will create some bugged frame in Adobe Premiere. Then I downloaded FRAP…	12 Last	Psyk0 Mar 2010
Is there any way to make fur in Zbrush? [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc3OuXQHe9s&feature=related[/ame] A while back at a gnomon opening I remember seeing something like that type of fur on the model in zbrush, i was wondering if it…	1 Last	ralusek Mar 2010
Parallax map , texture and how to ? Hi I was using the crazy bump tool to make a parallax map out of a texture of stone I did , in crysis according to what I read u put the displacement map created in crazybump in the alpha channel of…	6 Last	NAIMA Mar 2010
Mixing materials and textures ? Good afternoon, Is it okay to apply materials to some parts of a model, and textures to others? I'm creating a high-quality metronome, and it would be great if I could just apply a metal material t…	16 Last	Mr. Bean Mar 2010
how to manipulate vertex normals in max? If anyone could share it, would be great, Thanks	2 Last	MoP Mar 2010
Yes, another 'NEW PC' thread... with a technical question. Hey all, I just ordered the bits to build my new PC and it's all arriving tomorrow. While it's exciting, I've never built a PC but saved like £200+ by purchasing components separately. My Windows 7 …	34 Last	EarthQuake Mar 2010
Vehicle/Prop Panels/Panel Lines I'm curious about peoples methods for creating panels or panel lines on their high poly models. I'm thinking things where the panels are going to tend toward the decorative like sci-fi vehicles and …	3 Last	Xoliul Mar 2010
lowpoly shading with normal maps for flat stuff? I thought I knew how to do this, but it appears I don't. The picture explains my question better. [IMG]http://i45.tinypic.com/xbcqo0.jpg[/IMG] How do I make it not do stuff like in the upper left pic…	5 Last	[Deleted User] Mar 2010
MEL question Hello everyone I'll explain the whole problem just in case I'm just thinking wrong ^^ but essentially i'd like to fetch the tangent basis of vertex (in world space) So I'm building race tracks using…	6 Last	Brice Vandemoortele Mar 2010
PS CS3: Save As Action It's driving me crazy. I have this working at hom in PS2, but I didn't make the Action, it was given to me. I'm not sure if something different was done to it. So, I've created a save as action in C…	3 Last	alexk Mar 2010
Low-Poly Normal Question I was wondering if I could get some help with some hi-poly to lo-poly baking questions. I recently finished up a high-poly model and was creating the low-poly for it to bake from. This is the first …	6 Last	HAL Mar 2010
Photoshop: Select changed pixels? Anyone know of a Photoshop plug-in or technique that would allow one to grab only the pixels that are different between two images? Say I have two images. The first is a picture of a dude's face, th…	4 Last	killingpeople Mar 2010
Closed Export Static Mesh from UDK	0 Last	ralusek Mar 2010
Pirate Ship Does anyone have a good place for Pirate Ship reference or blue prints of some kind? Thanks.	10 Last	Reverenddevil Mar 2010
Proper environment presentation? Hey, I've been looking around for ways to properly present my environment for stills/demoreels. I know that a proper presentation can really make a massive difference to your final result. Which is…	7 Last	Will Faucher Mar 2010
Batch Obj import into maya Does anyone know of a way (script?) to import several obj's at once into maya as this would really help speed up the process of getting my work back into maya from zbrush. I've seen scipts which han…	6 Last	Cyrael Mar 2010
Alpha Map Creation Question Hi all ... new here and i got the email about needing to make a first post so here it is ... I have used alpha maps for about five years for simple things here and there for my high poly modeling ..…	2 Last	hosch Mar 2010
question regarding smoothing and poly counts Hi all, bit of a noobie question, but im modelling a polymesh for a project, and have got it looking near enough like. The model is for a university project so its purpose is purely hypothetical. Smo…	2 Last	gsokol Mar 2010
Looking For Hdr Image With Only Studio Lights Does anyone have any HDR images with only studio lights in the scene?	5 Last	BradMyers82 Mar 2010
[NDS] Looking through semitransparent objects Hi everyone, I hope this is not a dumb question. Let's suppose I have a row of semitransparent walls and I'm looking through them. The further I look, the more opaque the walls appear. You all know …	10 Last	Mr_Drayton Mar 2010
Zbrush Normal Mapping Issues hey so i wanted to try out zbrush's new uv mapping function, and it's pretty cool. a quick disclaimer this model is not mine, i just needed a topoed model with multiple subdivisions to test this. i …	0 Last	ralusek Mar 2010