Technical Talk

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Technical Artist - a poll. This subject came up in a discussion at work the other day. So, to settle my opinion and for the sake of curiosity... At your studio, what is your definition of "Technical Artist"? I'm interested …	19 Last	Mark Dygert Mar 2009
Creating hand painted textures. Does anyone know of any good tutorials? I'm having a bit of trouble finding any. I did a search here but couldn't find much, and the web doesn't seem of much help either. I'm sure I am not looking th…	19 Last	Kawe Mar 2009
Question: Current / next gen specs for characters For clarification (since I've been getting many different opinions from people) what constitutes a character as being next gen? At the bare minimum, what does the mesh / tex require? I've been unde…	5 Last	JohnnyRaptor Mar 2009
3ds max 2009 FX shader talk Hi guys, Ive been trying to find a nice solution for taking screens of objects in the Max viewport. I'm using Max 2009 with SP1 on Vista 32 with an Nvidia 8600gt. I would like to show models with…	7 Last	toren3d Mar 2009
Unreal Vehicle Specs I was curious if anyone had any information on the specs of the vehicles for UT3 or Gears 2. I'm making a vehicle for a school project, and I want my tri counts and texture sizes to be realistic and…	2 Last	Pope Adam Mar 2009
Looking for advice and techniques for tree leaves I am working something for school and I am in the process of creating trees for a level.Now making the actual tree isn't the problem it's more so the leaves. Now I have seen a few tutorials online b…	7 Last	sardonix Mar 2009
Animated low-poly tanktracks? Want to make a low (sub-600 tri) tank model, but would like to have "animated" tracks (just 2 textures - cycling). Needs to be animated in max. Switching the texture every keyframe would probably wor…	4 Last	LEViATHAN Mar 2009
custon model: default animation but scaled bones ? so I just hope to double my chances i´ve posted this question in the epic/gow forum already I guess this is more or less a general ue3 thing and not so gow specific -> [QUOTE]. . . i´m testing a …	3 Last	arrangemonk Feb 2009
zbrush related question Ok so Im working on a high poly mesh soon and my question is in regards to the end near the texture phaze what I want to do is when im done with my high poly I want to project out some textures of …	4 Last	seforin Feb 2009
Creating glass material in UT3 Hey guys, I made a lantern, and I put an alpha for the glass part, but unreal cannot detect anything there. So I ended up putting reflection material but that applies to the whole mesh not the glass…	23 Last	Mazvix Feb 2009
3Ds Max Biped crash This bug makes max crash all the time: I have a Biped skeleton that is animated, i have linked the Bip01 (root bone) to a animated dummy to see how my run animation looks when he actually moves forwa…	3 Last	Mark Dygert Feb 2009
Vista 64bit + Photoshop CS2 & Max 2009 CS2 seems to run decently, or so it seems. Max 2009, though, I am noticing that the selection box that usually appears when you click-and-drag (like it normally should) is a bit lagged and takes aw…	3 Last	ArtsyFartsy Feb 2009
f-in maya 8.f-in 5 f-in 3d paint for some reason every time I try to paint to the colour channel in 3d paint now, it assigns to a f-ing transparency channel instead I want to paint over an existing image in the colour channel, whic…	1 Last	rooster Feb 2009
3DS MAX 2009 Vista won't activate LEGIT COPY Ok so I'm trying to install and activate my legit Max 2009 copy. However, after putting in the serial number and clicking on the "connect" button it just goes to a white screen and sits there. Anyon…	0 Last	Parnell Feb 2009
looking for some particular inspiration really looking for images of anime rock structures, drawing a blank tonight due to brain deadness, any pointers would be awsome cheers	7 Last	Tumerboy Feb 2009
Normal Map help? Seams along UV Cuts I hope some one can help me with this, Ive been struggling with normal map seams for like 1 year, I always paint over the seams with a neutral blue (R126 G126 B255) so I cheat at normal map seams :'(…	5 Last	divi Feb 2009
max2008 and "nurms subdivison" there seems to be a bug (?!) sometimes when I have instances of an object with nurms subdivision enabled, the subdivision is 'disabled' when I deselct the object Select object -> subd on Deselct o…	0 Last	rollin Feb 2009
Ephere Scene Manager making Alt-Z not work I really like the Ephere scene manager, but when I install it it seems to make Alt-Z stop working as a way of switching to the zoom tool. Has anyone else had this problem, or is there a better scene …	10 Last	Yozora Feb 2009
Problem with Shave and a Haircut I am trying to use shave and a haircut with one of my model. I'm running Maya 2008. Somehow, shave is having some problem with SSS_fast_skin mental ray shader. 1st I ran try to render it would say "f…	2 Last	Krisonrik Feb 2009
Polycount Model Database for Normal Mapping Decided to create this thread (Hopefully it gets stickied) so that all of us can share little pieces of modeling that others can use on their work. It can be simple stuff like, bolts, screws or somet…	26 Last	[HP] Feb 2009
Selecting Hidden Polygons (in Max). If I have a model with a lot of overlapping pieces, does anyone know of a way to select faces that will never be seen by the camera/viewport? The end goal would be to delete them but I may need to a…	1 Last	Microneezia Feb 2009
Weird baking error, max RTT I'm not sure why my screws in my picture is baking as if it's pointing inward. On my highpoly, the screw is beveled, but it's not bent like the way it's getting baked. I'm using the Max RTT to bake. …	17 Last	EarthQuake Feb 2009
Anyone know how to use Save/Load Animation? We're having this weird issue with the pivot points of the bones going all out of whack with a rig and we're really not sure why. The odd thing is, it looks fine in the engine but it's all crazy in …	0 Last	Junkie_XL Feb 2009
3ds max PathDeform not working. So I'm trying to "PathDeform" this twisted wire. This is what I come out with: [IMG]http://www.index.iamtalbot.com/line.PNG[/IMG] I've tried messing with the settings but this is the best I could …	9 Last	Mark Dygert Feb 2009
3DSMax8 baking normalmaps in greyscale As thread title, max is baking my normalmaps in greyscale in the same fashion as a lightingmap, despite clearly having normalsmap checked in the RTT options. Any help would be much appreciated. Exam…	13 Last	idtdi Feb 2009
High Resolution Screenshots in UT3 Hey again guys :poly124: Me and my friend were wondering if there is a way to change the settings to make the "print screen" renders crispier with anti-aliasing on it? Is there actually a way to get…	5 Last	gamedev Feb 2009
ZBRUSH artifacts when smoothing Anyone know how to get rid of the un-smoothe (grainy) texture you get in zrbrush when you've smoothed like way too much? ...so far I've avoided the problem by adding another subdivision, but now i'm …	13 Last	Azimuth Feb 2009
strange curves in Maya graph editor [IMG]http://www.studiosojourn.com/wtf.jpg[/IMG] can someone shed light as to what the hell is going on here? I didn't set the keys, but they look different than what I normally see, the key markers …	2 Last	Hito Feb 2009
Job/Life Advice: (UI Icon Art and rates) Someday I want to be an environment artist. Until then, a few buddies of mine who are in the industry are going to pass some icons and designs onto their boss and he might bring me on as a contractor…	5 Last	Ghostscape Feb 2009
Mudbox vs Zbrush I'm not too experienced as an artist, and especially when it comes to high res sculpts. Up to now I've been using mudbox, much since it was the first program I got my hands on. I have almost zero exp…	2 Last	BuCC Feb 2009
3dsMax 2008 - Connect (With DialogBox) Any idea why this hotkey doesn't work? I can set Connect, but when working with edges I constantly use the dialog box. This hotkey doesn't appear to actually bring up the dialog box. Any ideas?	1 Last	Peris Feb 2009
maya 2009 transfer maps so im following this : file:///C:/Program%20Files/Autodesk/Maya2009/docs/Maya2009/en_US/index.html?url=Renderer__High_Quality_Rendering.htm,topicNumber=d0e599538 and it seems in my maya there isnt…	15 Last	Joao Sapiro Feb 2009
Alpha Map Compression and Dithering I need to use an Alpha Channel for two different items One is the alpha, another is for a shader. What would be the best way to A: Add noise to help disguise fading out of the shader and alpha s…	8 Last	CrazyButcher Feb 2009
Zbrush multiple UV polygroup issue Right now I'm trying to sculpt the boboSDK mesh. I tried making a normal map just as a test to see if it's ok, but all I get are shitty broken normal maps, so I'm wondering if there's a way around it…	3 Last	InProgress Feb 2009
Hipoly road to low poly I'm used to high poly modeling but I sure do have this weak spot when it comes to making high poly models with the intention of baking them onto a low poly cage. So for example. if I have this type …	3 Last	commander_keen Feb 2009
Creating group heirarchies in Max2009? I could swear I did this before on this mesh, but I just spent an hour trying to figure out how I kept fucking up my mesh. I have a many-jointed "leg" for my high poly that I was grouping into diffe…	1 Last	Rob Galanakis Feb 2009
Jerky movement in Max? Recently I keep having a problem in max where stuff seems to move as if it's snapping to grid points, but snapping is definitely off. I think the problem is that I'm working on a very large scene (as…	3 Last	hobodactyl Feb 2009
Skin Modifier Mirror Mode problems I'm a bit confused how this works...I have been working to rig one side and when I turn on "Mirror Mode"...shouldn't I see one half of green verts & one half blue verts? I can't see any vert colors,…	4 Last	Junkie_XL Feb 2009
Working between Max and Maya So for the Game-Artist.net contest I have teamed up with someone who uses Maya.... and I use 3ds max. I'm just wondering if there are plugins or general tips that anyone wants to share that might he…	8 Last	thomasp Feb 2009
HyperShot ? Ok, just saw this and thought I could share. [url]http://www.bunkspeed.com/hypershot/[/url] Has anybody heard of this? I'm not that a technical guy, but this seems interesting! It's like a comprom…	4 Last	rooster Feb 2009
Modeling technique I was wondering if anyone had any workflows for creating leather/cloth wraps on objects. By this I mean the types of wraps that you see on weapons and baseball bats on the handles. Right now I just m…	3 Last	Ghostscape Feb 2009
changing gow1 playermodel ? is it possible to change the playermodel in gears of war 1 ? i´m asking bc i´ve changed the model with some test dummy and it worked in the editor but when i start the game itself it crashes and tell…	2 Last	rollin Feb 2009
Getting the most out of the pandora. Hey guys. First post on the forums. And just to keep up the tradition that newbies tend to do and that is to ask a question on something... But hopefully this isn't as trivial as most :poly121:. I …	0 Last	Muzzoid Feb 2009
Coincident faces mess up normal map? I am currently working through 3d palaces awesome ED209 tutorial (hope its ok to say that) however i'm at the normal mapping stage and am getting a lot of normal map errors. To brush up I've been re…	5 Last	MoP Feb 2009
Low Poly Shoulder Joint Deform Issues Pls Help I've been struggling with trying to get my shoulders to look good when I move the arm foward from the T-Position and then try to rotate the arm as to turn the palms out and same with moving the arm b…	4 Last	Sidikian Feb 2009
Zbrush rough concrete modeling Can anyone give me an easy guide on how to make surface have a rough and somewhat worn down feel to them? I don't want too much deformation. A little less deformation than this: [IMG]http://www.ke…	1 Last	commander_keen Feb 2009
DW4 Help: Baking Zbrush normals to the original mesh Hey guys, Im been speed learning Zbrush for Dominance War, but I've run into a mental block here. I've got my model all sculpted in Zbrush, and I want to back the normal maps to the low poly mesh, h…	9 Last	PixelGoat Feb 2009
Pelvis and bum! Hey, I am having trouble making the pelvis/butt area on a model I am working on. I have always had trouble with this but never posted. This is a base mesh so an all-quad solution is really what I a…	4 Last	fearian Feb 2009
[Maya] Questions about animation! I continu my noobs question list about animation on Maya! 1 - Do you know how to copy a full animation from a full skeleton... to the same skeleton in another scene? (bones aresame names&properties…	1 Last	ivars Feb 2009
mudbox2009 frustations 1)when i import a low poly model to fix texture seams when i apply texture it messes with the geometry for some reason. like some vertices are welded on its own. but when i take the texture off its n…	3 Last	fr0gg1e Feb 2009