Technical Talk

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Normal baking question. Hey guys. I have some issue with my baking results and I hope you can help me.Here is my HP. I wanna bake this 2 lines around hp to my lpHere is my lpUVMarmoset baking resultSo MV fixed (triangulated…	7 Last	DanCrab Apr 2020
How do you actually texture a high poly model? Hi everyone. The short version of my question is: "How does one go about texturing a high poly mesh properly?". Google only returns results related to backing details on to a low poly, but almost not…	6 Last	sprunghunt Apr 2020
[ZBrush] DynaMesh Problem Greetings, I am an art student and I have troubles with my character made with ZBrush. I wanted to fuse the arms & the body by using Dynamesh, but it resulted as a weird-looking material. It…	1 Last	cryrid Apr 2020
What happens to the existing normals of an object after you apply a normal map to it?? To clarify what i mean by 'existing normals', in blender you can visualize the normals of faces,vertices etc as little arrows shooting out from them, these exist even when you have never even importe…	4 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2020
Closed Moved: Maya to Unreal Engine 4 - Shadow issue - Shadows bleeding through mesh This discussion has been moved.	0 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2020
Long dinstance terrain rendering techniques (unity, desktop game) What are some techniques used in open world games for distance terrain rendering? To be clear, not talking about props which cannot be reached, but terrain which is part of the playable area, just fa…	6 Last	jRocket Apr 2020
Sculpting in Blender Hey guys. I'm pretty much brand new to sculpting in Blender, but I'm familiar with the program in general otherwise. I've got this basic block-in guy based on one of my old concepts. I've tried going…	1 Last	root Apr 2020
[Blender] Issue: My meshes jump randomly to the selected piece's origin point. Hi, I'm new at Blender, and the transition from 3ds Max it's being...challenging. I configured it and installed a couple of plugins that mimic the 3ds max functionality (BlenderMax and Max…	7 Last	HammerB Apr 2020
best way to remove these lumps from this surface in Maya I am cleaning up some models that have been scanned. There are lumps - 3 of them on each side of this surface. My client is asking me to remove the lumps so the surface is all smooth. I thought this …	3 Last	Alex_J Apr 2020
Controling normals in Speedtree (How to change pivot of puffiness) Hey, i have been struggling to deal with this issue, I am attaching a picture to help you guys understand probably better than words. I am trying to move the pivot to the canopy of the tree, i really…	0 Last	RocKenny Apr 2020
I want to make a room full of cuckoo clocks that sync up to a drum beat hello all, I would like to make a cylinder shaped room full of cuckoo clocks, with an entrance. I would like the character to open the door that would then trigger a drumbeat to play. Each cuckoo clo…	2 Last	fu_films Apr 2020
3dsmax Pan/Zoom Max (2018) has a feature where the speed of the pan/zoom is context sensitive to what the mouse cursor is hovering over. It drives me nuts but can't find any options on it. I swear it wasn't a thing …	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2020
Issue in Maya I have a problem that I don't know how to solve. Every time I try to use a tool in the modeling toolkit, I can't get the window to appear that shows me changeable options. For instance, if I try to b…	1 Last	Alex_J Apr 2020
Closed Moved: Flood Fill Custom Substance Designer This discussion has been moved.	0 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2020
It is possible to have a model gameready without texture and uvmap? hi, someone can tell me about bad/good mapping? I'm not able to understand why my model seems so bad when inside tabletop simulator not mapped/badly mappedone good other nothis is only an example mo…	7 Last	sefiroths Apr 2020
Help! Looking for a Retopology tool Hey there for the ones who entered this topic. I have a question, I'm looking for a tool that works just like topogun's 3 (unreleased) Patch Tool, or a tool like TopoLogiK that you drag a line and yo…	2 Last	JustM Apr 2020
Should i let holes in some specific parts of my mesh to reduce polycount in a a character for games? Hello [:This is the first time I try to convert one of my sculptures(Based on another artist concept) to a game character so I was doing the retopo, wondering if its a good practice or just good in g…	2 Last	Taogi Apr 2020
Baking Maya physics Hello,Wondering if anyone could help me to figure out how to put those sweet maya 2018 ncloth physics (boob bounce simulation :p) into a game engine like UE4? I understand there is a way to bind ever…	5 Last	Obscura Apr 2020
[BLENDER] Pivot point will not snap to selection. Hello,I'm having a problem where my pivot point will not snap to the selection I need it to, the highlighted plane and vertex as you see here. It is causing another annoying problem where my vertex w…	1 Last	kanga Apr 2020
I don't understand when to use anistropy for metals Can anyone help me out with this? I googled a bit but didn't find anything useful.	3 Last	Win Apr 2020
Strategy for combining 100 Texture sets (Blender > Substance > Blender > Unreal?) Polycount is one of the most hardcore CG modeling / rendering resources online. Because of that I'm really I'm hoping someone can advise on something I've been struggling with for months.My end goal …	13 Last	GoLionMk2 Apr 2020
Baking artifacts Question Hello,I'm baking my model in marmoset toolbag3. My pieces are seperated into smaller pieces and named _low and _high. However When I delete 1 pieceI get this weird looking thing:Before: After:Now I n…	2 Last	Krychazz Apr 2020
Blender - deselecting verts? This discussion was created from comments split from: What made you feel good today?.	2 Last	kanga Apr 2020
The good ol' baking question Hey guys,I am a little lost when it comes to baking even though I read up on all the threads by @EarthQuake and the Toolbag Baking Tutorials. Also I was watching the good ol' Handplane Baker videos. …	6 Last	monitorhero Apr 2020
Closed Moved: Bad Bakes in Substance Painter This discussion has been moved.	0 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2020
3Ds Max How Disable "Menu" Hotkeys ? [B]Version[/B] 3Ds Max 2014 SP5 x64 ENG When i hold ALT-Button, 3Ds Max (Underline/Select) menu items :( [B]How (Remove/Disable) these Hotkeys ?[/B] ALT + F - File ALT + E - Edit ALT + T - Tools…	18 Last	MarkedOne8 Apr 2020
Zbrush armor piece problem So I have a character. currently hidden in the scene. And I imported this maya model of his armor piece, I would like to Zremesh it but keep the overall structure.My problem is that no matter what I …	8 Last	Asim7 Apr 2020
[Modular Character] Is there any solution to reuse armor over a range of body size? Hi all,I know this sounds like tech art fantasy, but do you know of any games that manage to fit a single armor (let's say a chest-plate) into different body size?One of our lead artist mentioned doi…	14 Last	pasha_sevez Apr 2020
Does Maya have a multi/subobj material MatID equivalent workflow? Is the standard here just having a load of loose materials and then doing face selections and applying the mat that way?And in working with those materials and their faces you have to create selectio…	4 Last	Ghogiel Apr 2020
Best places for poles when retopologizing a game character? Hello,I've hit a bit of a roadblock and I would like some advice. Where would the best places be to put poles when retopologizing a mesh? This character will be highly active (in terms of range of an…	1 Last	Alex_J Apr 2020
Help with two uv tiles I have this personal project that I'm working on. Since its rather large and quite a few objects iin it, I feel like ti would be best if I used two uv maps instead of one. I thought about using UIM's…	3 Last	Billabong Apr 2020
Maya/Arnold Texture fidelity So the scene I have currently has a Plane which is 6400 Polys, AiSkyDome and an area light. The texture from Bridge is the Icelandic Rock Cliff and has all files in 8k and EXR format. I Underst…	4 Last	David_McCabe Apr 2020
Next-Gen UVs When it comes to "next-gen" uv methods - should we strive to try to have square uv islands by any means necessary? After looking at "Giant Marksman" by Occultart and Bona (https://www.artstation.com/…	14 Last	marks Apr 2020
Help with animating a cone unfolding into a flat surface using MAYA Any help would be much much appreciated with helping me work out how to animating a truncated cone unfolding into a flat surface. To use for sheet metal development. I can't find anything to poi…	3 Last	sian Apr 2020
[Maya] Select only weighed joints? Hi!I've got this free character rig that I'm going to animate and implement into Unreal Engine 4 for my portfolio. While setting it up, I noticed that the rigger didn't create selection sets or layer…	1 Last	pasha_sevez Apr 2020
oh shi.. Normal Map question So i've been working on a scene in UE4, and currently working with a tree texture, throwing it in UE4, i notices that the normal map was to noisy and to strong. My question is, how do you guys tackle…	1 Last	Obscura Apr 2020
Substance painter textures are rendering out wrong in maya? Also strange artifacting? Hi ! I've already tried trying to find the answer to this, so i'm sorry if i missed another thread answering this question. I'm still very new with substance painter, but I've used it for a…	4 Last	Pinemmapple Apr 2020
Blender 2.8, Have you made the switch? Curious here, not sure if there was already a thread on this, but since blender's big 2.80 release, how many of you have started to try it, or switched over to it? How many of you used to use b…	17 Last	gnoop Apr 2020
Clothing basic issues Hi! I'm quite new to the organic modelling. I am learning by watching tutorials and I have some basic questions that I didn't find answers to. For now I use 3dsMax as I used to prepare architec…	4 Last	kanga Apr 2020
Very simple but functional characters for animation? Hello people of polycount,i'm working on my Major Project for my Bachelors Degree right now.My goal is to create a 3D animated short film with focus especially on the animation.I want to use this pie…	5 Last	dennis_har Apr 2020
Drawing hard surfaces with Wacom on Blender Does anyone know any tool that allows me to draw shapes and profiles with Wacom inside Blender? I'm aware of Grease Pencil, but the output is always a sketch-like thing. I'm trying to draw shapes and…	3 Last	kanga Apr 2020
Is it possible to do procedural building generation This is to be considered in a 3D space. How could you do procedural level generation of a single building in order to make the level feel new each time the player goes into that scenario? Any tu…	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2020
Smooth foliage like in Breath of the Wild / Europa by Helder Pinto - Mini tutorial Hey people. Recently I started working on a small stylized meadow scene, inspired by the beautiful work of Helder Pinto, called Europa. It has a very painterly look, similar to BotW. I was able to ac…	30 Last	Vegel_Grady Apr 2020
Beginner: Mask with color selection http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzAhQ1WUwKM&feature=emb_title Hi, I requested getting help on this Substance file in trying to mask my mesh with color selection. My issue was that I have a color m…	1 Last	rollin Apr 2020
Maya Weight Painting Issue. Hey everyone, I'm still quite the Noob when it comes to rigging and I've just run into an Issue I absolutely can't resolve. I have exactly the same Setup on both legs and even tried mirroring and ham…	0 Last	Xenobiotic Apr 2020
NON SMOOTH SKIN 3DSMAX BUG I'm having this problem where the skin is not smooth, it seems to break the mesh. Is this a bug or an option that I accidentally activated?	2 Last	Noren Apr 2020
Is Akeytsu a good entry point to re-learn rigging and animation? One thing I have not been able to get deep into over the years is character animation, I have tried both Maya and Blender, and always find the amount of work to make a simple keyframe animation to be…	24 Last	Vexod14 Apr 2020
How to save Zbrush Tool quickly without prompt? I figured out how to assign Ctrl+S to Tool - Save as, but I don't see just Save. Document has Save, but Files and Tools only have "Save as", which is annoying to confirm overwrite each time.	0 Last	ned_poreyra Apr 2020
Is shadows rendering a post process? I am learning about rendering more and found out that I lack knowledge about two things.Not sure if shadows are part of postprocess or not and how lighting was computed before ray tracing in rasteriz…	2 Last	Obscura Apr 2020
[Blender] FBX Bundle Export addon I just released my second Blender addon called 'FBX Bundle'. It splits selected objects into bundles and allow to export each as its own FBX file. That's the core functionality, everything else is ju…	34 Last	Tosyk Apr 2020