Technical Talk

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Voxel Modeling Program? Ok someone was telling me about this Voxel (I thought it was voxels) Modeling Program made by a Russian developer called something like 3d Armor. I cant seem to find it with a google search. Any id…	8 Last	renderhjs Jan 2009
Virtools? anyone had any experience with virtools? it looks like with a bit of technical thinking an artist might just be able to make a game prototype.. but who knows. ive emailed em asking for a trial.. def…	5 Last	rooster Jan 2009
CG Textures questions. I hope I'm posting in the right forum, this seems like the best one but I'm not completely sure. I was thinking about getting a membership to CG textures. I do take my own photo reference for textur…	1 Last	adam Jan 2009
Rescaling skinned objects Hi all, Probably a simple problem but not something I have had to deal with before. I have some animated models in 3dsmax using bones and the skin modifier that I need to rescale down to export t…	5 Last	shardy Jan 2009
Zbrush Retopology Tutorial (found it!) Hey there, I have been studying retopology lately, and looking at a number of different aplications. Ive seen some discussion on retopology here, but I didnt see any tutorials. I found this great z…	2 Last	GOBEE Jan 2009
spec map mask in alpha channel?? i have seen this being used where the alpha channel of the diffuse is being used for the specular map. Is this really as simple as making your diffuse black and white, doing a color range select then…	35 Last	vj_box Jan 2009
tileable zbrush textures I want to create a brick wall in zbrush, make it tileable, and then export a normal from it. I know how to create it and export it, but not make it seamless before exporting the normal map. Can anyon…	2 Last	joe gracey Jan 2009
Changing vertex weighting on physique modifier (3d max) Hi guys, ive been playing with the physique modifier in 3D max and whilst im getting accustomed to the main features I can't really figure out how to change the weights of individual vertices. I know…	2 Last	NiGHTS2o06 Jan 2009
Ripping Geo out of a corrupted max 2008 scene? edit: er... sorry, max 8. i'm getting my software mixed up. ANYWAY. any ideas on how to do this? i've tried merging. i think something went wrong with my material. i need a way of reading the geome…	3 Last	John Warner Jan 2009
Texture source question I know going on the internet and taking textures is a big no no (unless you have permission from the creator) but does that extent to images to use as a base to make a texture I'm currently working…	10 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2009
Quick stupid max question Longtime maya dog trying to learn new tricks. Editing a mesh with an edit poly modifier, but the X,Y,Z buttons under the edit geometry rollout aren't useful as they seem to be aligning to the object…	2 Last	glib Jan 2009
xnormal workflow/settings (warning: long post) hi, following the advice from a polycount´s user (sorry I can´t remember the user name because my posts have been deleted... long story :P but I am really grateful for his help) I started using Xnor…	1 Last	jogshy Jan 2009
Maya grid numbers!??! (nub question) somehow numbers on my grid came on: [IMG]http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/breakneck_rust/FFF.jpg[/IMG] how do i turn off?	2 Last	breakneck Jan 2009
Zbrush inorganics? I have seen some great mechanical sculputres made in zbrush but I never got around to how they made perfect 45 degree or 90 degree angles? These arent on flat surfaces either so i dont think they wou…	6 Last	MoP Jan 2009
Using modifier "Symmetry" doesn't work? D: 3DS Max 8 I'm following a tutorial that came with 3ds max 8. In the tutorial it had me create the seen, then use XForm modifier in the utilities. After doing this I hit modifier, symmetry, and well, I get th…	5 Last	Kaination Jan 2009
Mudbox Technique Question Hey all, I'm mostly a lurker, but I'm in the process of getting familiar with Mudbox for the upcoming Dom War, and I was hoping someone could clue me in on the most efficient way of creating certain …	2 Last	Technobabel Jan 2009
I need an evaluation of my skills. Hey everyone, I'm still looking for a job, but I've applied to Blizzard, Insomniac and Square Enix. Bliz-WoW character and weapon modeler Insom-Concept Artist Squeenix-Concept Artist I would appr…	26 Last	Proxzee Jan 2009
Displacement Map Tutorial: Mudbox2009 3dsMax Hey guys, this is kind of a pimp but I figured it would better fit in the technical talk here. I just made this tutorial because: a. I had a hell of a time figuring this stuff out for myself. …	0 Last	BradMyers82 Jan 2009
Human Form Hi all, Im trying to find out about the importance of human form in character modelling. Can anyone please point me too any articles or books that talk about the subject. Thanks!	1 Last	rooster Jan 2009
Student In Need Of Realistic Soldier Maya Rig For Upcoming Reel I'm an animation student in need of a realistic soldier Maya rig for my upcoming demo reel. The only ones I've found so far are fairly cartoony... and I'm looking for something realistic if possible.…	3 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2009
Posing a character for beauty shots. Hi guys, currently im finishing off a character with no intention of using him for an animation however id like to have a beauty shot of him in a good pose. However, when I manually try to move polys…	7 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2009
UE3 PC Workstation Assembly The user and all related content has been deleted.	23 Last	EarthQuake Jan 2009
UV workflow--->Seperate mesh items? Hello all! I have a work flow question regarding laying out UVs. On the image below I have identified two areas on the model that will receive different treatments, Area A and Area B. I have separ…	3 Last	Tumerboy Jan 2009
Max 2009 Polygon Statistics So I actually really like 2009s poly counter. Its nice that I can just hit 7, and it shows up in the corner and stays there, isnt a separate window that I have to drag out of the way or whatever.…	18 Last	vik Jan 2009
ZBrush help - Disabling dynamic brush size SOLVED What I'm trying to sort out is how do I turn off (or minimise) the dynamic brush size that changes based on pressure sensitivity. I still want to maintain the dynamic brush intensity. Basically like …	2 Last	Emil Mujanovic Jan 2009
Rigging in 3dsmax Hey guys,recently i started learning 3dsmax and i have some trouble rigging a model. I use the skeleton of the game Prey. When i pick all the bones and hit initialize,the model disappears so i click…	10 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2009
XSI 7.1 question Hey everyone, I was just wondering if anyone knew if files created in the new XSI version (7.1) are compatible with 7.	3 Last	Chicklet Jan 2009
zbrush annoyances. ok, so i've used the groupsplit tool to split my mesh down, but it's done it by element, so both boots are now different subtools. i can't edit one and have those edits show on the other, how can i …	29 Last	Unleashed Jan 2009
Split loop/insert loop script in max So, I'm looking for a script in max that will function similar to "split loop" in Silo, or a similar feature I've seen used in maya. In silo, you click an edge, hold a key down and move the mouse t…	36 Last	SyncViewS Jan 2009
Convert UT models to UT3 does anyone know how to convert ut99 characters to ut3? I would like to know if there is a way thanks:poly142:	0 Last	techlord Jan 2009
Corrupted max file woes Had a blackout while working on one of my models, which resulted in corruption of the max file (file open failed). Nothing usable in the autoback folder, merging with a clean file doesn't work. Any …	14 Last	commander_keen Jan 2009
Unreal Editor 3 problem Messing around with Unreal Editor 3 and I came across a few problems. Here's an example of what happened. Any ideas? It's the exact same scene imported into UE3. As you can see, it flips my UVs. 3d…	13 Last	A-Train Jan 2009
Basic WIP Lighting Setup.. Recently I've told not use GI renders when posting an update on a project. People have said that it does more bad than good. The lighting hides many details in the geometry of an object. So if I s…	7 Last	Pedro Amorim Jan 2009
cs4 3d painting and networking? Hello I just got my hands on cs 4 and ive been eager to test 2 big things. 1 being its 3d paint application and 2 being its networking. now for the 3d painting side Ive figured out how to use the …	1 Last	renderhjs Jan 2009
Who uses booleans? I was reading a thread about a student who's tutor said if you expect to work in the CG industry you HAVE to use booleans. Obviously that's absurd, everyone has a different workflow. But booleans are…	7 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2009
LCD screens and colors So i have a new LCD screen since my old loved CAD CRT died, and since then colors really trouble me. I got an LCD from Samsung that is supposed to have better colors. (one with these CCFL backlights)…	13 Last	thomasp Jan 2009
Unfold3D Blunders Currently I'm working on a low poly model in 3dmax and exported it into Unfold 3d, the problem is however that when I try to cut the model it says (Invalid mesh) one of the edges divides more than tw…	1 Last	animax Jan 2009
photoshop performance in vista (32/64) Hi folks, I´m using vista 32bit atm on my laptop and photoshop gives me some strange and annoying performance breaks ps CS: the brush-tool is very laggy and after I´ve used the hand-tool everything…	9 Last	Junkie_XL Jan 2009
How do you begin modeling a room I know it seems like a very basic thing but I'm starting a new project and I would like to start on the right foot. If you were to model a room, how would you start? Do you line up and merge plan…	13 Last	Talbot Jan 2009
Modeling with multiple comps over a network I was wondering, is it possible to do something in a program such as max/maya/zbrush where multiple people can be working on the same mesh at a given time? Open canvas did this for 2D and it was a re…	10 Last	MoP Jan 2009
UE3 Shader to mimic SF4 (WARNING LONG POST!) ok Ive been dealing with this on my off time for a while now and I cant take it anymore, ive asked alot of people personal questions online (and thank you for all your support and sorry for being a h…	25 Last	seforin Jan 2009
Direct x not working in 3ds max 9 Im running windows vista and i want to upgrade to 3ds max 9 so i checked out the demo everything runs fine but in the material editor the direct X feature is not showing up so i cant see real time re…	2 Last	ae. Jan 2009
Suggestive practice modelling subjects Hi everyone. I don't know how well this is going to work but we will see. Recently I've been trying to modeling various things for practice. But I found a little bit of a problem. When I'm ready …	18 Last	Talbot Jan 2009
iPhone/iPod touch Hey everyone! I've been doing some searching through the forum and other sites but I can't seem to find some general specs of what the ipod touch and iphone can handle for 2d and 3d graphics. I have …	2 Last	CrazyButcher Jan 2009
Whats your method for creating World Cubemaps/Spheres? (Space) I guess I'm trying to learn all the different methods of creating large rez cubemaps used for space environments. One method I saw was creating a 2d seamless space texture in PS, and throwing it on …	6 Last	jogshy Jan 2009
Modeling a complex building I'm about to start modeling this building for Crysis: [url]http://www.mybesthelsinki.com/HelsinkiArchitecture/Stockmann_Argos_building_Helsinki.jpg[/url] It's a corner of a department store located …	7 Last	Vailias Dec 2008
Problem with textures turning low res in UE3 Hi, My high res 2K textures on my character turn muddy low res when I want to reopen my scene back up in a different session. Just curious what gives with that? They still say 2048 in the generic …	16 Last	alexk Dec 2008
Photographing skies for sky domes So I just got a Nikon D80 for taking pictures and I was wondering if anyone knew of some tutorials or themselves knew how to take pictures of skies to create skydome or skybox textures. The only two…	19 Last	Marcel Dec 2008
More maya rigging grief couple of things, some of which are my own damn fault probably. some joints have no translate channels? when I select the joint it only shows the rotate channels in the channel window? thing is some…	6 Last	Hito Dec 2008
low frame rate in max on my laptop. doing some character animation with the low max rig. at 55% cpu usage and 33% memory usage i am only getting 10 fps. help? I'm leaving to work so i will check for answers tonight. …	12 Last	Cody Dec 2008