Technical Talk

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Deep Paint 3D and opacity maps Hi all, I'm having trouble getting my opacity map to show in DP -- hopefully someone here actually uses this app. MAX viewport shows it but the DP viewport / projection doesn't. I have the opacity "o…	1 Last	multivac Nov 2008
Any Woman Base meshes Are there any examples online of women base meshs? I want to create a woman base mesh for myself/// work right now for the next thing im working on but im wondering if there good examples of base mes…	7 Last	pior Nov 2008
More photoshop woes... Some of these may just be bugs I'll have to live with but I figured I'd post up and see if anyone has any solutions: 1- Photoshop CS3 And 3ds Max 9 Selection Tool Lag, Alright basically whenever I…	6 Last	Ott Nov 2008
3d race level Hi, I'm beginner in game design, i want design 3d race level but i want to ask, is there some tips i should know before start design this level.. like level size, poly numbers...! the camera in this…	5 Last	newmfa Nov 2008
Tiling Textures Question... Alright, so basically for a race track I'm creating the track is made up of welded pieces of metal. Now, texturing that works fine for straight part sections, becuase of course you can do a relativel…	7 Last	Stronin Nov 2008
Ambient Occlusion artifacts Hullo Polycount members, I'm afraid I need your help. I'm a game art student from the Uk currently engaged in 'technical research' for my project and I seem to have hit a bit of a block. I've been …	13 Last	Warbringerd Nov 2008
object space normal maps in 3DS max 2009 hi all, I've been trying to display object space normal maps in 3DS max 2009. It's not as easy as it sounds. the images are of the same model with standard shader. They have spec, diffuse, and n…	21 Last	Ninjas Nov 2008
maya normal weirdness This might be something simple but I'm buggered about figuring what it is... left image is before, how I want it to look; the right is after what I did. [img]http://www.studiosojourn.com/problem.jpg…	4 Last	ivars Nov 2008
Good Poly Flow Hey there! I'm new to the site and this is my first post. I'm currently enrolled in a Game Art and Design major at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. This quarter I got to take my intro to 3D modeling …	4 Last	Hellspawn Nov 2008
UE3 errors Hey all, I've been busy trying to complete a level... and I just tried to open up the editor and its giving me an error that says this: [b]AppName: ut3.exe AppVer: 0.0.0.0 ModName: ut3.exe[/b] I'v…	2 Last	gamedev Nov 2008
Photoshop problem in Vista64 Hey dudes, im suffering from jitter and lag when i try to use my tablet in photoshop on Vista64, iv got a powerful machine so its not hardware. Iv disabled the tabletpc stuff as far as im aware. has…	8 Last	Ott Nov 2008
Hi there Im new Hi I am Sneblot (aka Ben) I am really in to my pixel art and I am beginning to use 3D Studio Max with the idea of making low poly characters to start off with moving in to higher detailed enviroments…	4 Last	Sneblot Nov 2008
Question about my unwrapping hey guys, I am unwrapping a vehicle at the moment and I had a question about my unwrapping process. If you look at the highlighted object you'll notice that its stretching in some place and I think…	5 Last	Billabong Nov 2008
mudbox 1 questions... ok so its been a LONG time since ive sculpted with mud 1, so it took some getting use to with the controls and short cuts and such again...but its been so long that basic things have just been forgot…	1 Last	ivars Nov 2008
3ds max: Meshsize lines Hi guys, I've got an stupid problem with probably a quite simple solution: I was modelling this dragon and suddenly I saw those "mesh size" lines around the meshes, I don't know what button I pressed…	3 Last	butt_sahib Nov 2008
"Push" filter Illustrator You know, I cant find a tool in Illustrator to "push" (bulge) a closed path (shape). The closest is putting another copy of the object behind and putting a large stroke on it, which distorts when yo…	1 Last	Michael Knubben Nov 2008
Zbrush not saving/crashing during save Just lost about 4 hours work after Zbrush decided to crash during saving. This was made even worse by the fact that it looks like all of the saves I've made since I started today using Ctrl-S haven't…	6 Last	Steve Schulze Nov 2008
Zbrush import texture to follow model contours. The only tool I have figured that comes the closest is the Image Plane. However, it renders the texture on flat from that POV. What tool do I use to import a texture that will allow me to bake it o…	0 Last	oXYnary Nov 2008
Next Gen Poly Budgets I'm working on my senior project in school. I'm trying to use some 'next gen' techniques, and fleshing out my environment around something along the lines of a gears or UT3 set of restrictions. My …	15 Last	arlrex Nov 2008
3DS UV Tools So, I'm working on an art test and messing with 3DS (as opposed to Maya) for the first time. Modeling was easy but now UV mapping in confusing the hell out of me. Maya seems to have these in depth …	4 Last	praetus Nov 2008
3D texture. What is it? Ok, I understand what a 1D and a 2D texture is. But what exactly is a 3d texture? how would I as an artist make one? What would programmers do with it after I did make one? Just curious as some o…	11 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2008
Cs3 brush opacity prob Never had a problem in other version but seems the pen pressure opacity option is hit or miss. I've tested to see if my pen is nutz but its a-ok. Anyone else have probs with this or maybe a solutio…	4 Last	Spinks Nov 2008
Rayfire Tool @ Cryengine² Some of you my know that I'm doing a lot of destructable assets at the moment (beside my trees of course hehe). After some testing and messing around I tried the "[I]Rayfire Tool[/I]" made by Mir V…	1 Last	PixelMasher Nov 2008
rendering normals with light & shadow Hey guys, I am definitely having a problem. I am making environments for my portfolio. The have normal and spec maps. ( made in maya ) So, the high quality rendering looks alright. But I need to re…	3 Last	bugo Nov 2008
need a cut tool that keeps normals as they were pre-cut any ideas, this is so i can cut and weld normal mapped peices which fucks stuff up at diaganol corners, now if the cut tool kept the normal from the surface pre-cut then thing would be rosie, any ide…	8 Last	MoP Nov 2008
Awesome Spritesheet Tool (GlueIt) GlueIT I have been working on a contract for the last two weeks that's required a lot of rendered out sprite animations, and this tool is awesome for compiling images into spritesheets: [url]http:/…	0 Last	Ajax Nov 2008
Game art trends and styles just wanted to hear different opinions about this. I've noticed so far with game art that the mainstream visual canon is the highly detailed, heavily normal-mapped, going for realism sort of thing (…	4 Last	rdramsay1121 Nov 2008
Vertex Paint problem in 3ds max Hello i have a little problem with the vertex paint in 3ds max. Unfortunately i have collapsed my vertex paint with my editable poly. So my game engine cant recognize the vertex paint. is there a tr…	5 Last	mikote Nov 2008
Script shortcut to button in Max Hey guys. I was wondering how I could go about making a button that activates a script that I can place on my toolbar in Max? I did this awhile ago, but I've totally forgotten what I did.	14 Last	Mark Dygert Nov 2008
Painting with acrylics I have been painting a painting with acrylics for awhile off an on. For things like cloth and metal I can get the blending I want fairly easily. Now that I'm painting skin tones and things like the l…	15 Last	claydough Nov 2008
going from maya to max Hi i have had a hard time going from maya to max and i just have some questions regarding tools. 1. snap: i used snaping for everything in maya, to align vert etc to heights of other verts and snapp…	3 Last	breakneck Nov 2008
Max 2009 problems? Since I have started Id, I have been working in 2009 version of Max, with nothing but continious crashes ( sometimes up to 40 times a day ) Needless to say this is becoming difficult to get any work…	6 Last	Spark Nov 2008
Texture problem (housemodel) Hello! Im trying to texture a housemodel i have made for UT3 but im not sure what technique i shuld use ? Usually when its a small prop i build a lowpoly model clone it and the second mesh i put som…	5 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2008
Art Design Document ? Hi, everyone! What a good forum here and so cool stuff on ^^! I'm happy to join you! Well, i'm looking for some "art design dociment" references to improve mines, so if you know some references, t…	0 Last	repstyle Nov 2008
How do I unify normals? Hi, Working with max here. I have all the points welded for a particular object. Normals on some faces are flipped and some are not. I've come to the conclusion that the "Normal modifier" in max …	4 Last	Thewiruz Nov 2008
[Max 2k9] Help w/ exporting freeze mmk, so im doing a little model of a cliff, 150-300 polys, and im gonna bring it into zbrush for detailing (DUH) and whenever i goto export as an .obj max just freezes with the save as... box still u…	9 Last	monster Nov 2008
Video: Skinning Tip [url]http://www.juantwo.com/tutorials/video/skinning_tip_divx.avi[/url] 1/2 Meg I made a quick video of something I do very often when skinning. It seems obvious once you see it, but I know many pe…	1 Last	MoP Nov 2008
rendering normal maps / maya hej guys, 1. im trying to render out an environment of mine but not getting the normal maps and having shadow problems. Is there a tutorial out there ? 2. do people still lightbake an occlusion m…	3 Last	ivars Nov 2008
get pics with UE3 hey guys. I have a little question. i see much is shown here with UE3 and i want to make some models from me in UE3 for Portfolio and to learn more about this engine. I import all stuff in the unreal…	3 Last	Yozora Nov 2008
Tansfer maps will not work for me Hey guys, i've been trying to bake my normals from a highpoly to a low using transfer maps, with no luck whatsoever, all i i get is a purple texture (all purple) here's how i have my meshes : [IMG…	4 Last	rares Nov 2008
Max Problem [FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#000000]Hi, I'm having a huge problem with Max.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][COLOR=#000000]I opened the Materials Editor and clicke…	1 Last	Amaz_Ed Nov 2008
Max to Maya Help So we just switched from Max to Maya here at the office and I've run into a few issues that hopefully you folk can help me with. First off, how do I turn ignore backfacing off? Everytime I try to se…	18 Last	claydough Nov 2008
Problems Rendering Passes in Max I am trying to composite passes that I have rendered out of 3DS max, but I'm having an issue that I can't seem to find an answer to. I have a scene with cards in various areas and they use opacity m…	0 Last	rjhalvorson Nov 2008
Max 2009 - Cloning in place. . . yes, the issue has arisen again. This time I HAVE to figure out a way around it. Cryptic just upgraded from Max 8 to 2k9. I (like many) have been using Shift-LMB to clone objects, and more importa…	7 Last	Ryno Nov 2008
Align/Orient to joint in Maya Hey folks I'm learning some rigging in Maya, after picking up animation (pretty easy compared to rigging). Can't seem to figure out how to align and orient a circle (control object) to a joint. Can…	16 Last	Warbringerd Nov 2008
Mental Ray baking problems So I'm trying to process within Max 9 (normally use xnormal but I cant now) I can bake everything fine - get good normal maps, diffuse, etc, so I know how to work it and work the cage fine. But when…	2 Last	ImSlightlyBored Nov 2008
Laptops without glossy screens? Hey, so I was going to get the new macbook pro 15" logged on to the apple website and discovered the new 2008 model now only features the super reflective glass screen much to my disappointment. Does…	0 Last	malcolm Nov 2008
3d max grid question hey maxusers, is there a way in max to set custom grid sizes, for example 1,0 and 0,1, and map those to the keyboard?	4 Last	fade1 Nov 2008
Zmapper: Things that make you go hmmm. This is more a question that I cant figure out. Why hasn't Pixologic combined Zmapper with ALL map creation tools? From AO to height/displacement? If I have a low rez model with different topology…	4 Last	3devo Nov 2008
batch bake mentalray network rendering hey guys, i have a question here that its killing me, I really hope there´s a way to do it. I need to bake a 8 million mesh high and I need to setup a network rendering (small renderfarm) to bake it.…	4 Last	bugo Nov 2008