Technical Talk

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Spec Maps: The Red Headed Step Child I wanted to start this thread to learn more about creating better spec maps. Spec maps always seem like they get no love and are just an after thought to most models. I'd like to hear any techniques,…	7 Last	moose Oct 2008
Photoshop: What brushes do you paint with? I'm sitting here trying to improve my photoshop painting technique, and while painting I realize that most of the awesome paintings I see done with photoshop have a lot of brush strokes that certainl…	12 Last	bounchfx Oct 2008
Max to Maya via FBX? I'm looking to convert some animations from Max 8 or 9 to Maya by FBX... The models are pretty simple with simple rigs, just bones and a few constraints. nothing fancy. I'm using FBX200608 I expor…	5 Last	Hito Oct 2008
Photoshop batch processing question Ive got a folder full of tgas, and I need to make sure theyre all using RLE compression. The first solution that came to mind was to make an action that saves the tga with RLE compression, and then…	12 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2008
uploading my own images on polycount forum Hey guys and gals, I would love to know how I could upload pictures from my computer onto the polycount forum ?? I'm a member of the pixeljoint forum and they use the attachment system wich is quit…	2 Last	AnimeAngel Oct 2008
Photoshop CS4 Extended: 3D paint Anyone try out the 3D painting feature in photoshop yet? what do it do, and how does it make UVs?	11 Last	John Warner Oct 2008
Unreal 3 Reflection Vector I'm trying to setup my material to reflect an image I've created, but to no avail. I'm following one of Epic's materials, but for whatever reason mine isn't working. I don't know what the errors mean…	6 Last	erik! Oct 2008
Looking for Palm Leaf Texture so as the title says Im looking for some really good hi rez palm leaf textures/photographs to use for you guessed it; a palm tree! Ive been searching thru Flickr and have been getting some decent re…	6 Last	Tumerboy Oct 2008
Collapsed UV Anxiety Attack II "The Wipeout!" Hello there, I use Max 9 I am pulling apart the UVs on the house from my portfolio site, Im almost done the textures, but I noticed that as I went through and grabbed my UV's that certain faces we…	2 Last	Microneezia Oct 2008
How to fail an art test, by EricV So I just did a lil test for Digital Extremes and yeahhh Im not too sure but I think I may have bombed it. they gave me a little fire hydrant to make, 500-600 polys in 4 hrs with a 256x256 diffus…	73 Last	Mando Magic Oct 2008
3dsmax Double click no longer selects child objects On Friday I lost the ability to double click on an object and have it select all of the children objects. I worked around it and didn't feel like restarting 3dsmax or my machine which I figured would…	5 Last	gamedev Oct 2008
bizarre keyboard/wacom problem I've never seen this happen before until yesterday, and then again today. Yesterday, while in Max, using Polyboost's polydraw tools, I'd click a tool (Border or Move, for instance) and it'd become hi…	4 Last	Thewiruz Oct 2008
UV mapping techniques I think I spend a lot of time on uv mapping. do you guys have any tips to speed things up?	12 Last	MoP Oct 2008
Maya's paint tool, or lack thereof! Alritghy all, I've been rigging my character for about 3 hours now, using maya's paint tool to paint the weights... but it is just not sticking. Every now and then it keeps on bugging out and killing…	3 Last	Vailias Oct 2008
How would you map this? Hey all. So it has been a while since I have done mapping or anything other then characters and I need to UV and texture this gnarled tree. Unwrapping it seems rather daunting and also seems that if …	10 Last	AnimeAngel Oct 2008
Outdoor lighting Hey I was just wondering a decent lighting setup for an outdoor environment? I have never lit an outdoor environment so I would just like to get a general direction. I will be doing this inside of Ma…	61 Last	Reverenddevil Oct 2008
Best render settings in Maya? Hey everyone, I'm preparing my models for an interview and was wondering what's the best way to render in Maya for characters? I like what my models look like with default lighting turned off, is the…	3 Last	Proxzee Oct 2008
quick hair question that is drivin' me mad... i need to make this chickpoo's hair. the hair itself is no probs. however....i REALLY want to get the messy bits that are on the outer shape of her hair. man....there HAS to be a way. i've been e…	3 Last	bugo Oct 2008
Max bones Haven't created a bones rig in awhile. What's the best way of duplicating the finger bones? I created the index finger, but shift-copying for the other three causes all sorts of wonkiness. Mirroring …	10 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2008
Rigging Question Hi guys, I'm currently having a go at setting up a couple of rigs and would like to know how I should go about creating something like this. I'm working in Max but I'm sure most techniques will car…	2 Last	Showster Oct 2008
Hi to Low scripts Hey Polycount I'm doing some more hi to low poly stuff. I've got a rather complex shape going for my hi poly object, shown below. I've got some more to do until I consider it finished, and I also …	4 Last	Mark Dygert Oct 2008
For better Wacom results.. Grab a paper business card and put it under your hand. Where the meaty part of your hand meets the wacom plastic. No more dragging from the friction between your hand and the board. It's very smooth.…	13 Last	East Oct 2008
animate .cgfx shader i tried to animate the uv coordiantes of a .cgfx shader, but i can't see anything in the maya viewport. does anybody know if this is a general problem of .cgfx or is there a way to display this in ma…	7 Last	fade1 Oct 2008
funky_AO glitchs. Why causes the likes of ? Time and again, I run into these weird artifacts when baking out AO. [IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f242/berskyz0r/funkyproblemAO.jpg[/IMG] When looking at the problem it seems like it …	15 Last	Mark Dygert Oct 2008
Editable Polys in 3ds Max I saw a tutorial where this guy was making a face, in Maya. This one: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xls25e08sSg[/ame] Now I see that he's connecting faces, dividing polygons with the greatest …	8 Last	sprunghunt Oct 2008
anyone made tiling meshes with mudbox beta testing 2009 ATM, and ive been wandering if/how anyone has made tiling meshes. this is particularly for env.work I have figured out how to make meshes tile using Zbrush using a combination of…	43 Last	Michael Knubben Oct 2008
Unrealed and tablet Is there a way to make tablet useful inside the editor?	4 Last	bugo Oct 2008
how does one make an image like this in photoshop?? [url]http://www.angelabetts.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/psychedelic.jpg[/url] [url]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Psychedelic.PNG[/url] i don't want all the tiny little …	17 Last	pyromania Oct 2008
Game editors, which one to choose Hey guys, i'm in my final year of college now and i have to make a project for my diploma. My ideea was to make something like a plane hangar or a car showroom where you could ineteract with the cars…	15 Last	rhoymand Oct 2008
Some help with my normal mapping I have a basic power switch that I have modeled. Its nothing complex, just a box with some raised text and a few switches. I created a basic four sided box to encompass the high poly one and use as m…	7 Last	Billabong Oct 2008
weird zbrush artifact....any idea? i get these little dots....only when i'm at subd 5-6. any ideas? i imported to max....nothing wrong. i restart computer....nothing wrong...still there. any help would be appreciated. thanks [UR…	4 Last	Funky Bunnies Oct 2008
Dual Monitor and Dual Graphic Card Qs Dual Monitor and Dual Graphic Card Qs Hello, I figured it would make the most sense to ask the polycount community about these questions as my rig is setup primarily for making 3d art and playing 3d…	0 Last	BradMyers82 Oct 2008
how do I do an unlit turnaround render? I want to render a turn around of a low poly model, but unlit and with no anti aliasing or crazy filtering. Can someone please link me to or tell me what would be the easiest way to do this? either i…	6 Last	El Z0rR Oct 2008
Maxscript to select every other face / edge in a ring? Has anyone come across a script like this? I find myself selecting every other face or edge in an edge loop quite often. Looking for something similar to the pattern selection tools in Modo. Thanks!	6 Last	gamedev Oct 2008
batch render problem in maya 8.5 hi all, has anyone here experienced this particular batch rendering problem in maya 8 or 8.5?.... i can make beautiful still renders with mental ray. but i go on to batch render an animated scene...…	2 Last	purple monkey Oct 2008
Is there a maxscript to do this? Hi guys, Just thought of something i have to do quite often, and i was wondering if it wasn't possible to scriptify it :D. whenever i make reference planes in max this is what i do: -create a mater…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2008
Good MAX features tutorial videos Hey guys, I found this site while searching for some tutorials, he has a good selection of useful things I never knew about in Max. Maybe they will be new to others. :thumbup: [URL]http://www.louis…	0 Last	maltuna Oct 2008
Mental Ray AO is all black. [U]edit I bumped this thread because of similar problems- new post below[/U] Hey guys. When I am baking out my Ao, the final image everything is all black. I'm doing it the right way, I am 99% p…	18 Last	Mark Dygert Oct 2008
average the length of a selection of edges ? MEL i'm looking to create a script ( if there isn't one out there already ?? ) that will average the length of a selection of edges. the practical application would be for creating belts and straps etc …	6 Last	Funky Bunnies Oct 2008
3ds Max fixed lights? Hey guys, Recently i've managed to set up my own lighting system, and i think it'd be nice if it would move with the camera, so the lighting on your object changes along with the camera. (just like …	14 Last	Japhir Oct 2008
wd hard drive issues? seems like western digital and i cant get along, ive lost up to 4 of there drives in 2 yrs time, ive had my maxtor for years and no issues as a main drive, i just had my 500gig ata start not showing …	6 Last	chrismaddox3d Oct 2008
Nasty Normal Map Seem on stacked UVs Hola all fellow polycounters! Been messing around trying to figure out how to avoid this nasty seem I got, and judging by other threads it seems as if others might have the same problem. Two heads b…	18 Last	SHEPEIRO Oct 2008
Exporting from 3DS max to Zbrush - mesh explode hi, I was wondering if anyone knows how to fix the problem I'm having when trying to import uvs into zbrush 3.1 from max9: I've exported my model (sub. lv. 1) from zbrush to max to do the uvs in…	4 Last	artstream Oct 2008
3dsmax 2009 dxshader bug I am not sure why and what caused it, but max2009's dx9 shaders only send the "u" coordinate in all .fx shaders for the first texcoord set. VERY weird since I had this max versions working already, b…	1 Last	CrazyButcher Oct 2008
Mudbox,Is it posseble to make bricks.... Hello Yesterday i made a wall.I want to make a brickwall but when i made a stencil in photoshop and imported it to MB it seems like i cant get a brick pattern,I need that so i cant import the mesh i…	3 Last	Ged Oct 2008
GOW: Tutorials and Cover Upon your recommendation I bought UT3 and have been learning UE3. Then I realized I don't care for UT3's game style. I want to build environment that are still functional but tell more narrative and …	10 Last	rhoymand Oct 2008
Ink and Paint question. I've been trying to do something in 3ds Max I'm not entirely sure is possible. I want the Ink and Paint Shader to be active but at the same time have a texture map on an object the shader is applied…	3 Last	cman2k Oct 2008
Non square textures in Unreal 3? Hey guys, I was importing things into the engine today and I come across a problem with non square textures. so I imported some 256 x 512 maps into the engine. in the generic browser it seems like u…	13 Last	EarthQuake Oct 2008
Tiling normals? I have a quick question/ need help. I have an object that is using a tiling texture it is a failry larg piece. Now I want to be able to add normal detail to the trim all around it. The problem is I h…	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2008
Connecting 2 computers to 1 External Hard Drive Possible?	3 Last	Farfarer Oct 2008