Technical Talk

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Maya Skin Weight Extract Like 3Ds Max Hey ya'll,I've been in 3Ds Max for the last year and one of my favorite features from it is the extract skin weights tool. Extract skin weights will create a copy of the mesh that holds onto the…	2 Last	oglu Mar 2020
Godot Engine 3.0 - Open source engine with big update coming Godot Engine has been around for a while. The next version is looking like a big step forward for 3D features:- Brand new 3D renderer featuring physically-based rendering, real-time global illu…	2 Last	Filip2020 Mar 2020
Curves from tubes for Maya Hi there!I'd like to represent you the tool for creating curves from tubes for Maya. Its main advantage is easiness of using. You may just select the geometry and the script will analise selecti…	0 Last	Jukov.CG Mar 2020
Blender objects transparent in Solid shading mode my objects in blender are transparent in solid shading mode after I switch back from wireframe shading.. but if I never used wireframe shading the objects are solid as they should be when in solid sh…	5 Last	Method14253 Mar 2020
Remeshing tools for hard-surface 3D scans? I've been scanning hard-surface items lately, such as gun parts, tools, car parts, etc. So far, I managed to get the scans in really good shape with minimal post-processing. Now I'm figuring out how …	4 Last	jStins Mar 2020
Zbrus:Add points to bend curve Can you add more points in the bend curves for Zbrush so I can curve it in more places?	0 Last	SeanWink Mar 2020
Working with Udims in maya, Substance painter, unreal and zbrush OK so I need immediate help with UDIMS in Maya to substance painter and possibly unreal engine but I'm having problems. First Substance painter isn't seeing the UDIMS properly in the 2D view and the …	2 Last	ChrisTheArtist Mar 2020
Volumetric clouds in games Or the appearance of at least. Anyone got any good pointers to technique? Any ideas of good examples to check out beyond the latest ms flight simulator? Many thanks.	19 Last	Neox Mar 2020
Blender- Issues with displacement and the displace modifier, exporting from ZBrush to Blender I've been trying to follow this tutorial to have a displacement map work on my model that I sculpted in ZBrush-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjAEtZAluGoBut for some reason it doesn't work.When I us…	0 Last	Yogev Mar 2020
Any animation software to use with Blender? Everywhere I go, I end up seeing Blender as rather mediocre. Even any decent models I do come across end up having pretty disappointingly low quality animations. That being said, I do know Blender do…	12 Last	AWad457W Mar 2020
Blender and maya diffuse texture issue in substance painter and marmoset toolbag the texture looks fine (straight lines on the pants) but in blender and maya it looks skewed, here are the images Blender:Substance painter	8 Last	Prime8 Mar 2020
UV does not bake correctly? (Maya & Substance Painter) i Unwrapped my UV's and I have an issue to where the UV shell which i marked in the picture does not bake correctly, it bakes an incorrect part, could someone tell me why this is happening? &nb…	13 Last	SkyDriver Mar 2020
Change "Selected" Wireframe color (3DS Max) I'm looking to change to wireframe color for objects in 3ds max. I know how to change it when the item is not selected, but im looking to change the color of the wireframe when in sub-object mode. W…	11 Last	Ghogiel Mar 2020
Making a 3d blade runner inspired city I'm making a futuristic city for a project in 3ds max.I want to place billboard type videos to faces of buildings just like in blade runner 2049.i textured buildings with glowing lights to get the gl…	6 Last	Eric Chadwick Mar 2020
3ds max gizmo scaling for higher precision like in Maya? There is a few things Maya has which I wish 3ds have and vice versa.Does anyone know if I can have gizmo scaling or other way to increase manipulation precision in 3ds max?For those who are not famil…	2 Last	Ghogiel Mar 2020
Zbrush Uv's Problem. Hello friends, I come to ask for help, to see if they can give me the solution...I'm modeling this character, the thing is that I don't know why when I want to take out the Uvs with the Unwrap and ke…	1 Last	kanga Mar 2020
Some questions regarding game pipelines... When to texture in a game pipeline?Working on a large sidescroller game with some friends. Just trying to plan out things and figure out when we should start texturing? Right now we have 1 of the 4 l…	10 Last	poopipe Mar 2020
Fundamentals of asset pipeline for item slotting system Recently I had an idea for a game that my team and I were considering working on. There is one major snag with the idea. We need to have a slotting system where the original object gets l…	5 Last	apelleti2 Feb 2020
[3DS Max] Material not showing in viewport Type your messageI notice this is a common question and have tried the solutions in a couple different threads. All I'm trying to do is apply a solid color to an element of my mesh. Using scanline I …	8 Last	Eric Chadwick Feb 2020
hmm so whats the best topo for this situation how does someone remove the ngons here?	4 Last	FrankPolygon Feb 2020
Decal technique from Star Citizen I keep hearing around about the decal technique from Star Citizen but I can't find any solid info about it. Can somebody explain what is it?	331 Last	icegodofhungary Feb 2020
Polypaint Problem in Zbrush 4 Hi guys i've started to polypaint a sculpt of mine and I did it in layers. Currently it looks like this: [URL="http://imgur.com/vu4za"][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/vu4za.jpg[/IMG][/URL] After turning …	13 Last	BitGem Feb 2020
New ShaderFX(Maya) tutorial series free on YouTube Hey all,I created a series of video tutorials for getting started with real-time shader authoring using ShaderFX in Maya. These are used as course material for our Technical Artist program …	2 Last	radiancef0rge Feb 2020
[3DS Max] Weird scene opening bug (Update: Now it won't render either) Hey.I've been working on some interior design in 3DS Max, and I suddenly started getting this generic error message upon opening the scene.This happens to previously saved scenes as well (I save incr…	5 Last	Dihemi Feb 2020
How to isolate/select/edit inner part of the head in 3ds max? Hi,is there any way i can select and edit inner part of the mesh in 3ds max?So for example i have an object, a cartoon head and i want to select and edit inner part of the mouth so i can make p…	4 Last	focus_method Feb 2020
Tutorial: 3d scanned rubble prop Hi Everyone,I put together a tutorial covering my workflow for a 3d scan based rubble prop. It is intended for people who are new to 3d scanning but familiar with game art workflows:http://www.alecmo…	11 Last	armagon Feb 2020
What defines "Next-Gen Game Asset" I would like to know that what defines the next-gen game asset.The production? The realistic outcome effect? Or the target platform of the asset being used?Is PBR workflow a definition of next-gen ga…	22 Last	Justo Feb 2020
How to Texuring an abc deforming object generated from houdini workflow (question mark) as title. please does anyone know how to do it? I have a blob in .abc format and someone asks me to texture it .but i have no idea ...	1 Last	oglu Feb 2020
maya multiple object edge to curve????!!! [help plz] hiii want to make this edges to curve for use in xgen...i have tried polygon edge to curve>convert>modify but it convert only one edge loop :(tnx for help	0 Last	ffm32206600 Feb 2020
Zbrush model to maya: When I import the model to maya it comes in pieces not one whole model Hello guys, I'm currently facing a problem with exporting from zbrush and importing to Maya.whenever I import the model, it shows in the outlines as several elements as if it's shattered.the second q…	6 Last	Nadra_Nagy Feb 2020
[3DS Max] Spherical objects… are there better ways to model this? Hey there guys, I’m new to Polycount and just looking for a little guidance. I’m in my last semester of art school and I’m currently putting together a character/prop modeling portfolio. One thi…	8 Last	Ghogiel Feb 2020
XReal - XGen to Unreal Hey there!I just wanted to let you know that I released a new "little" scriptwhich allows me to export XGen alembics from Maya to unreal in a fast way with a single click.(with the correct rotation)I…	2 Last	goekbenjamin Feb 2020
How to know is your mesh after retopo fine or not ? Hi,I was wondering how do I know is my mesh after retopo fine (ready for production) or not ? how can i test it ?Are there any kind of guides ?and what is the ok polycount usually for low poly …	9 Last	poopipe Feb 2020
Blender 2.8 Baking OBJECT Space Normals HiI am trying to use this workflow: https://youtu.be/Nz7oY1q470w TLDR:Basically you create your high poly and low poly as usual,but when is time to lay out your UVs, you make them more aggr…	21 Last	gnoop Feb 2020
[3DS Max] Problem aligning splines Hello again,So I have 1 spline. It is a spine controller and I aligned it to the pelvis. Pivot to pivot, orientation and position.I made a copy (not an instance) of the same spline to control the hip…	2 Last	99499 Feb 2020
Normal Map Gradients Hey Polycount, having an issue with some of my normal map bakes. I've been getting a lot of gradients in what I presume should be pretty flat surfaces, such as the base of this model, the cover, and…	15 Last	gabr01 Feb 2020
V-Ray Rendering all black I'm in Maya 2018 using V-Ray. My V-Ray physical camera keeps breaking. It renders all black. Regular cameras will render, but obviously the exposure is different. The minute I change it over to V-Ray…	2 Last	Batu_Khan Feb 2020
Maya animation adjust camera zoom speed I have a scene in Maya where the camera is zooming at a constant speed. I want to adjust it so the camera zooms more slowly at the beginning of the animation and resumes normal speed as it cont…	2 Last	Batu_Khan Feb 2020
Poly count for a low poly STYLE game Hello! I'm brand new on 3D modeling, with a modest 3-week experience, but I started a personal project of a simple low poly style tavern for my studies. I've just made some props and I'm fairly satis…	1 Last	PolyHertz Feb 2020
Zbrush to 3ds max problems...help!! hi...guys I'm new to displacment maps and exporting mesh from zbrush to 3ds max for rendering. here is my brad pitt likeness i have sculpted in zbrush. i'm not sure about what i have done. i hav…	4 Last	MoSaleh Feb 2020
Maya, Rigging, Rotate Joints using using "local rotation axis" Heya im new to rigging in Maya an was watching a guide which said all joints need to be pointing with the "Y" in the direction it shall move forward correctly. He used Component type as a selection t…	0 Last	GarethStandfield Feb 2020
Paint Select / Preview SubObject for UV mode in 3ds max Hey guys! I need to do a lot of UV mapping lately, with constant editing of UV islands, paired with heavy booleaning which sometimes breaks shells into pieces. So i was wondering is there any Paint S…	2 Last	Geekson Feb 2020
Maya Scene Converter Work in progresshttps://github.com/mhdmhd/MayaSceneConverterMaya Scene Converter is a python-based Qt tool for converting scenes from a render engine to another in Maya, it is not a perfect conversio…	0 Last	mhdmhd Feb 2020
Running 3DS max on Linux with WINE Hey all! I’m going to be switching to Linux Mint soon. One of my concerns with the switch is running some 3D apps, like Max for one - I know that it “should” be possible with WINE. I’m wonderin…	0 Last	Daf57 Feb 2020
Animation bake & export MEL script Just wanted to share a simple scripted for quickly baking and exporting animations in Maya. There's quite a few clicks to go through the process, even more so if there is no proper layering for meshe…	4 Last	m137 Feb 2020
Maya 2020 Bug i noticed when i use xgen in maya, i cant open up the "Expression Editor"nothing pops up...googled the problem but it does not looks like its fixed? -->https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/ma…	3 Last	goekbenjamin Feb 2020
[TUTORIAL] How to do blends and welding seams Small tutorial 4 you guys. Sorry if someone allready posted something similar, I've missed it. Anyway.I should say that my english is not very well, so if you find any mistakes, I will appreciate if …	14 Last	FishMan Feb 2020
How do you model Afro hair for games in Maya How do you model kinky bush Afro hair for games in Maya 2019. Hairstyles you would see in NBA 2k series etc.	1 Last	Ghogiel Feb 2020
Maya Interactive Boolean Tool - Exposing Maya's Procedural Booleans Hey guys, after seeing a thread about revealing the input object for a Boolean in Maya, i realised that Maya had procedural Booleans under the hood (athough not 100% bulletproof). So I went to …	8 Last	oglu Feb 2020
DcBoolManager- Free maya script for boolean modeling Hi,DcBoolManager is a free maya script to enhance boolean modeling workflow.It works on maya 2016 and above.It's available on gumroad here:https://gum.co/LMlqIt's still wip so please give it a try an…	34 Last	oglu Feb 2020