Technical Talk

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Extra mouse buttons - way to utilize? On this Logitech MX500 I have a 'back' and 'forward' button under my thumb; they seem to not be innately recognized inside Maya. Is there a way to assign them to anything? I'd love to flip between …	1 Last	Slum Aug 2006
Sticker art? I've sotpped doing 3d for quite some time now, and I came across the sticker art scene some days ago and i find it quite cool. Now I wonder some things: I wanna do some black and white designs like …	7 Last	-Ark- Aug 2006
maya additive and multiplicitive materials Hey guys - Out of the box in Maya, it seems impossible to make a purely additive or multiplicitive material (such as one that might make light rays when applied to some planes). a) am I wrong? a…	8 Last	noritsune Aug 2006
erm skd thread? I'm having a slow / bad morning... wheres the sdk thread gone :-s	2 Last	Showster Aug 2006
Maya to Max while keeping topology I've got a maya model as .obj which I assume is in quads as the screenshots provided show it that way. When I import the file in max 7, it's in tris (and needing lots of edge turning). Does anyone kn…	9 Last	Zergxes Aug 2006
VOXEL based modelers? Are there any voxel based modelers? IMHO it would be best solution for sculpting. You might think the file size would be huge but 2 colour 2000x10,000 GIF is only 23 kb so 2000x2000x10,000 scene woul…	8 Last	Rhinokey Aug 2006
MudBox Beta Sign up Here is a link a friend sent my way, to sign up for the Mudbox beta... [url="https://mudbox3d.com/form/betaRequestForm/betaformsignup.html"]Mudbox Beta[/url] [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]	4 Last	kat Aug 2006
Howdy, Need a large MD2. Hey everybody, I'm new here! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I'm currently a game developer in training and I'm currently working on an MD2 encoder/decoder for my game engine. I've been havi…	4 Last	CheapAlert Aug 2006
Max File Bloat Anyone know the command for the garbage collector you put in the listner window in max...thought it was ()gc ....but doesn't seem to be working.... THanks	3 Last	FatAssasin Aug 2006
Does MAX archive incremental saves of your work? ...cause that would totally rock. I lost some work last night due to a crash and im trying to figure out if there is any way to salvage it. Im not at home right now so i cant check it. Anyone kn…	6 Last	ChaosEidolon Aug 2006
Languages in 3dsmax well, putting it bluntly, ive gone back on a dutch speaking binge (preparing to move back out there). and the easiest way to learn any language is to immerse yourself in it. is there any way to get 3…	6 Last	CrazyButcher Aug 2006
Maya AO map Hey, do you guys have a favorite workflow or tutorial for generating an AO map from within Maya 7/mental ray that you point me to? I'm trying to learn how. Thanks! scott	6 Last	Tulkamir Aug 2006
texture projection? 3ds max. well for some reason I can only search like once a day on this forum lol, so Ill have to ask this question maybe prematurly. however I havnt been able to find it anywere so maybe not. I am wondering…	11 Last	dkorch Aug 2006
Animated UVS for eyeball behavior Can someone explain to me or point me to a resource that describes how Valve and Epic are achieving iris movement for dynamic tracking behavior? [img]/images/graemlins/ooo.gif[/img]	3 Last	Ruz Aug 2006
3DS Problem Okay, so I have this issue when using anything that requires moving / resizing. Instead of letting me scale down one axis, it does it to scale, and instead of having red, green, and blue line, they …	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Aug 2006
Samurai SDK? Hi, does anyone know where ican find a samurai sdk? thanks	2 Last	conte Aug 2006
Mental Ray Tutorials and .mi Hey, I'm trying to learn Mental Ray so I downloaded the book tutorial from the mental ray site, but it just gave me a zip filled with a bunch of .mi files and a few other ones. Anyone know what .mi i…	2 Last	Tulkamir Aug 2006
maya render window almost every time I render something, it goes white, along with large portions of the screen. Theres no way of telling if the render is going pear shaped until its done.. is this par for the course o…	4 Last	pyromania Aug 2006
Anyone mess with Maya 8 yet? Was wondering I heard about it the other day, haven't heard much about it.. Anyone check it out? [img]/images/graemlins/ooo.gif[/img]	9 Last	malcolm Aug 2006
do you believe in love at first sight? (mudbox) got my grubby hands on mudbox. learning time: 5 minutes. UI: lovely KISS, so clean and unconvoluted, it puts everything else to shame. ok whatever, off to mudbox.	47 Last	los Aug 2006
my first 3D model (it's bad) One of the other interns at work today showed my how to do some basic stuff with Lightwave, then he gave me a demodisk. I can't remember how to do a lot of the things he showed me, like get rid of th…	6 Last	Rick Stirling Aug 2006
Converting ASE/OBJ to LWO Does anyone have tried and tested methods for converting files from 3DS Max into .LWO format? I've tried searching for scripts/plugins, no joy there. Milkshape almost works, but doesn't support mate…	10 Last	Blaizer Aug 2006
Model Optimization for next gen.. feedback? In my continuing quest for perfection.. and getting my polycount lower in zbrush to allow for the next sub-d level, I have been deleting uneeded items from the character I can create and normal map s…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Aug 2006
never used SSS before... can someone post a good tut that they know of? i'd really appreciate it.	4 Last	fritz Aug 2006
Looking for a specific video tut Hey there, hopefully you all can help me relocate a video tut I saw a while back of modeling the facial features. It involved using a tube for the mouth, and I think the guy's name was Jack(could be …	2 Last	animatr Jul 2006
3ds Max reset to defaults Help Hi, I am working on custom meshes for a ut2004 level. When I am unwrapping and have select face on I get a red ring around my polygon selections instead of the solid red with default settings.Ive po…	3 Last	Slum Jul 2006
Weird photoshop problem. Normally, when using the brush tool, you hold alt to sample a color. For some reason, when I do that, it samples to the background color slot, rather than foreground. As you can imagine, it's quite a…	7 Last	Wells Jul 2006
Zbrush Workflow Okay dokie, I've got part of the basics down for Zbrush, getting ready to try to do a normal map for a character I'm doing for my portfolio. I've built a few models in zbrush now, but haven't actuall…	6 Last	frostymoose Jul 2006
Texture Seams I'm taking a large texture image and cutting it down into texture strips to put on a wall and I'm getting these nasty seams where the different textures meet, which i think is do to the bilinear filt…	7 Last	danr Jul 2006
Need help in texturing my model i have made a character in max 8(4700 tri's inc accessories-not shown) i created a normal map in zbrush using zmapper i have thrown on some basic colours to give me an idea. Ireally want to go crazy …	15 Last	Pedro Amorim Jul 2006
does anyone know how i can put my max looking like so.. does anyone know how i can put my max looking like max r3? i mean. how can i have a shelf like that. with all the stuff. [img]http://www.softpedia.com/screenshots//3D-Studio-Max_2.png[/img]	11 Last	Pedro Amorim Jul 2006
another quick question,meshsmooth modifier. Howdy guys I have been using Nurbs subdivision in edit poly mode to create my hi-poly meshes. But now ive been introduced to the crease tool in the meshsmooth modifier Now I tend to use the nurbs …	2 Last	Bronco Jul 2006
Normal mapping ?..psshh...Relief Mapping ! I was looking at some info on Crysis when I seen a link to a site which has a guy who is developing relief mapping . I did'nt think much of it at first ( just another tech demo which won't be used re…	11 Last	malcolm Jul 2006
maya: instancing lights Hi, I want to have a bunch of instanced lights so when I alter the value of one, the rest change. When I duplicate one with instance ticked, the new one doesn't do nowt (nee light). NE clues?	8 Last	rooster Jul 2006
max: replacing instances for the game I'm making, we'll be in a position where I might need to replace a bunch of instanced objects with a different object. Can anyone think of a relatively easy way of doing this? I think I …	8 Last	rooster Jul 2006
n gon selection in max Hey folks, does anybody know how I can have all polygons that have a certain number of vertices (or are just simply over 4 vertices) in my mesh selected. I wanna get rid of them... I googled and ask…	6 Last	monster Jul 2006
Unwrapping... Help Me God! I'm about to jump off a cliff. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to Unwrap my models, and I've got tons but never get to skin them. I didn't know if someone was available for me to ask som…	21 Last	artrynk Jul 2006
speckles/dithering in maya software render I'm getting minor speckles that look like a dithering problem in some renders... Any idea what this might be? It's usually only in a small concentrated area.	3 Last	Erol Jul 2006
showing spec and bump mapping in viewports title pretty much says it all. I was wondering if there is a way to show spec and bump maps in viewports. I've tried looking but can't seem to find any way to show them.	2 Last	Slum Jul 2006
After Effects Glow? i am tooling around with After Effects 6.5 and i want to make a simple square glow. is that possible or do i have to have that add on pack?	4 Last	moose Jul 2006
Tri's back to Quads in Max. Hi all Im just wondering if there is anyway I can convert triangles back to Quads? Basically in a rush of blood I hit editable patch then collapsed down to editable mesh,this has leaved me with onl…	8 Last	Soccerman18 Jul 2006
Zbrush: Sub-d leveling and loss of detail I find Im having a tendency to go up and down in my sub d stack adding or smoothing larger or smaller areas. I noticed tonight that by the end, even though I didn't work on my eyebrows or hair durin…	7 Last	oXYnary Jul 2006
can you texture without being a modeler? Yesh. Is it possible to be a texture artist without being a modeler? If so, does anyone have some suggestions on what software or where one should start?	20 Last	oXYnary Jul 2006
Byron's Polytools? I'm guessing it's similiar to MJ Polytools. I just picked up the Gnomon polygon 101 video from school and it's using Byron's Poly Tools linky: [url="http://www.deathfall.com/article.php?sid=2943"]ht…	1 Last	Bertmac Jul 2006
need help finding reference i am having a hard time finding reference of homeless people, not just the sterotypical hobo with a beard and stocking cap. like gutter punks, herion addicts, squatters. real nasty looking people. i…	8 Last	arshlevon Jul 2006
Decided: Maya IS superior I had my doubts until I got this error message. I am now a true believer in Maya's obvious superiority to all other 3d modeling packages: [img]http://home.comcast.net/~m4rkf/MAYA_WTF.jpg[/img]	13 Last	Steve Schulze Jul 2006
retrieval of facial textures? are there any proven methods to retrieve facial textures from an actor's face with inexpensive equipment like a digital photo/video camera? so far all i found is a tutorial of someone who put his hea…	6 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2006
Mirroring Seamless Normals? Is possible to a make seamless model with mirrored UVs with tangent normal maps part? I know it is possible when the seams meet at hard edges and the object is not welded together. [url="http://ally…	1 Last	CrazyButcher Jul 2006
Shader tutorials Does anyone have any links or know of usefull resources relating to directx shaders tutorials?	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2006
project spline on to mesh? you can do this in maya no probs, but can't seem to find a way to it in max. Any ideas? Basically the spline should hug the surface of the mesh	9 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2006