Technical Talk

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best options video compression to web? so i want to put some vids of my unreal work online... i've got vid capture from FRAPS that looks decent / great, but if i feed it through the default settings for window movie maker it really kills …	6 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2005
Blender tutorial Wiki books: From noob to pro Look what I found: [url="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro#Beginner_Tutorials"]http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro#Beginner_Tutorials[/url] Probably a good start…	1 Last	James Edwards Sep 2005
Normal Maps Hi, My system is a little aged at this point, I plan to get a new one soon but for the time being I'm wondering if there's some good programs to view normal mapped models in using my current rig. I…	15 Last	vahl Sep 2005
DIRECTX MANAGER - 3DS MAX 7 Hi, I've been watching the video [url="http://download.autodesk.com/media/MNE/ms/showdx_200k.wmv"]SHOWDX[/url] at Discreet : [url="http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=5…	2 Last	diZzyWalnut Sep 2005
fritz again....with another stoopid ? (biped) OK... here we go. when you throw a biped over your mesh, can you not move the thing around at all? i mean, i make a skeleton...and then right after i make it, i can't move the pelvis into position…	1 Last	monster Sep 2005
Need help with a weird rig I've never done anything like this before and I feel like I might be going in the wrong direction with this. I'd like to hear what you guys think. I'm setting up a rig for a HL2 version of the old H…	13 Last	Rakile Sep 2005
New Editable Poly Modeling Script for Max This script acts just like the edge Connect button on an editable poly object, but it will also raise of lower the new vert to keep the overall curvature of the object. So if you connected the edges…	11 Last	Fuse Sep 2005
Maxscript keyboard shortcuts? Anyone know if its possible to assign a keyboards shortcut to a button in a maxscript? I've got one that copies a vert weight, and then pastes it to another vert. Adding a shortcut for copy and one …	2 Last	monster Sep 2005
running old maya plugins? hi there, i'dl like to know if there's any way to run a closed source maya plugin, compiled for an older version of maya, on a more recent version. in my case, i'D like to get a 4.5 plugin to work w…	0 Last	thomasp Sep 2005
Freeware for baking normal map lighting Hi all...the struggle to get a decent workflow for normal mapping continues =D Does anyone know of any normal map viewer that's capable of baking lighting to a texture as reference for a diffuse map?…	2 Last	KDR_11k Sep 2005
z-brush or z-brush? It's pronounced Zed brush, isn't it? Because Zee- Brush is just wrong.	103 Last	Weiser_Cain Sep 2005
XSI UVW mapping question So I've heard that XSI already had a form of UVW mapping simmilar to max8's pelt mapping, it's called like cluster mapping or something? I cant seem to find much documentation on this, is there anyon…	3 Last	JordanW Sep 2005
Scale Tool stops working in Maya's UV Editor I'm using Maya 6.5, and for some reason the scale tool will stop working when I'm in the UV editor. At the same time, the move tool will then only allow me move UVs on one axis at a time. If I restar…	3 Last	Erol Sep 2005
Let's talk about schooling Hey guys, I've been lurking the polycount boards since 2001, trying to gather more information than make myself look stupid. I'm finally out of High School and am really looking for advice on the ne…	21 Last	Silva_Spoon Sep 2005
give photoshop n00b some help and tuts? Greetings! I am an avid game modder (UT series specifically) and have self taught myself UnrealED and Lightwave 8.0 over the past several years. I am now moving on to skinning and making graphics, …	2 Last	Isis' Minion Sep 2005
2 ques...one on polycount. one one alphas... 1. how do you set max up so you can see alpha clips in the viewport? i can see it when i render....but not in the viewport. 2. do i have to have webspace to get an image on polycount? or can i j…	4 Last	Steve Schulze Sep 2005
Grass Hey, I was wondering what the best technique is for making grass and stuff in Maya(or 3d in general). I'm making a high res fly-through of a scene that is in the praries, so I need to figure out a wa…	6 Last	Tulkamir Sep 2005
Softimage\|XSI Crashkurs in UV Mapping Softimage is such an great tool but for some reason i always avoided UV Mapping in it and used Maya, but since i dont have any more access to Maya and dont want to annoy my friend so i could use an t…	1 Last	Keg Sep 2005
help with pricing for webdesign and vector art Ok, I've got a few freelance art jobs coming up, one is doing a webpage for my brother's friend and the other is creating vector art for belt buckles and carved wooden statues. I tend to undercharge…	2 Last	Justin Meisse Aug 2005
uv s and normal maps I modeled some trousers and normal mapped them and they work fine. But then I copied my trouser normal map in to my main uv layout which includes the rest of the body, then pasted my original trouse…	11 Last	Ruz Aug 2005
A5 or A4? Wa-Comeon! [b]A6[/b]: I've been using an A6 size wacom for about 5 or 6 months and to be honest I feel _less_ than creative on the tiny thing. It's great for browsing the net but has far too many warped areas, …	25 Last	KMan Aug 2005
will MMORPG's be using normal maps any time soon? Would it be correct to guess that MMORPG's won't be using normal maps for at least a couple more years? I'm trying to build up an environmental model portfolio to show off to some different mmo deve…	13 Last	KDR_11k Aug 2005
changing PS 7 interface settings..... how do you change the colors and stuff for your toolbars and layout in pshop? thanks	2 Last	fritz Aug 2005
New tutorial: Using masks in Photoshop Rather basic, but hopefully a few will find it helpful. [url="http://www.poopinmymouth.com/tutorial/masks.htm"]http://www.poopinmymouth.com/tutorial/masks.htm[/url] And as always, every new tutoria…	7 Last	Joshua Stubbles Aug 2005
2048x2048 texture in Maya, blurry as shit. Who knows how to display a 2048x2048 texture in the Maya real time GL viewport without it getting all blurry and shit. Turning on high quality rendering fixes the problem but then I get mipmapping. …	9 Last	pyromania Aug 2005
dire need of help with character studio. hey folks. i'm working on a project and i need to rig a character with character studio, which i used to do. this is back when i was a retard. i simply can not believe how terrible and ancient of a …	16 Last	Rakile Aug 2005
CIS WebServer v3.5.16 [url="http://www.cisindia.net/webserver.html"]http://www.cisindia.net/webserver.html[/url] Make your PC a virtual web host. CIS WebServer makes available your website on the web from your computer. …	5 Last	Bort Aug 2005
Whats the next step? tuts? Hey ppl, I have an image but I dont know how to let you guys see it. But i guess I could explain what I've done so far... It's still in WIP, I have the torso, legs, and arms. What I want to do n…	3 Last	MoP Aug 2005
Paint.Net Freeware [url="http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/reviews.htm"]http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/reviews.htm[/url] [img]http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/10/0,1425,i=102781,00.jpg[/img] …	5 Last	Raven Aug 2005
Global Illum/Ambient in Maya? Hey all, I know this is a fairly common thing to ask but I've searched and not come up with much thats helped. I'm looking for the easiest way to render a model with nice Global Illumination or Ambi…	3 Last	Raven Aug 2005
Masked textures in classic Unreal Tournament Hi, I have a question about masked textures in classic Unreal Tournament. I've read that if a texture is imported as masked, color index 0 is set as transparent. I've tried to import some textures …	10 Last	NuclearTes Aug 2005
Maya Vertex baking? Some how got distracted and i wanted to try "baking" lights and detail into a character, except i cant find any tutorials in maya about this. ive found a lot of it for Max ( but im not too proficient…	5 Last	Jeff Parrott Aug 2005
viewport diffuse, specular and normalmap painting? Hey I came up with the idea how cool it would be to paint your specular maps directly in the viewport with realtime lightin in max using a special shader. From this starting point I thought, why not …	6 Last	Eric Chadwick Aug 2005
Soft light blend mode technique for normal mapping There is a technique to blend a layers that are higher in your heirchy (in photoshop) and set them to soft light, and change the blue to 128 isntead of 255. What you are essentailly doing is overlay…	13 Last	PaK Aug 2005
Moviesnapshots. [url="http://www.cd2html.de/moviesnapshot.en.html"]http://www.cd2html.de/moviesnapshot.en.html[/url] [img]http://www.cd2html.de/bilder/moviesnappshot_3_small.jpg[/img] App that lets you pick a mo…	7 Last	peanut Aug 2005
UV Mapping, do I have to? Does it ever get fun? I hate UV mapping. is there a way around this or some way to automate the process?	31 Last	AluminumHaste Aug 2005
Anyone ever have this problem before? Hi guys I'm trying to help cheapy by exporting one of his goyles to q3 . Anyhow I've rigged the mesh and applied a bip file I was given. Its all setup correct in my eyes '''Biped Rig with bones …	1 Last	jzero Aug 2005
Vertex Painting Help I'm vertex painting colors to a model in max 7 and tried to save out an image w/ texporter, but max crashes everytime. Anyone know a way around this?	2 Last	ironbearxl Aug 2005
512 vs. 1024 hello. just wondering if you guys could give me a little advice. i have 2 maps for a character(about 5000 polys). i want to paint in a lot of detail. i'm just wondering if you guys recommend usin…	9 Last	Delaney King Aug 2005
Anyone do any 3D for mobile? Has anyone done anywork for a mobile 3D realtime game--n-Gage or any other phone w/ 3D support? I'm wondering what polycount and texture sizes you had to work with--characters/props, anything. Thanks!	13 Last	KDR_11k Aug 2005
Best way to look at your own texture work Its been a few months since i seriously sat down and logged some hours into a project. So today i got started again and worked on some unfinished projects. I remembered when i posted a crit shot peop…	4 Last	Badge Aug 2005
Reflectivity while using skydomes and GI I don't know about other packages, or if it's even possible, but can you have reflective objects and specularity when you are using skydomes with global illumination, I've been tryign to figure it ou…	3 Last	Option Aug 2005
Tech News Where do you get your tech news from?	1 Last	JKMakowka Aug 2005
UT skeleton question i have a model that i would like the be an Unreal tounament player model. it's a biped, but it doesn't quite meet the same proportions as any of the defualt skeletons. i was wondering if i can modify…	7 Last	LiveWire Aug 2005
collapse verts in UV editor help.... is there any way to collapse verts in maxs' UV editor? i can target weld...but i can't select 2 verts and just collapse them. thanks	6 Last	sinistergfx Aug 2005
Quake 3 Skin I have problems when I try to put my skin in game: The name of the skin is shown but I can't see my skin. I've only changed the skin of sarge but it doesn't work. Please help me!	3 Last	Gandalf der Graue Aug 2005
Rigging Question. Okay, i've got my model here and my question is: How do you mirror the rig from one side of the model to another on Maya? This including the binds with the verticies and bones.I did the binding on on…	7 Last	M3anBONE_sj_ Aug 2005
Problems Installing Polycruncher in Max7 I've ran the install a couple of times into Max7/STDPlugs and then been unable to find it under the utilities after clicking More , as directed by the help file. I've checked in the plugin manager a…	0 Last	Kevin Johnstone Aug 2005
PHOTOSHOP CS2 what a fucking waste of money. Just got a refund on my upgrade. Basically heres my review: Twice as slow as CS1! Crash happy. My specs? p4 3.2 HT, 1gig ram.	10 Last	hawken Aug 2005
How to import md3 files into Maya 7 Could someone point me to a utility or method of importing quake md3 files into maya 5.5 or 6.5?	3 Last	thinsoldier Aug 2005