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Moving to blender worth it?

Hello , I been using 3dsmax for years, but I see that for Blender comes out a lot of new nice things, plugins, tutorials and Seems very good for ahuge variety of purpouses, while for 3dsmax I see muc…
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Neox

Poly Report -- Free Script for Maya

I've been actively coding again, writing tools for my students and fellow professionals and have several new FREE scripts for Maya that I think people will find useful, if not fun. I will post separa…
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Alan_Partridge

3DSMAX - Cat Rig - Where is the heel peel/lift, toe tap/twist/lift, knee and elbow swivel dials?

I''m using Cat Rig in 3d Studio Max 2014.  I'm looking for the cat rigs ability to control the following:- Knee and elbow swivel- Heel peel/lift- Toe tap/twist/liftI'm also looking for a way to:…
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rexenor

Clarisse FX died , now what's best for lookdev of densely populated backgrounds, big scenes ?

For sort of  background LODs where evrything baked in together .   With trees , grass covered  crumbled cityscapes ,   rendered clouds .  Through last 20 years I  u…
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oglu

Alternative to Quixel Suite ?

I recently upgraded my PC, which meant pretty much replacing all the component.And my system was cloned to a new NVME drive.After that Quixel Suite just flat out stopped working, and nothing I've tri…
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Kligan

Help with rigging a strap

Hello people, While working on a little project here I ran into a problem:I modeled this bottle, which is part of a scene I am working on. In the scene later I'd like to be able to put the bottle to …
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Eric Chadwick

Techniques for breaking up edges of intersecting geometry

Hi all, I'm new to the forum but not CG.  By no means an expert, I seek your collective help with something.As the title states, do you know any good techniques for breaking up the edge where tw…
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Lunarcy

Which program to use?

Hello, Thank for taking a look.I created this in zbrush and it has a lot of lumps. I'm wondering if there is a better program to surface it in to create some better surface continuity? Maybe Rhino? o…
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iam717

Texel Density & Texture Map Resolutions - Reference Sheet

Hi everyone. I haven't been around for a long time and I have been refreshing my fundamental knowledge of 3D art. I spent some time this week studying optimal texel densities and texture map resoluti…
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Klunk

Website to learn the basics of UV and practice

Hello again Polycount, some time ago I made a website to teach about the basics of UV mapping, there is two pages of content about the basics and there is a third page where you can unwrap primtives …
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dllxtt

Which PBR is really physically based?

Does anyone know why   it's so different  openGL vs iRay   in both supposing to do same physically based rendering and energy conservation.   Same  Evee vs Cyc…
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Eric Chadwick

taking a class online and I am questioning the teachers topology & edge flow

hey, long time lurker on this forum and wanted to ask a question about hard surface topology. I'm taking an online course and it was going pretty well until I reached this part of a GameCube controll…
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poopipe

What is Vertex Weight?

Hi guys, what exactly are vertex weights?I would be very grateful if you could provide the source.
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Alex_J

Is it possible to recreate 'Skinshade4' look in Maya's Arnold?

I honestly really love Skinshade4, but unfortunately, Zbrush isn't really my preferred rendering tool. I was hoping that it is possible to recreate that material's look inside Maya's Arnold.
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Eric Chadwick

Maya - Move Skin Joint change is not reflected in referenced rig file

In rig file I used Move Skin Joint tool to change position of a joint. In animation file that references the rig file, I reloaded rig file and all changes except the Moved Skin Joint have been update…
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Alex_J

[Blender] Create Group After Naming It

I press enter, nothing happens. How am I supposed to create a group after naming it? I tried pressing enter but I can not for the life of me imagine what else the commit hotkey could be.Fixed: Went t…
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Ruz

[MAYA]Modeling/Texturing QuickTips

Just wanted to share with you guys some quick tips video that covers some modeling techniques along with some procedural workflow. Will be regularly updated. Thankshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ-…
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onionhead_o

Zbrush is not loading all subtools from saved file or quicksaves

HiI was working on low poly girl model, almost finished, saved and closed as always.When i opened my file the only thing that appeared was one subtool that wasn't even part of my project. As you…
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Ruz

SVG Wire Renderer for 3ds Max

[{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.kaetemi.be\/dl\/forums\/demos\/svg_wire_nebula.svgz","name":"Rendered using SVG Wire by Polyverse OÜ .","type":"unknown","size":0,"width":19…
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KnutH

How did they animate the textures that way?

I was wondering how they animated those videos from aphex twin:First minute of T69 Collapsehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqayDnQ2wmwHere around 03:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Ue_P7vcREAny i…
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garciiia

Cinema 4D Crashing PC / Reboot constantly while using

HI all,So I’ve been having issues using Cinema 4d recently, throughout the day I will experience black screen crashes where my computer will reboot while using the software. I’m using Redshift. It ha…
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iam717

uncertainty with normal map in large bicels

well I have a friend who sent me this, and the question is why in the normal map the bicel appears inverted, both the hi poly and the low poly are correct, and then in any painting program like sutba…
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Klunk

THE TOPOLOGY OF THE MESH HAS CHANGED DURING CREATING NORMAL MAPS

Hi! I have several meshes with subdivisions and morph target and when I try to create displacement maps everything goes without any problems, but when I press to create normal, cavity or ambient occl…
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Phena

QM Height to Normal

This discussion was created from comments split from: What is normal map?.
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MKhazeni

Baking on a cylinder not working correctly?

Whats going on here? Shouldnt the averaged normals stop this? Or am I forgetting something.
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TannedBatman

gradient texture in blender - now what?

hello i made these dreads and more specifically the gradient on them with the gradient texture node:they look really good! however i used an object as reference for the positioning of the gradient fo…
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Michael Knubben

How many days does it take to model a weapon in triple A game company?

Hello polycount! Since I have not worked in a company that made triple aaa games before, I would like to ask you a question that I am curious about. What is the average time given to a weapon artist …
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Frigus

Can I open a 2020 zbrush file in zbrush 2022?

Hi everyone, is it possible to open a 2020 zbrush file in zbrush 2022?
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Neox

Render Scene Color to texture (Diffuse bake) in UE5?

Hi, I'm trying to bake the rendered scene to texture in UE5. I can't really find how. I've tried the LOD generation tool and am trying to fix this error:LogMeshLODToolset: Warning: Non-parameter…
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Alex_J

How do i move the vertex according to edge direction? [3DS MAX HELP]

[{"insert":"Hi there, would like some help on this one in regards to vertex in 3ds max please, just asking if there's a way to move vertex upwards but aligning with the edge direction, local doesn't …
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Klunk

topology and artifacts

I have always wonder what these artifacts are in maya, usually you don see these in marmoset or substance but i need to show my work in maya for work, at the end of the sleeve you can see this diagon…
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pior

Overlapped UVs per UV island 3ds Max.Accurate method to find them?

Hi)I downloaded kodama plugin(on CGTrader) wich performs checking of uploading model.The problem is that it finds overlapped UVs in my model.In 3ds Max I use unwrap modifier to identify overlapping(I…
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Klunk

Approach for PBR correctness of coated or treated metal surfaces (Metal/Rough & Spec/Gloss)

Hey everyone,I've been texturing hard surface assets for a while now but still run into the same issue, that especially coated metal surfaces (Anodized Aluminium, Blued Steel etc.) get later on …
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Brandon.LaFrance

How would you render a wool roving ball in real-time?

Something like above.It seems I would need 3 things:- unwrap the model specifically to create a directional roving appearance, plus some random white fluffy noise.- add hair card (aka fins) on model …
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bitinn

Does the aiImage node in maya use the luminance as alpha by default?

It's in the title. Some textures with the maya image node would need to be RAW color space and alpha as luminance, Some do not need this. The aiImage node that I'd really like to start using doesn't …
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nomzod

Hi! Need some retopology tips for my character.

Hello!This is my first retopology experience. How do i retopologize such complex shapes as wings on this character for further texturing?Should i make one big shape or try to preserve details.I use …
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kanga

Zbrush polypaint lines dotty and not smooth.

Hi, I am newish to Zbrush. I have modeled something and am polypainting some thin sketch lines to figure out where I want my shut lines. For some reason my lines are coming not smooth but rather d…
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dodik

does 3ds max have mayas f8 functionality

I'm making character hair using cards.The tutorial I'm following is doing this in maya while I'm on max. The author did two steps that seems to be rather maya specific, wonder if anyone could help lo…
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pxgeek

how would I close the holes in these shapes in Zbrush?

I'm trying to close the holes for these shapes so the red shape becomes its own block and the orange shape becomes it's own block. How would I do this? I think my topology is too messy to use zmodele…
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kanga

zmodeller- how do I move more than 1 edge?

Hi, I'm a complete newbie- I was wondering how do I use zmodeller to move more than one edge? I can see Qmesh can be used to move more than one face but I don't know how to do it for edges
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Firebert

how would I make a hexagonal prism in zbrush?

I'm aware I need to get a primitive and use Initialize, but I don't know what the sliders and the buttons exactly do. Whenever I click these the primitive just disappears. How am I supposed to make a…
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Joopson

FBX importing from Maya into Zbrush but in a different position.

[{"insert":"The eyes for my character model need UVs which I do in Maya. I export the eye mesh as an FBX and import in maya. They appear in the proper location (in the eye sockets like they should be…
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Lamont

потрібна порада

привіт, я тут вперше. чому коли я завантажую текстуру на сайті poligon, я не можу знайти файл у програмі blender? в завантаженнях на ноуті є, а в самому блендері немає.
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dimwalker

Anyone NURBS Modeling Heads?

[{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"I was wondering if anyone is actually modeling heads using NURBS, either completely or in part? I would like to maintain a high level of control for my character mod…
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pior

GN ZBrush/Maya Import/Export Tool

Hi everyone!I would like to present you my latest tool which is called GN ZBrush/Maya Import/Export Tool. This is a tool that I created in ZBrush and Maya to quickly import and export your objects.Th…
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Gabriel Nadeau

Texel density between two separated meshes.

Hey guys, i have a question regarding texel density.I do undestand how texel density work with a single mesh, but i'm quite confused on how it works with two or more separated meshes. Let's say i hav…
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okidoki

How expensive is Parallax?

I’m using a bit of parallax on some terrain in my game in UE4. I also have a bunch of modular building pieces that have brick/plaster. The brick/plaster feels pretty flat and I’d like to get the sepa…
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Shrike

Retopo - Should Poles be avoided completely?

HiLike the question asks - should they be avoided completely or are they fine in some situations? In my example, I've added one on the surface of a mech's leg, though it's not an area that should be …
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DustyShinigami

How would I connect this bevel without ruining the circle?

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FrankPolygon

Please tell me which houses have correct Ambient Occlusion maps?

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cubrman

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