Technical Talk

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Trouble importing OBJ from Blender to ZBrush Hello, everyone! I'm trying to export an OBJ from Blender 2.8 to ZBrush but the mesh is extremely distorted when I attempt it. Any help or advice would be appreciated!Export settings and project insi…	5 Last	floatfm Jun 2019
Smoothing Jagged Mouth Vertices In zBrush How can I smooth the ends of my mouth loops in zBrush? I want the ends of the lips to conform to some type of axis instead of just sticking out like this (messed up the mouth loops with Move Topologi…	3 Last	Deqa Jun 2019
MAYA - MEL function to get scene name ? hey guys, do you know if there's a function in MEL that returns the scene name ?	6 Last	Mark Dygert Jun 2019
ZBrush Freezing when Exporting, Importing Hello, I'm working in version 2018.1 on Windows 7 and trying to save my sculpt, but anytime I save or export the document, the main ZBrush window freezes, the cursor turns into a white cross, and the…	2 Last	Beton_Brut Jun 2019
Dealing with texel density and tiling textures issues... Hi all -Running into a little bit of a texel density issue and I'm not sure the best way to go about it. I understand texel density as I've made good amount of scenes, but this new scene I'm working …	20 Last	poopipe Jun 2019
Straight UV grid or straight Checkerboard? I've been curious about this for a while, because I see a lot of really "pretty" UV grids online, with tons and tons of seams...I'm working on game models usually, so I try and keep the seam count ni…	2 Last	Obscura Jun 2019
basic rigging: aim constraint broken on mirrored joints I am looking to make my first IK rig.Things were going well until I hit this impasse, the aim constraint for the right arm is broken, it doesn't behave like the left side does as shown below.I mirror…	0 Last	Nimzo Jun 2019
Need Help - Having trouble with 3ds Max and AD Desktop App So last week I had an issue with 3ds Max not opening. I might have moved some files or something on accident. So I figured okay time for a fresh install anyways, it had been a while. I Uninstalled us…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2019
Hotel VR Experience I was approached the other day to create a VR experience for a hotels function room. As i have no experience creating a VR project I thought I would stop off here for some tips. First off, the projec…	8 Last	Prime8 Jun 2019
[Blender 2.8 add-on] iOps InteractionOps or iOpsIt is a set of operators which boost Blender interactivity between user and application by using only five functional buttons.Download:Click on green button and get iOps with Gi…	0 Last	Titus Jun 2019
How to get rid of "cancer" face in a model? Occasionally when I do modeling, this one trouble "cancer-like" face will suddenly show up and ruined everything, if I delete that one particular face, it will appear in another one, until I delete t…	3 Last	m4dcow Jun 2019
[Blender] How do I remove 2000 materials from my object? I was working on a tree, made 1 leaf, put material on it and duplicated it at least 2000 times. Once I was done with the tree I realized that my object has 2000 materials. Any ideas how to fix this w…	3 Last	Michael Knubben Jun 2019
How are these kinds of textures rendered? This is a free texture from here: https://3dtextures.me/2018/10/04/sapphire-001/Basically, I'm curious how this is rendered properly with height and depth to the render. Obviously if this textur…	2 Last	Thomas_Smith Jun 2019
Avoiding Mouth Poles On Head Retopo? Will It Affect Sculpting? Is there any way to avoid this mouth pole when doing a retopo on a DynaMesh head from zBrush? It's producing some odd pinching! First image is my sculpt's retopo and the pinching it produces in zBrus…	5 Last	Mark Dygert Jun 2019
[Marvelous Designer] What Is the Proper Workflow Using, MD, ZBrush and Maya ? Hello everyone,I am wondering what is the best workflow for character modeling using Marvelous Designer with ZBrush and Maya ?There are many sub-questions I have related to this question :For the fin…	3 Last	anthonybp Jun 2019
best software for screen recording with audio. the best software for screen recording with audio will work in 3d.	10 Last	RacePeaceDay Jun 2019
Zbrush stitch help Hello, how make stitches on high poly model in Zbrush, in order to texture them after in Substance Painter, I mean use color ID or somethiing to apply material to stitch. Or only way is to use insert…	2 Last	triborg Jun 2019
Environment creating I've seen lots of article、tutorial、video about how to create environment , but it's all about general building 、walls、....etcwhen it comes to a environment after disaster like ruins I don't…	3 Last	Kenbro Jun 2019
Modeling cheek\side guards of some historical helmets - topology suggestions ? It seems people are more keen about modeling fantasy helmets or pseudo historical helmets seen from movies but little is known that actual helmets used along in history are equally fascinating. One f…	2 Last	Alex_J Jun 2019
Any ideas on optimizing a Maya files speed? (Tried everything I know) Hello, As the title states, does anyone know how to optimize the file?Currently I have a imported high poly model from ZBrush but have converted and imported as a GPU Cache and am doing the retopolog…	12 Last	gene098 Jun 2019
How do I reset transformations after freezing them in Maya So I have a problem, I managed to move my low poly model out of place and freeze transforms after, without realising that it would no longer overlap with the high poly. Now that I try to bake the nor…	5 Last	Alex_J Jun 2019
Texturing in Mudbox. HELP! Hello Guys!I was hoping that someone would tell me a little bit about texturing game assets. I am new to texturing and i was wondering if i should start textutring on Mudbox or is this method outdate…	6 Last	oglu Jun 2019
Portable desktop with ryzen cpu? I hate laptops and never need a computer working from batteries on my laps. Still I need one which I could take with me in a scanning trip or abroad that could work from a regular power s…	8 Last	gnoop Jun 2019
Maya multi cut question Hey guys. Just a quick question on multi-cut tool. Is there any way to keybind the edit edge flow toggle in the tool settings of the multi-cut tool? Or does it exist in a marking menu somewhere? Woul…	1 Last	Klaudio2U Jun 2019
[Vray][3ds max]Vray doesn't the transformations on objects take in consideration when rendering Vray doesn't take the transformations on objects in consideration when rendering. I don't know why. I made this simple scene to show you clearly my issue.I don't have this issue when rende…	2 Last	.Wiki Jun 2019
Zbrush: Hide/Show Spotlight-Dial - new Hotkey Hey there!I have reassigned the key "Z".Unfortunately "Z" is hide/show spotlight-dial, but since i changed the key i wanted to change the "hide/show spotlight-dial"-function with another key, but i c…	5 Last	goekbenjamin Jun 2019
How do I make an animated image with a transparent background using what I have? I have a bunch of texture image files (normals and metallic maps from substance painter), an animated model, the bare model, and am completely lost on how I could make a gif or something with this th…	1 Last	phixel Jun 2019
Need help with instancing in Maya Hello,I'm wondering how to make a one-way instance of an object. Basically, I would like to create an instance of a master object, with the ability to edit the clone without editing the master, while…	0 Last	Lerrp Jun 2019
Attempting to make simple animations for a game character in Maya LT, help is appreciated Hello Polycount 3D experts, I have been working on a personal project for the last few weeks which has been in the works since last fall. I have now moved onto the animation phase of the project, and…	0 Last	MMKH Jun 2019
Need help Unwraping? Hi I'm not sure it is right or wrong but how will you unwrap this part?	4 Last	jayantbhatt007 Jun 2019
Closed Moved: Substance painter Issue with UDIMs This discussion has been moved.	0 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2019
avoiding sharp edges in game model what are some good ways to avoid "perfect clean edges" in game model? while saving polycount of course. I saw some marmoset viewer, and some just have clean sharp topology, but it has a jaggy deforme…	17 Last	xaled Jun 2019
Break in the UV is causing a slight visual flaw Hey guys, I have been working on a Ka-Bar combat knife which features a long blade. In order to get the most UV density I cut the Blade UV in half and would rely on tri-planar mapping in Substance Pa…	18 Last	gnoop Jun 2019
[Blender 2.8] Is there a display grid option for UV editor? I am working on a multi-material object and I need to offset my uv for each material correctly, don't want to just eyeball it.	5 Last	gnoop Jun 2019
Blender 2.8 UV map resolution. Hi guys.Like the title says. I cant find the uv map resolution in Blender 2.8. Used to be in the top right corner of the uv map editor window in 2.79. Its probably staring me in the face. Any help ap…	4 Last	kanga Jun 2019
Modular 3D environment kit where one important piece breaks the grid Hi all, I've been doing 3d character development for quite some time, but still very very new to environment modeling. I've searched the forums/online for an answer but not having much luck.This is m…	7 Last	DbDibs Jun 2019
Does anyone here use a tablet for all their 3d work. Looking for suggestions Lately I've been debating switching over to a graphics tablet rather than using a mouse mainly to save my wrists in the long run. Anyway do any of you use a tablet for hard surface modeling or 3…	13 Last	ant1fact Jun 2019
SoMuchZBrush - Workflow automation for ZBrush! I've been working a lot on tools the last 6 months, and one of the bigger projects that's come out of it is a plugin for ZBrush focused on early stages of sculpting, and generating prototype meshes f…	0 Last	stoofoo Jun 2019
Maya Transparency "Grit" showing Trying to render a fade animation with Maya, using Arnold Render and currently have a lambert applied to a shipping container's wall.When I try to do a render it leaves behind these lines and faces t…	0 Last	PaulPer Jun 2019
Blender Help - Moving or Rigging a model during sculpting? So I'm sculpting a model and it's too hard to move it around in edit mode as it's got too many faces now so can't really select a specific part. So for example on the hand the fingers are too close t…	1 Last	kanga Jun 2019
Unwrapping modular pieces for tiling textures Hello guys.I got a problem and need your help. I want to unwrap a piece of geometry that is a part of a modular building (at this stage its only a grayboxed model).I want to use tiling textures and s…	5 Last	C86G Jun 2019
Is box-modeling a dying technique? It is of my understanding that sculpting is mainly being used for character design, however I have seen examples of artists using sculpting for hard-surface modeling as well. I am curious to know how…	21 Last	sprunghunt Jun 2019
Delete (got it sorted) A bit hard to describe, but when adjusting levels, or hue/saturation levels inside photoshop CC 2019 I'm seeing my last selected adjustment get multiplied when I re-adjust. Kinda hard to explain so I…	1 Last	gvii Jun 2019
Is there a Maya solution for baking alpha planes to texture eg. I make some alpha leaves, put them on some geometry and now I want to bake loads of these down to a plane Ideally this would be a solution that works in maya 2018 ..any sug…	25 Last	gnoop Jun 2019
16 bits displacement vs 32 bits precision(SOLVED)? I am currently struggling to see the difference between my 16 bits and 32 bits displacement, i did a search but nothing was very conclusive and surprisingly i didn't saw any image comparison!Is there…	8 Last	Poly_Nut Jun 2019
GoZ and 3ds Max 2018 Hey everyone, I can't seem to figure this one out and I'm hoping someone has a solution. I've got 3ds Max 2018 and Zbrush 4R8 P1 and the GoZ function just isn't working like it used to in Max 2014.&n…	12 Last	ffm32206600 Jun 2019
Need some help and reviews on my female body modelling. I have directly started modelling character in 3ds max . I want to create a character with good topology which I can further use for animation if required. But I am having a hard time creating one . …	4 Last	happybell Jun 2019
Ambient occlusion map or Ambient occlusion pass? I was wondering what is better to use: an AO map, let's say baked in substance for each specific mesh, or an Ambient occlusion pass for all the scene?	10 Last	Prime8 Jun 2019
A short explanation about custom vertex normals (tutorial) Hello everyone! I already made a few examples about this to a few of you, but I thought it would be more useful to make a tutorial from it, so I won't have to write it down every time when it comes i…	220 Last	royor Jun 2019
[3ds max, V-ray] Rendered image different from Viewport Hi, i think there is a problem in the scaling of my objects in the rendered image. The table is really big in the rendered image compared to the table in the viewport. When i switch to oth…	0 Last	Bassaouk Jun 2019