artstation's 15mb upload limit on viewers

Eleszar1

so somehow the 15mb viewer upload limit is frustrating it realy limits me sometimes on my models
i have made a lich king wip cinematic quality version  and a low quality game version, i have uploaded  the lowquality version wich is 14mb on hight, wich limits my textures down to 2k rather than 4k
is there a way to make the viewer file less MB?  or is there a way to host my 40mb viewer on a site and link the embed on my artstation portofolio? btw heres my profile https://www.artstation.com/artist/eleszar1

ZacD

A 40mb download is pretty huge, 15mb already takes long enough already. 2k is more than enough for a 1080p monitor, especially when people are viewing the model embedded and not in full screen. One thing you can try (which is pretty common for games) is having the normal map at x2 the resolution as the other textures. If you want to show off the close up of a characters face for example, it probably would be best just to do a bust. Bumping up texture resolutions doesn't do much to improve the quality of the model/texturing, especially past 2k.  

Eleszar1

trust me it does theres diference between 2k textures and 4k in the viewer i have tried it, but i havent tried the 2x normal map technique
but anyway is there a way to upload more than 15mb?

battlecow

sketchfab

Eleszar1

battlecow said:

sketchfab

nothing personal but i dont like skeychfab  

Eleszar1

ZacD said:

A 40mb download is pretty huge, 15mb already takes long enough already. 2k is more than enough for a 1080p monitor, especially when people are viewing the model embedded and not in full screen. One thing you can try (which is pretty common for games) is having the normal map at x2 the resolution as the other textures. If you want to show off the close up of a characters face for example, it probably would be best just to do a bust. Bumping up texture resolutions doesn't do much to improve the quality of the model/texturing, especially past 2k.  

ok lets say i am fine with the textures what about the polygons for example most of the fur on the boots i have take atleast 3-4mb alone what if u also have hair+ weapons on the scene and stuff

MrHobo

Considering what Ishikawa is able to do with a 15mb upload limit:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/31kvv

I think the issue is that you are not properly optimizing your meshes and textures.

Eleszar1

MrHobo said:

Considering what Ishikawa is able to do with a 15mb upload limit:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/31kvv

I think the issue is that you are not properly optimizing your meshes and textures.

i think u are right

EarthQuake

The only way to upload Marmoset Viewer files larger than 40MB is to upload them to your own site. You won't be able to post them on artstation, but you could include a link to the high res file.

As was mentioned, you can also try optimizing the textures so that more important textures have more resolution, such as:
Full res (or lossless) normal map
Reduced size diffuse map and/or specular and gloss (specular and gloss are stored in the same image so they have to be the same resolution)
If you have other inputs like suddermis, translucency, you can probably size those down quite a bit too

beefaroni

Whoops wrong reply to wrong thread.

Eleszar1

i made it https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Nb4gq