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What would be more optimized textures/material setup for this model?

[{"insert":"Hi. I was doing this vehicle and kinda stuck because I'm not sure how to set up materials the right way. So I am wondering how it would be best to approach material setup for this vehicle…
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Mr_Shrek

Advice on creating transparent surfaces / glass

[{"insert":"Hello,\nI'm creating a modular weapon build that features an optic with glass and I don't know how I should start.\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/…
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EarthQuake

Floki Real-time

[{"insert":"Hello guys! A tribute to Floki, my favourite Vikings character. It started as a likeness practice but I decided to push it a bit further.\nIt is presented in Unreal Engine and the hair is…
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fabuel

Portfolio review

[{"insert":"Hello, I know I don't have a lot in my portfolio but I would really love some feedback. \nI've been learning 3D on my own for a little more than a year and would like to get into the gami…
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CaulderWasmuth

Rendering a scene in Maya using Vray GPU(As opposed to Vray CPU) messes up the fur material patterns

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Eric Chadwick

3D max shell act really weird

I am following a tutorials from DT, Modeling Hard Surface Curvature in 3ds Max, and i really got a problem, when is time to use shell modifier [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/GYMDI.jpg[/IMG]
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.morph3us

Rocks study

[{"insert":"Hi everyone, I'm Yair, a 3D artist, and that's my first post here!\nUsing 4 different low poly rocks, I wanted to see how many compositions I can make of them.\nThe rocks were created usi…
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YairMorr

Sticky Dota 2 - Workshop Thread

[CENTER][SIZE="5"]DOTA 2 WORKSHOP CONTRIBUTIONS[/SIZE][/CENTER] [B]Resources[/B] [url=http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1598304&postcount=8]Decompiling Character Models To Use As Refere…
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mueblesbogota

2D Artist/Animator available for hire /RPGs/adventure games/roguelike/cardgames

[{"insert":"Hey, I'm Olivers and I'm an artist\/animator available for hire. For the past couple years I've worked on multiple Steam games doing the graphics, menus & animations, as well as other fre…
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diploms1

Concept Artist (Character/Prop Design) Looking for Opportunities

[{"insert":"Hello!\nMy name is Agnes and I'm a Concept Artist specializing in Characters and Prop Design. \nMy portfolio is viewable at : "},{"attributes":{"link":"http:\/\/ayiizuka.artstation.com\/"…
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PAR_Angie

Tools for rotoscoping 3D animations?

[{"insert":"I've been experimenting with new ways of doing animations, specially based on real video recorded by actors (myself, actually). This is what I'm doing:\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"d…
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armagon

Blender Hotkey Help

[{"insert":"Hi all! Max\/Maya user finally working up the nerve to switch over to Blender. I'm hitting a snag with getting a hotkey setup, that is sorta my bread and butter when it comes to modeling.…
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YakZSmelk

Looking to study game assets so I can improve my stuff!

[{"insert":"Title pretty much says everything. I'm looking for actual game assets that I could study in order to gain a better idea of what kinda topology I should be doing in my own personal work. I…
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JacqueChoi

New to 3D, is it ok to use subdivision surface on my gun model for my game to make it look nicer?

[{"insert":"I just started off making my first 3d game in unity. I'm not really experienced when it comes to 3d modelling, but I did it for a few months already some years ago. So I have been wonderi…
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Tiles

IK chains problem: How can I fully rotate my mechanical spider's leg in Cinema 4D?

[{"insert":"Hello! \nI need to animate a robotic spider in C4D. Now I'm struggling with the legs.\nThe thing is that IK chains seem to have some natural limited range of rotation. I can do most of th…
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joanlluis21

setTextureSetHeight variable error when baking multiple materials

[{"insert":"Hello, please tell me why I can not set the height of the texture?\nimport mset"},{"attributes":{"code-block":true},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"import os"},{"attributes":{"code-block":true}…
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BlakeDarrow

Dwarf Randall Done

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Glynnybob

3DS Max, Cutout (Opacity map) is not working

[{"insert":"Hello! Hello! I am having issue with model with opacity. When I import alpha map, some area become transparnt which is not what I wan.t I exported as glb file but the mesh is still trans…
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sodash

WIP Vampire Rhea

[{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/MY0D9INV5FUX\/08-skin-pores-test.jpg","name":"08_Skin_Pores_Test.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg","size":1060086,"width…
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Glynnybob

Anyone running designer on Linux?

[{"insert":"I ask cos Adobe has taken it upon itself to remove Linux downloads for personal users now it's on CC . They apparently have them for business users - or steam users still though. \nIf s…
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iam717

VFX Shot Workflow

[{"insert":"Hello everyone ! I'm currently working a vfx diorama, remaking a building in paris with vray. (the overall look is there (pic 2)) \nI would like to have some advices before going too deep…
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Noro

Height Maps in Marmoset Toolbag 3 Exported from Substance Painter 2

Hello all i have never really had any luck with height maps in Toolbag, i dont understand how they work. They eith ballon out my model or make my model look like a bundle of thorns, i normally use th…
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Anshul

VFX artist available for work!

[{"insert":"Hi, Im VFX artist and 2D artist , looking for commission or contract \nSkills: 3d\/2d vfx development, shader setup, vfx concept, textures, style development \nSoft: Unity3d, PS, Blender,…
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buka215

[CLOSED] Level Designer/Environment Artist wanted for our fully-funded indie game

[{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/B63COD0AYVPN\/screenshot.jpg","name":"Screenshot.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg","size":459384,"width":1740,"height":1…
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FeelFreeGames

Normal map compression and channel packing

I also posted the same question in the technical talk sub-forum: http://polycount.com/discussion/184005/normal-map-compression-and-channel-packing To avoid having split threads (and repair my mistak…
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eCstatic

Real Time | Halloween Scene

[{"insert":"A fun scene I made for Halloween, hopefully it gives off spooky vibes :P\nModels made in Zbrush and 3DsMax, texturing inside of Substance Painter. Rendered in Unreal 4\n"},{"insert":{"emb…
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Lucas Annunziata

Questions regarding hard surface modelling

[{"insert":"Hi\nI'm currently researching hard surface modelling. I don't know if there are any papers out there on the subject (I've yet to find any), but could anyone share their knowledge or links…
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StormyBA

Grey Alien[WIP]

[{"insert":"Been busy lately working on this alien while working on an Ue5 project. Currently a work in progress as you can see. I'm kinda happy with it, but something is off and I have no clue what …
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Fabi_G

Character (head) Critique

[{"insert":"Hi!\nI start interested in sculpting and I'm looking for feedback and advice. Right now for me, this sculpture looks alright (compare to my previous tries), but I wanna hear some critique…
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carvuliero

[Zbrush] - is it possible to do Symmetrical uniforms while sculpting Asymmetrical figures?

[{"insert":"i am doing an Lady death collectible statue, but when i got to the transpose master- step my zbrush just died and the transpose master lost its origin so now i have to start doing the pos…
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HelzBenz

[3ds Max Script] miauu's Objects Replacer

miauu's Objects Replacer offers you easy, fast and powerful way of replacing objects or groups with another objects or groups(copy, instance or reference).    …
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miauu

ACOG Sight

[{"insert":"low-poly Acog 4x32 sight mounted with rmr red dot.\nthis is a low-poly asset made for use in game engines.\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\…
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ferasa

Real Time Son Goku

[{"insert":"I created this bust of Goku to get more knowledge on how to crate an believable Anime in 3D and inside Unreal.\nNext to the still, you can also see the process on how I got there.\nYou ca…
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Phoenix995

Need some help with roughness maps

[{"insert":"Hi!\nI am trying, but can't find a good answer online so I ask you.\nAs I understand PBR not metallic workflow. Linear is in 0 - 1 value space and Srgb is in 0 - 255 and that should be us…
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ZacD

[3DSMAX] [REDSHIFT] Best options for showing outside environment behind a window from inside a room.

[{"insert":"What is the best technique for rendering a room with a window showing an outside environment? I can imagine using an HDRI or something. (But I only want it to show the environment, not li…
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Eric Chadwick

How To check if an input has a value

[{"insert":"Hi Guys, \nI am sure i have done this in the past and I know its possible.... If I have a custom node, and I have inputs for that node, how can I check if the input has a connection? i.e …
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gnoop

Plague Marine Bust (finished)

[{"insert":"Over the last two months, I was working on this Warhammer 40k Plague Marine bust to become more comfortable with collectible and miniature sculpting. Building all these layers of details …
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Crazy_pixel

Zbrush DynaMesh inconsistent polygon count.

[{"insert":"Can someone explain to me please the logic behind dynamesh polygon count?\nIt's always inconsistent. Sometimes I import a model, set dynamesh resolution to 1024 and get 4 mil points. And …
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cryrid

FBX vs OBJ performance in Marmoset Toolbag

[{"insert":"Is there a difference between OBJ and FBX performance in Marmoset? I'm test with 2 meshes exported from zbrush, one is an FBX and the other an OBJ, and the OBJ is significantly slower. Th…
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iam717

[WIP] Audiocomic YT- Trailer

[{"insert":"Hi, Guy’s. I am a newbie. I'm here because I wanna make a professional trailer for my adio YT comic. I uploaded my first comic teaser- via my youtube channel. And now I wanna turn them in…
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StephanBored

3D Game Character Artist and expirienced 3D printer open for work

[{"insert":"Hello, \nI'm a 3D Character Artist. I offer: \n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/coolsymbol.com\/copy\/Black_Right-Pointing_Triangle_Symbol_%E2%96%B6"},"insert":"▶"},{"insert":" Game re…
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Cuttlefish

Best application to create and render clouds and skyboxes?

[{"insert":"Hello.\n\nWhat is the best program out there to create clouds either with placing VDBs around or generating it procedurally inside and rendering them as skyboxes with realistic lighting a…
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oglu

Normal seams in unreal.

Hey there, long time no posting here, hope this community is still active and hasn´t moved to facebook or discord...So, I have bit of a complicated problem, so bare with me.I´m working on a shortfilm…
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sprunghunt

Any way to get a Curvature map bake closer to Substance Painters?

[{"insert":"Hey there, I've noticed when I bake a curvature map in Painter and then in Toolbag, the Curvature map in Painter seems to emphasize the smoother curves a bit more and has a smoother grada…
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HAWK12HT

[finished] Shock Trooper

[{"insert":"Hello everyone, recently finished this character, started from doodle inspired by keos masons youtube videos, then decided to make full production character.\nHigher res and other shot ca…
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paprika

Substance Painter Generator Visual Bug

[{"insert":"When ever i try to add a generator to my layers, it bugs out and the material becomes black and white with really strange inverted normals (texture).\ndoes anyone know why this is happeni…
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Zoddo

Seams visible on normal map baking.

[{"insert":"Hello,\nI have been working on this project. Eventually I am stuck right now. I am baking this model in substance painter but the seams are visible. I have tried everything I know. Please…
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naman

Substance Designer Help - Masking parts while keeping the weave?

[{"insert":"Hi all,\nI'm trying to make something like the reference image floating on my Designer viewport.\nI've already blocked out the colours and realised, they don't match the weaves that I've …
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sprunghunt

[UE4] Rookery Building

Here is an adaptation of the Chicago Rookery building created in 10 days. Softwares used: Maya, substance Designer, Unreal, PhotoshopCheck out the artstation post for more detail ;) https://www.artst…
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littleclaude

Hellhound Process - Junior work

[{"insert":"Hi, \nI’m a student. My goal here is to learn what I can, collect feedback on anything from anatomy to concept. I realize it might be too early in the sculpt to really give any feedback b…
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JArmstrongcreative

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