understand that all those programs try to read height information from your texture as your eye would (shadows and light) and is only reading greyscale. The problem with photographs is that the colors/lightness do not represent height, they represent height and the materials/colors, which the programs can not differentiate…
Frankpolygon's perspective is what I'd think about plus the principles discussed relate too other shapes/subd processes as well e.g. Hemispherical intersections "Segment matching is a fundamental element of most subdivision modeling workflows." It's not the topology "A significant problem with trying to formulate a fixed…
Created a base by loading an OBJ, matID map, normal map and AO and linked some materials. Result: (The color coded materials are the ones specified by me in the MatID map) A former colleague suggested it might be due to the file format and extra channels (alpha), saying I should go with PNGs instead. And so I did, but I…
Hello! My name is James Vermillion. I'm a trading card illustrator for Spin Master and Universal Pictures, and I do illustration for comics/publishing as well. I'm looking for more work right now, because job security is always a question for us artists nowadays, and bills are expensive. Feel free to peruse my portfolio,…
3D Environment Artist currently available for freelance, contract, or full-time opportunities. Focused on creating immersive real-time environments in Unreal Engine with a strong eye for lighting, composition, and atmosphere. Always pushing my skills further and looking to work on exciting worlds with passionate teams.…
4.13 added limited support for Alembic vertex animation but creating a rig in Max is the way to go. Aside from Alembic UE needs a rig with a single root bone hierarchy whether it's a swinging door or a player character. You can create one quite easily using CAT(as the hierarchy is already established) Just create a bone…
The requirement is to create a logo for a NFT game. This is a blockchain NFT game where the players are in control of an area of land which contains some resource sites. Players are supposed to mine resources from these sites and trade them for in-game currencies to build their business. The name of the game is 'Empire…
Hello :) Any buddy here knows how to create toggles between commands in Maya ? I have the edge loop,edge ring and "Off" selection constaints that i want to be in one hotkey using a toggle command,just like this for the Move Tool : string $currentTool = `currentCtx`; setToolTo $gMove;if ($currentTool ==…
Hi there, I have created this walkway kit that I want to take into UE4, but I am assembling it in Maya and then importing as it's easier to set up certain walkway configurations that way (like the one pictured on the right) rather than assembling all the separate objects on the left in UE4. If I import it as a the group on…
The slowdowns I see with that are: a) you need to be constantly aware of your camera position and in which axis you want to move. That always take me a second of thinking, so it loses out of the box.b) with ZXY, I can never hit the right button without looking down at my keyboard. c) actions that don't need to be precise…