I guess this subject is bring up since Pixologic reveal Zbrush 4R7 with the new "modeling tool kit" IMO, that's not "new technology", sculpting and Sub-D modeling are still different and can not replace each other, they simply use for different jobs not quite long time a go, I was wondering the same thing, Zbrush seems…
Hello everyone!! This week I’ve been working on some short animations to give the impression that the piano plays by itself, like a player piano. To do this, I’ve created a simple rig. I’ve also been working on an initial render and lighting pass. As well as an initial pass on the cinematics. https://youtu.be/gNxRsjFjIcY…
Ou, it;s called Pine needles? Finally someone tell me how to say that "pine leaves " correctly :D :D haha So first find some reference of branche ( empty branch ) that you will follow, and make the shape of them with lines. ( spline in max.) Map them if you want, you can change texturing to screen mapping ( In Max.) Then…
Updatez! Evening all! So I havent had a great deal of time for personal work recently, I did the talk at the Bournemouth BFX festival a week or so ago and work has been my priority. Every few hours I can steal here and there I have been doing alittle work on the Diner Diorama. The actual structure is based on an actual…
Sucks to hear. Well my copy finally arrived this morning and to fill the gap I replayed Demon's Souls so I'm all pumped. I made two characters, a melee and a mage and while the mage was more effective due to my knowledge of Demon's Souls level layouts, I'm wary of starting as one in Darky so I think my first character will…
Good morning Polycount, Thank you guys so much for the feed back i really appreciate it! :D @cactus on fire Thanks man, I really appreciate that :D @Beefaroni Not at the moment, but I am considering mirroring some of them. I having some issues baking the high res :/ some of my details are not coming through....so i think i…
d = apply 1 level of subdivision ctrl+d apply 1 level of subdivision with options tab = preview subdivision (default 2 levels, increased by + on numpad, or via properties > subdivision) shift+tab = preview Catmull-Clark subdivision (default 2 levels; influenced by # of subdivisions specified in properties under…
I mentioned it before somewhere but you can use symbolic links mklink /d c:\unmadenewfolder d:\existingfolder start the dos prompt as admin /d tells it to link whole directories c:unmadenewfolder is the fake folder you want to pretend exists d:existingfolder is the real folder (you will have copied this over from c: to…
I'm trying to transition from Max to XSI, and there are a few features I havent come across yet that I'm wondering how to do in Max. One of the things I loved in XSI was the modeling workflow. I could just select any polygon, CTRL+D to duplicate it (extrude) and I could move/resize all in that 1 action. I could CTRL+D on a…