I think throwing your hands up when Maya get's it's window focus wrong is totally in order. I've come across this as well and it does seem to be an issue of Maya getting focus wrong.. It's been a big issue with node editor vs bifrost graph editor fighting for focus too. It doesn't operate by magic, but it does operate by…
As already stated, you have Xoliuls shader ( not familiar with the Maya version but I absolutely love the Max shader). And Marmoset. A few things to note. They're simple but effective, apologies if you've tried these already. Firstly, are you using high-quality mode in the Maya viewport? I've always found Maya displays…
@josh_lynch Thanks man, much appreciated. Yeah, I will give the smaller pebbles a shot over the weekend. @aelwine Really appreciate the critique! My approach to the pebbles was different than Rogelios, but the idea of using a scatter sounds better than what I did. In my setup I have two node groups for pebbles, each…
Maya uses construction history to (try) to keep some sort of editable options open on previous commands and actions done on meshes (or nodes). It works by inserting a history node into the scene graph, in the case of a polygon cylinder this node will be called something like 'polyCylinder' and has the attributes you're…
compared to some of the block heads on the board i consider you a softy. :) i guess some people look at that pic and laugh because they think its a bug. but there is another group of people that laugh because its a feature. i have not really known any animators who would trade in maya for another app once the have worked…
Nope - change your expectations ;) You only need to select one side of a seam to use Stitch Selected. If your edges are very close together already it's probably going to be faster/easier to just drag-select in Vertex mode and do Weld Selected. Yeah, there's the "select by element" checkbox. This works slightly different…
Pulling your hair out trying to fix generic AI images? I recently helped a client replace AI art with human-led concept strategies ( moodboards, OKRs, design thinking), and got their game pitch approved by the board of directors on the first try. - See the full project…
Hi Eric, Today I tried reconstructing your Landscape material, but I'm getting this error. Even when noting is plugged-in. I'm wondering if I setup my LayerBlend Correctly. With the LayerBlend node Layer (0) is set to AlphaBlend, but when I set this to LB-HeightBlend it makes a new layer. I have noticed that all the…
I came across this technique here: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=131819 While the installer works fine for normal maps in PS. Is there a way to get it accurately using the material editor nodes in 3dsmax? I currently use the overlay method in the material editor using the composite map to layer the normal…
Here is a new little tool some of you may like. This macroscript allows you to quickly link hierarchies of objects by swiping the hiearchy from children to parents. (This reduces clicks emmensely.) * Quick Parent Link on Scriptspot * Quick Parent Link Docs and Download Here is a video on usage. Note it does not show the…