Hello, I am new to rendering. I heard that there is a method that you can follow in order to render your character nicely for display. All I know right now is to use mental ray render engine in Maya and using Diffuse , Specular and normal maps. Is there any step by step tutorials around the forum that i can follow to learn…
Hey folks! As I finished my last prop I used some different methods to place my ornaments instead of sculpting them in Zbrush so I decided to make a tutorial out of it. Hope you enjoy!
Hi and welcome to Polycount! Firstly, it's best to add a question mark to your topic title... that way people will know it is a question. Otherwise it sounds like you made a tutorial. Secondly, instead of adding replies, you could edit the first post to include all your questions. There is a "gear" icon at top right, this…
As in the title, what is the best tutorial for you guys? I already have some knowledge about materials and other technical things like proper pbr values, etc. but sometimes I struggle a lot about copying the exact look of real surfaces. I know the best way is the practice and a lot of observing real stuff, but maybe there…
Hey there. I have never texture anything low poly, but I remember there were some tutorials on this page http://www.poopinmymouth.com/tutorial/tutorial.htm where he is using bodypaint and PS to texture a low poly gun and a little after there is one on how to texture low poly characters. This is all I can think of now... I…
Following a tutorial and having a couple of problems, Here is a traffic cone after importing it into Unity 4 1) It suggests that the top has incorrect UVs but it doesn't at all. Looks right in Substance. Are there any settings I'm not doing correctly when exporting my maps? 2) Normals seem really extreme in Unity so I went…
Hey guys. I wrote up a tutorial on a shader I wrote over the weekend. Using a single vertex color, I found a way to paint various shades to set the scale of a texture. It's helped me modulate parts of my ground texture, so hopefully it will be use to someone else. Check it out HERE.
Are there any tutorials, or either video or text that give an overview on maya? I'm trying to switch to maya and i keep reverting back to max every time I'm actually doing a project. Most of the stuff I can find is for absolute beginners and gets into camera controls. What I cant get over specifically is how the history…