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how to make a chrome texture
hey guys, im trying to make a chrome texture on part of an object using 3ds max and photoshop ( the handle and latch to a toolbox) and I just cant figure out how to make it look like chrome, someone told me to use a dark diffuse color and light spec map but thats not working, should use a reflectivity map and how to I… -
Blender 2.53 to UDK
I realized the other day that there are no good tutorials on how to export static meshes from blender 2.53 to UDK. So I decided to make one for the community! Give me your honest feedback! link I can create more of these tutorials on how to create an amazing game using completely free software but I am not sure there is a… -
In place animations vs moving animations?
So lately i have been seeing more and more animations guides and tutorials creating walk cycles that move in 3d space instead of looping on 0,0,0 xyz. Does this have to do with root motion? Is this a recent thing or am i looking at more advanced stuff as an animator? Hopefully someone can shed some light on this. Thanks in… -
Hard surface presentation in Maya
Hello technical talk, first time posting here :) Always had trouble with presenting my hard-surface high-poly work, every setup or scene I try always look pretty bad. Tried some tutorials but never got them to work, probably because of my own lack of knowledge. Thats why I'm trying to reach out to the great people on… -
Tips on using vertex colors to light levels??
Hello guys. I've been doing lots of vertex baking to light my levels recently and it's quite fun! It's a bit frustrating sometimes however, as results are quite unpredictable most of the time. I've come across his tutorial and its a nice start: http://www.urgaffel.com/tutorials/vptut/index.html It does not go into much… -
3dmotive - Creating Foliage For UDK
3dmotive has just released one of their most highly requested tutorials yet. Our friends at 3dmotive, with the help of instructor and polycounter Damian Lazarski, have put together a tutorial covering everything you need to know about creating custom foliage and setting it up in UDK. Read more about it here:… -
Question about floating geo!
I have decided to model a different gun using some of the techniques that i have learned from this tutorial: http://www.polycount.com/2012/06/22/weapon-creation-tutorial-m37-ithaca/#more-10020 I hit a point where i am a bit stuck on something that is bothering me. As you can see in the image i have used the floating geo… -
Mental Ray Water uestion
Hi everyone, I need to render water with mental ray and really I have no experience with this. I can get pretty nice results with Maya software but I cant get anywhere with mental ray. I am using Maya 2011 and every tutorial I am finding uses Max and an "Ocean Lume"...is there anything similar to this that I should be… -
Quixel SUITE | Advanced User Tips And Tricks
Hi, I decided to create a little thread for more advanced workflow tips and questions. I'll take any questions regarding the Quixel Suite and or Photoshop, and if anything particular comes up I can also create step by step guides as we want to know what people want to see in tutorial form :) . This is NOT a thread for… -
Help - this step about Skin SSS (3ds max)
I watching a tutorial about making a child 3ds max . http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/young-girl/girl2.html I dont know this Step : ((For the skin I used mental ray SSS shader. So I had made a diffuse map, epidermal map, bump map and specular map for her skin.)) How i create Diffuse , Epidermal Map, Bump map…
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