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Strange Normal Map... Please help!
Hi everyone. I've been having an issue with Mudbox as long as I've used it. Hopefully someone can help me... This is a work-in-progress I'm doing, but I figured I'd try an export. I'm working in Mudbox 2010 and applying the Normal Map in Maya 2008. I applied the normal map to the low-poly model and got this. The high-poly… -
Mental Ray And Light Linking
I'm working on a scene using maya 2008 and i've got a few specific objects that need to be better lit for a final render with mental ray. i'm turning off illuminates by default and i'm linking to the specific object in the relationship editor. When i do a hardware or software render it works as it should, but when i use… -
Need Elemental skinned, willing to pay $$
I would rather not, but we are in a pinch. I need a elemental skinned for our mod, Battletech : Mobile Infantry. Here is a link to a pic that is about what we are looking for the skin to look like: http://www.cdmag.com/articles/030/006/shot9.html (not a elemental, but a good idea of what we want) We are looking for a high… -
MD3 tagging?
Hi there, I'm new I'm currently attempting a proof-of-concept thing for a customization sytem using stacked MD3 models, (yes I know it sounds weird) but I'm unsure how you're supposed to 'tag' a dummy polygon so that it holds the position of the stacked models correctly. Anyone here who's ever worked with this stuff that… -
3d Textures/Volume Textures?
I've searched high and low for any info in making these things, and theres supposed to be a way of making them inside 3ds max for example, but I can't for the life of me even figure out where to start? Does anybody have any experience at all with these things, in any app? An exmaple of a 3d texture/volume texture:… -
Re: Next Gen Characters Progress Thread II
No actually. You neeeeeed to do each step one at a time. You can't "improve" it in Zbrush. Do a freaking basemesh that has sense at first. Something like this : http://www.creativecrash.com/system/photos/000/081/473/81473/big/WireBaseMeshGlobal.jpg?1266088696 Or take the Human Head in Zbrush, and tweak it. At least you… -
Re: Any essential tool updates from Maya 8.5 to 2011
So one of the most important things for me when I went from 8.5 to 2008 was the 1 2 3 hot keys for previewing the subdivided mesh. That whole tool set became a life saver when working with hi res hard surface models. I find it hard to believe there is nothing worth mentioning, but it's totally possible the we just paid to… -
Re: Clients that won't let you show your work after release.
I currently have 3 projects from 2008 to 2014 that I can't show (basically forever) It really sucks, but I have done better work since anyway I guess. Some of my clients have valid reasons or sometimes they just forget to get back to me I have a feeling that in some cases they just don't want to give me credit for the… -
Re: Sketchbook: zenarion
hey man, since you said you aint too happy with it, i thought a paintover could help, and hope it does. http://emptyeasel.com/2008/11/18/avoiding-tangents-9-visual-blunders-every-artist-should-watch-out-for/ ...short but interesting introduction to the problem of tangents. if you got questions just ask, and ill try to… -
Re: Polygon Display Errors with Maya
That has to do with your camera clip plane distance. It usually happens when you are importing objects or opening old scenes that have a massive scale compared to the default centimeters units. To fix your problem, select your perspective (and other cameras) from your Outliner and adjust the Near Clip Plane value.…
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