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Re: transatlantic swearing
what irritates me all the time is how many of my coworkers (from all over the world, really) understand german swearwords. takes away your secret language, somehow. CoD, private ryan - or what else could be the reason? as for english swearwords: currently i often use the term "faggot" i picked up from a french guy. not… -
How to do worn edges ?
currently watching that video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyJJAp17K-Y In the video, I can not find any explanation how he could specifically select EDGES. I didn't see that he created any AO map, nore any normal map. So he started with the DEMO HEAD, applied one material from the library.. and boom. All done. I love… -
How to freeze/stop nHair simulation?
Hi, I'm working on a project which plays a short sequence in frozen time like the Deadpool movie intro or the ZombiU God Save The Queen trailer. I'm still learning Maya and had a question about an nHair problem I'm currently having. I'm want to know how to freeze the nHair simulation; as in stop it from simulating the hair… -
Re: how to have even texel density correctly?
hey, sorry to revive this thread. So I was doing more expirements and learned about TD. Here I created a 100x100cm plane and applied a 1024x1024 tex resolution with 1024px per 100m on it and then i got the TD the texel density and applied it to this 400x800 wall module. The Uvs got upscaled alot and now I am stuck on how… -
Learning about how the computer operates and is built
I am learning to be a 3d artist who uses his beloved computer all day long yet I do not know how to troubleshoot basic stuff when it comes to the computer, I was wondering if you guys could recommend a good source for the most basic introduction of how to build a computer and how to work with it, thank you in advance :) -
How to save 16bit rgb and depth from Zbrush 2,5d canvas ?
I know there is grab brush that saves depth as alpha and rgb separately but you have to do save two times instead of just once. It's extremely annoying and also when you try to record this save in a macro action it often does less than the whole document for some uncertain reason. My guess probably by exactly same frame… -
Working on a Woodland Bow
Started working on an asset for a mobile game I'm working on with a friend. I'm going for a realistic/stylized art style similar to Besiege. Pipeline: - Low-poly in 3ds Max - Take low into Zbrush, add detail for HP - Project HP onto LP with normals - Use DDO with Photoshop for Diffuse, Specular, normal. The bow and string… -
Re: Building modular buildings and houses questions
It's all context-dependent, something you learn best by doing. My advice is to try forcing yourself to stick to a lower resolution, and fix the problems you see. You will learn how to minimize repetitive features in a texture that is tiled. You will also learn how to leverage vertex blending and other techniques like… -
Shoulder Armor - How does one rig it?
Hello everyone! So, I am currently working on my first ever highpoly character and finally got to the point where I want to start adding some armor to it. However I have been thinking about it a bit and I think I have a slight problem with how I want to do it/how it has to be set up. The character is supposed to be able to… -
Handgun WIP - Wondering how to proceed
Hi. This is my first Hardsurface-model, so I don't really have a good pipeline for it. I found a concept that I liked and modified it. So I've done the base model in Maya, and now I'm not quite sure how to proceed. I want to do finer details and the general texturing, but I'm not sure how. I'm torn between taking the model…
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