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Re: Normal maps/Symmetry seam question
Cage pushes along normal direction so technically what you are saying is not possible. Getting lighting seams is possible but its not because of that it hits nothing. You get one if the another side is not present, because you'll no longer have the same normal direction as what if would have with both sides along the seam.… -
Re: the pirate character
You're at over 12k triangles which isn't terrible these days, but it could be optimized greatly considering the simplicity of the character. Poly counts for the low poly models varies depending on what gaming platform or system spec you're aiming for, but I think trying to keep it under 5k triangles (which is not the same… -
Re: 3dsMax Normal Mapped Beveled Cyclinder Issue
Ok so I was adjusting the smoothing groups on an edit poly modifier on top of my UV Unwrap. I went back and sorted out SGs on the original edit poly so they match the UV islands, and the problem is pretty much solved. I played around with other smoothing group combos like 1 SG for the entire model, but I cant seem to get… -
Re: maya hotkey questions! (from 3ds max & SI user)
Thanks again for your help guys, I am using 2011 trial but I think I'll upgrade to 2012, I still have the autodesk student code luckily. I'll post back once I install it as it looks like the "shell" and "inset" options have been fixed in 2012 as you mention. Pinkbox, I was just looking for that... But do you think is… -
Re: Watts art material ?
i went to an atelier just like watts for a long time (in van nuys--associates in art). we used charcoal pencils as hito describes on smooth newsprint (it needs to be smooth to get that look). the tricky part was finding quality charcoal pencils--ritmo brand were the best you could buy for a loooong time, far superior to… -
Re: Les Paul Guitar Prop
Your edge distribution is really bad, there should be even spacing as much as possible between vertices, also try not to have tris, bad for deforming and doesn't smooth well on curved objects, have them in flat spots, but keep in mind they might warp your bevel if they share vertices. Use blin material or any reflective… -
Re: My High-Poly Adventures
Since you got a door, I'd say a whole house? This is only if your going for an environment position, otherwise I think you have to tell us what your interested in modeling, Maybe!? I like your door, no knob yet thou, maybe add fancy designs on the outside, you can still work on your turbo-smooth mesh if you kept the… -
Re: Maya 2009 crashing when trying to "average normals" on high poly mesh...
Restart Maya, computer, simplified objects work fine, both low and hiq rendering, i didn't delete the prefs, the object is clean (no history). Well, the thing is I'm a complete newb in maya so I thought creating a character from scratch would teach me the basics. I want it to be smooth like when you assign a smoothing… -
Re: architectural hard edges in mudbox
To make smoothing groups easier to work with, I use polyboost's functionality. It has three buttons relating to SG's, 'hard', 'smooth' and 'auto' (or something similar, working from memory here). Shiftclicking those buttons only applies the effect to the selected faces, which means selecting a few faces and shift-clickiing… -
Re: Brick Wall Material - WIP
as above looks a bit flat, and the grout's too smooth also something overall (like some global grunge layer/layers ) would help tie the bricks to the grout and visa versa. Also looks a little washed out/bleached.
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