Yo, I find exporting and renaming objects and centering objects to 0 to be some of the more common things I do when getting stuff ready for the various projects. I didn't like the way MAX handled any of this stuff so I wrote a script www.envartist.com/MAXScripts/WDIScripts.ms to install: download and save to the following…
Hey Dirigible, Thanks again for the response! I was less looking for techniques to drop the tri count, and more just opinions on whether or not the count was too high for the type of model I was making. Perhaps I should have communicated that a bit better :p Removing that middle edge loop is the next step from this point…
Sorry for the late reply. Yea, this definitely sounds like a memory issue. To use 8k maps you would need to get a card with more VRAM unfortunately. Sure thing! I will see what I can do :) Thanks for the kind words! :) You can already import PSD via the All files *.* selection in the file type dropdown when you load an…
Impressive for your first model! Pretty much what ToTheWorld said is where you should start. But to further his comment you can get all of autodesk's products for free on an individual licence. That includes Maya, Mudbox (Zbrush type program for sculpting), 3ds Max, etc. Find one that you want to stick with and just follow…
Hi just saw your image in the WAYWO thread thought I'd reply here. The first thing I notice is AAH! COLORS! :) I see quite the saturated green and quite the saturated red and some brows but nothing that really ties that together. My advice would be to try and get that red more to an orange hue, since that usually goes…
Custom links... Type some text. Select it. Click the button that looks like three links of a chain. Paste your URL in there (be sure to replace the existing http:// ... another bug to solve). Click the OK button. For example, here's a link to your portfolio. Why change? Back in November we migrated everything to a…
I didn't read it all very carefully. On vacation. But sounds like something I'd like to take advantage of soon. But wanted to say, my opinion about giving critique is I give not for the individual but for the community. Don't care if individual acts or accepts my advice. Maybe I'm full of shit anyhow. Whether good or bad,…
Not if the caps are turned off. I've found a solution to this problem(I think??), since I'm still learning Maya and modeling in general I'm pretty sure there are faster and more efficient ways to this, but here's mine: Can't provide infographic 1) Do the bevel claydough provided. 2) Point snap it in the Y to the cap bevel.…
Making a start on a Silver Birch bark texture in Substance Designer! I didn't think it would be easy, but it's proven much more challenging than I thought it would be. I struggled with making the large dark areas looking like they were a different layer to the silver bark, and while I'm still not happy with it using the…
thanks for all the great info men!! I don't feel that the praise Biped is given is deserved, as the Motion Builder rig clearly is the better alternative.. :) I guess I'll have to hope for the other animators at the company to show me how they loop stuff and generally work with curves.. I'd like to stay away from 3rd party…