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Re: Normal Map problems
OK, I think I got it solved. It's a smoothing group issue. I've always read/seen that you want your low mesh to be only 1 smoothing group. This is correct, but only after you render to texture your normal map in max 7. I sort of stumbled onto this too. I was working on a new model, and rendered the normals as a test. The… -
Re: GPUs. Nvidia's Pascal: GTX 1070 and 1080 and what this mean's for the future.
Most studios do final renders with the CPU because CPUs let you render more complex scenes since you can have more memory to put the scene in. Plus, their render farms are CPU-based and the benefits of migrating from that to a GPU farm don't outweigh the costs. When you get to really, really complex scenes, renders tend to… -
Re: Baking Vertex Illumination without using radiosity
The latests versions of xNormal(3.14 or above) can bake the AO to a map or also to vertex colors. The xNormal default software renderer only renders maps. The GPU AO tool can render ao maps or per-vertex ao. If you want to bake it to vertex colors you need to look for the "Simple GPU AO Tool section". If you press the… -
Re: Ken StreetFighter2 redesign
I just do a software render with mental ray using draft or preview settings, so it renders very quickly. I know it's not very interactive, nor is it a real time preview that you should be able to get when working on a model, but at least it lets you see your model properly. Then, when you want to get a good render, just go… -
Re: Toolbag 3 vs 4
@thomasp Yes, the painterly effect is an issue with denoisers for sure (in all apps that have them). It works better in some cases than others (scenes that require fewer samples to converge tend to be more stable). You can set the samples per pixel setting higher if your GPU can handle it, which will give cleaner… -
Huge Mech He Will Crush You
Hey guys, So recently I’ve worked on an eat3d tutorial for Mech sculpting. Where in the last character the focus was getting a fusion between organic and mechanical, I was trying to keep the design of this completely mechanical. For the design, it was heavily influenced by the Marine and Firebat from Starcraft 2. The model… -
Tips on Making Realistic Lowpoly Environments
hey! new here. i've been working on a 3dge project for a few years now, and i'm trying to learn how to make efficient lowpoly realistic environments. here's a look: (render, i had to temporarily remove the mixed textures from my blender file exporter, and reveling in ray traced ambient occlusion, i'll be hand painting that… -
Re: Arch Vis Kitchen Design
Ah ok, I kinda get where you are looking now. To make nice renders. Well 25% is probably just rendering skills, which are just toggling the right buttons really. 25% is probably the models. And then 25% is lighting, and then 25% is a good angle. The latter 75% of all that is kinda fluffy in nature. You could have awesome… -
Re: So how much DO you know about your programs?
[ QUOTE ] Oh and with regards to managing large complicated scenes, as far as I can tell, Max is just as capable as Maya? Is there anything in particular you're referring to here? [/ QUOTE ] The rock solid referencing system for one, especially in regards to characters. On the project I'm currently working on I've made… -
Re: [Zbrush] How do i sculpt this ?
Hi! I would try to get away modeling them and apply tiling textures. Surface variation can then be added through texture blending. Geometric detail through meshes layered on top. You will probably need to figure out how to blend meshes together, so it all looks like one solid piece in the end. You could use some mesh…
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