There are no smoothing groups in Maya (only soft and hard edges). Try Normals > Unlock Normals, and if there are still any hard edges, Normals > Soften Edge.
But you can use edge padding too, and then you should not get edge issues even on lower resolution. 2k for a simple cube wouldn't make any sense...Also you don't need hard edges on every UV borders. Actually its the reverse. You need UV splits everywhere, where you have hard edges, but you can have an UV split without a…
adding the back logo, could not find a clean version so had to mess with it in photoshop the back lights have little extra circles in each panel, hard to add it procedurally, so will do it in photoshop
I don't do much sculpting, but my friends who do a fair amount say they bevel their hard edges if they're doing a lo poly in order to hold hard edges in z brush. do you have any better methods for holding hard edges?
Howdy, I'm looking for a skilled 3d sculptor who can hard surface model characters as seen in star wars in A-Poses. These models will be in 40mm proportions and reference images will be provided in Pureref files. I'm also looking for someone to potentially frequently commission over the next several months too if we work…