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Chaos of creation - what should I focus on to model next?
Hello! I came here for some advice from polycount community (captain obvious). So basically I am props modeler, environment artist or 3d problem solver (pick one or more).And currently when I have study graduation ( not art school just general IT one) I am on the stage of building my portfolio to get to the game industry.… -
Watermarking professionally...
Ok well I'm as newbie as it gets in the professional 3D department as all the 'pro' graphic art I've ever done in the past was logos and websites, where watermarking by adding a simple layer may or may not have been looked down upon depending on the situation/client. For the past year or so I've immersed myself in doing… -
more xnormal woes!
hello guys and gals and all inbetween , well I spent a big chunk last night reading and playing with xnormal and finally figured out a few things.....now heres the issue, at the moment every time I Try to render out my character in a 2048 map no matter what I do the results come out way to stiff and clumpy, while as a max… -
FAQ: Concept Art Shader Pack for Unreal Engine
My outlines are looking weird, flickering or appearing in places where they shouldn't be. There are two options to fix this: Option 1 Set the Antialiasing Method to MSAA or FXAA. This is a quick fix, but will result in aliasing / jagged lines. To then counter the aliasing, you can take screenshots at higher resolutions.… -
Re: How can I achieve this faded concrete paint effect with vertex blending?
I often prefer this approach over multiplying a noise over my vertex color gradient This isn't "better" - its just different The main benefit to me is that it centers the noise around the mid point of your gradient rather than only eating into the higher values and also gives you more contrast. (example in designer but the… -
Maya/Python - How to Save Object Inputs/History
Hey magicians. I have something here which is causing me a fair but of trouble. I'm still relatively new to Maya scripting, so I would like to know if this is feasible. - Take one or more objects in the scene - Done- Get their input/history attributes - Done - Save those to a variable. This is used so for example only the… -
Maxscript for Newbies
Lets go over some simple ways to get your feet wet with MAXScript. Even if you have never touched code before, there are some simple ways you can start using maxscript that will help you automate tasks and remove some of the time wasting steps you have to take time and time again. MAXScript what does it do? To answer that… -
Re: Need help fixing an inevitable (Maybe) pole
We have a dedicated thread for these kinds of challenges, with tons of great solutions offered. Worth a look! In your case, we'll need photo reference of the real chair you're trying to match, to indicate how exactly this topology is problematic. Otherwise it's just arbitrary aesthetic "feelings" about what the shape… -
Re: Benefits of Maya (Modeling)
1) Use the marking menus ctrl+right click and shift+right click 2) Use the hotbox ( quick menu ) by holding down spacebar, you'll have all the top menus directly in the viewport 3) Use context menu for every tool to quickly change settings ex. press d key+right mouse button and move the mouse down = reset pivot another… -
Re: Anti-Tank Rifle (WIP)
Alright, had to take a few days on hiatus, but I finally got the UV's Finished and Scaled to match. It's obviously waaaaaay too much surface information to cram into the tiny little UV Square, and trying to fit everything in there while maintaining proper scale would really hurt some of the smaller components (trigger,…
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