The best way to understand any material is through observation. Before you know how to "make" a spec map you need to understand the physical properties of the material. There has been a lot of technical stuff written on this no doubt, but the best way to really break it down is simple observation. You've got a face(I…
A wealthy man had grown too greedy and refused to help anyone who wouldn't aid him in his wealth. One day a witch asked him for a single penny and when refused she turned him into a creature that showed off his greed, a crow, known for hoarding anything shiny. If he could only learn to share his wealth even a little he…
i would be willing to bet money that you're running out of video memory in your scene. 45 * 2k maps = 540mb 45 * 4k maps = 2160mb so even if you have an even spread of texture sizes, you're looking at an average of ~1350mb in use (assuming half are 2k and half are 4k). you also need to factor in the memory cost of the…
You could try using texripper to straighten it out : http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54694&highlight=texripper There will still be a lot of cleanup involved though.
Ive run into a nice big fat problem: Marmoset seems to crash about 50 seconds after I launch it, yep I timed it. I dont get an error message or anything it just closes itself with no warning of any kind. Oddly enough I was using it all last night an had zero problems. The only thing that's changed between now and then was…
Hi :) I would suggest taking a PSU with a bit more power, 500Watts is the minimum for 560Ti, maybe push it to 600/700 just to be safe, something like: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020 And I suggest taking a good CPU cooling,…
I'm not sure on the technicalities but they proxy animate and transfer the data across, Ie they use a system of weighting on a rig that matches closely/if not exact to the high-poly rig and animate through that. Not to offend but bumping next time on your older thread would be easier, albeit googling and searching for the…