I'm trying to render composites from Max to After Effects and can't seem to find a solution to replicate a jar made of glass floating in water. I'm hitting all kinds of issues, but it's mostly the transparency which is kicking up problems. I'm very new to compositing so apologies if this is basic practice that shouldn't…
hi guys! once you try node based programs you can't go back...or at least it's like that for me.I need some vfx/compositing program,i started with nuke..i love it ,it's an industry standard but it's way too expansive for a single person and i can't go back to layer based After effect.I would like to know some first hand…
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I'm trying to use the reaction manager along with a composite material to have realtime wrinkle maps in the viewport. Problem is, performance is REALLY bad, in fact, it seems to crash Reaction manager...Even without trying to use it with reaction manager, changing the opacity values for the composite layers (which are just…
I've stumbled onto something that's a bit of a problem, and I hope that someone here has found a solution that they could share with me. I've been trying to iron out my workflow in order to be more efficient and generally improve my art process. I feel like I have a good idea of what my pipeline should be now and I am able…
So I want to take my renders to the next level for my portfolio work, and many people have been recommending Photoshop to me. I just got Marmoset renderer, and while I'm struggling with it, my renders are starting to look better than the Unreal Engine or Substance Painter IRay renders I was using before. The thing is, I…
Hi all! So I have been playing a bit with matte/camera projection techniques, basically having fun merging 2D and 3D together (and that's A LOT of fun) I can output uncompressed videos from 3DSMax just fine, I have all the passes that I need (diffuse, AO, specular...). I also know quite precisely what I want to achieve…
I was trying to figure out a way of creating a material for a model in 3ds max ... uh ... how can I put this ... part of the model/material can use bitmaps, bumps, normals, etc but part of the material is like chrome actually i was tying to figure that out to how to make a nice chrome material. attempted looking up…
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Hey everyone, This is my first post on polycount, going to try post more often as advice from a friend on improving! :) onto the question here (hope its in the right place by the way) Im doing my room but set in a post war setting, this is what i have got so far on the basic block out of composition, before i start going…