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Re: [WIP] Freelance Art Test Bus
I get that the triangulation isn't necessary, or at least isn't helping with the artifacting that I hoped it would deal with, but is smoothing really necessary to accomplish anything that I couldn't do with finer control using bevels? I tried smoothing certain areas, like the ridges, and the smooth completely wrecked the… -
Re: New to 3D Art, what do you guys think?
Hey everyone. So I started over with the Fire Hydrant and tried to follow all suggestions as good as I can and did some research. I believe this model is better than the first one but let's see what the fellow people say! :D Let me share some screenshots. Screenshots: #1.Mesh for testing smoothing #2.Mesh with smooth… -
Re: 3dsmax UV Editor Transfer Edge Selection to Edit Poly?
I'm not on the computer right now. I discovered if I exported the model (after applying the hard edges script), as an obj with its normals checked, then reimported. These errors were gone as it "locked" the normals for the model along the hardened edges versus using smoothing groups. So the visual errors that having… -
Re: polyRetopo the secret maya node
The are two key reasons for using polyRemesh before. 1. The polyRetopo will generate a bit cleaner geo if previous topology has uniform topology all over insted of huge ngons. 2. polyRemesh key feature "Smooth Strength" which will smooth out low poly look on curved surfaces. Important is to balance between using Smooth… -
NURMS not working properly in max
So I have a problem that I have never encountered before, and absolutely baffles me. I'm throwing together a dashboard for my car model, and when I use NURMS smoothing on my mesh, it works as expected except for the outermost edges, which stay hard. Even more oddly, there are some part that smooth and others that dont.… -
Re: Jesses Props
Source is a nice engine, and I like it, but it doesn't do the best job representing the power behind normal maps. Unreal 3, Crysis, etc. are way better at demonstrating Direct X shaders than Source is (just my opinion). That aside, I didn't believe the whole "as few smoothing groups as possible" thing until I did it… -
Re: Pandaria hut model
Oh ok. Im a max user. I didnt realise that smoothing groups was a max only feature. I would hate not to have them but I guess this is a whole new debate ;) . Seems you have fixed your issue now but I searched on google for "maya smoothing groups" and found this.… -
Re: Normal Map Baking Problems (xNormal)
Smoothing groups are somewhat dependent on how you plan to view your model in engine. If it's flat lighting, smoothing groups don't matter. However, if you are baking normal maps there are some guidelines you should follow to improve your bakes. There are exceptions, but generally the same steps are followed when preparing… -
Re: N-Gons and bevels/chamfers with circular holes
Thank you very much for your time and effort again, Bek! I have changed the image hoster and could now show the images in their correct size, have a look. I understood the basic concept of smoothing (smoothing groups, smooth modifier) and smoothing by subdivision (turbosmooth, meshsmooth). Question is: If I have a low poly… -
Re: How to model very complex shapes ?
I kinda understand what you are saying. I know that my question is ... well ... big ? Broad ? I don't know the word for it :P But, I am not asking how to do this step by step, I am asking about advices about my aproach. I don't know if this souds better thou xd Thanks you very much! I watched the lecture and it was great.…
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