Hey y'all, I'm currently working on a wood floor material and I wanted to break up the boards using luminance variation on a tile generator node attached to the color blends. For the board shape I've found that if I scale the Y amount to be 3 times the X amount it keeps the correct shape while tiling the material. For…
I'd suggest using the same file type as your normal map. BMP is generally not all that great for the work we do. TGA and PNG are perfect replacements for it in this particular regard. Let me know if that helps clear this up. Generating custom masks is done via the DynaMask window. Here's a tutorial I wrote that includes…
Good afternoon, My name is Charlie and I am (currently) a solo indie dev. I am looking for create a playable alpha for my game in order to pitch for investment/kickstarter. The project is built in unity and is at the stage where a playable alpha that can be playtested by third parties is the next step. However this is my…
I want to create a simple 3D RPG in Unity game engine for learning purposes. The goal is to go through the full development pipeline so that I better understand it. To start things off here is my first concept for this project. The character is likely going to change a lot as I create the rig and start creating and testing…
I thought about adding this to the other thread going on about AI art, but I think a separate topic is more appropriate since that one looks to focus general opinions. Note - This is my interpretation of how this stuff works and I could be wrong on some stuff. Feel free to point it out. I'm not a legal expert or anything.…
I understand how to use Maya's text tool, but when I create the text I find it difficult to create the taper needed for it to bake into a normal map. Does anybody know of an easy way to create text that will work well for baking without having to hand tweak every letter?
Okay, just learning Maya 2010 (coming from Silo), so hopefully this is much easier than the software has shown it to be thusfar: I create a 6-sided polycube (no extra loops), select 2 border verts and can't figure out how to create an edge between them. What's the magic Maya terminology to do this? In Silo, I just select 2…
A fun and challenging project, the AKM was modeled (to a certain point) following the "Ultimate Weapon Tutorial" by Tim Bergholz. Seeing the weapons from Metro Exodus inspired me to take it one step further. I tried my best to replicate the real AK and it's functionality. All in all, it was a great learning experience. If…
Hi everyone, I'd like to create a forest scene in Maya. However, before starting, I was wondering if someone could walk me through the workflow of creating a forest with the intention of using it in a high-poly industry (ie. commercials / film / television series). After doing a bit of research, there seem to be a variety…
Thanks for the replies guys- I was indeed, in this instance, looking to make a reflection cubemap but was thinking more generally how to create a cubemap from a 2d image - maybe for a skybox or whatever. Pior - do you know what program your matte painting guy used to switch between cube and cyclo mapping as that sounds…